dbborroughs Documentary about the last people left in San Francisco after a plague has wiped out almost all of the population of the world. Good but very imperfect little film that works best when it has the people talking about what it was like during the bad old days as well as how they are getting along. In the small human moments the film shines and you feel as though the world has indeed ended. The problem is that the film wobbles outside of that, the city is too clean, it runs counter to what the people are saying. The film also wobbles when the film drifts out of the city. While I like the idea of seeing whats outside the city, there is something about those sections that just doesn't work. If you can get a chance to see the film and are intrigued by the idea about what happens after, I'd give it a shot, though I'd try to pay no more than a rental. (I should mention that Mythbuster Adam Savage plays one of the survivors who is very much like he is on the show.)

Remo Williams Bad. Bad, bad, bad. I actually discovered new levels of bad while watching this movie. Geez... where to begin...Let's begin with what this movie is supposed to be about. Some number of years ago the majority of the population of the world was killed off by a plague. Think The Stand, but duller. Apparently, a couple of dudes from San Fransisco decide to wander around and interview the survivors (186 in San Fran to be exact).Now, I completely understand the low budget thing. But, are we to assume that no news footage of the plague exists to set up the documentary? It would be very easy and inexpensive to stage a fake news report and also, thinking of how an actual documentary would be made it seems like an obvious thing to include. Secondly, the stories being told by the interviewees are so muddled and confusing, that there is really no story to be found. And, I'm being completely serious when I say that I think most of the actors were high as a kite during filming.Another annoying aspect of this movie was the decisions of what still existed and what didn't. I mean, there appears to be some level of society yet no one has a car? There's electricity and people living in nice homes, but the only person who seems to have a "job" is the local scrounger guy who can "get ya anything ya want." Apparently, the survivors of the plague are perfectly content to not let civilization evolve back to normality. I guess they don't want pot to become illegal again and ruin all their hippy fun. Haha.The best part of the movie is the ending which takes place at the premier of the documentary in a local theater. How can the premier of your movie be IN your movie??? Gee whiz.I think my friend put it best... If one of the basic rules of movie-making is "show, don't tell" then this movie showed absolutely nothing, and well... told even less. The only reason to see this movie is to get as high as the filmmakers were during filming with your friends and laugh at how poorly made it is.

greedydrunk Perhaps having never lived in San Francisco I am missing some cultural revolution in progress there, and perhaps that will be reflected in my following comments:1. The adults miss the old world so why was there no migration? 2. Why does no central government still exist? 3. Why is there no current fear of the plague 4. Why have they not created their own government? Even if they do not pick a leader some strong charismatic person may pick themselves. 5. We have one African American and one Native American and everyone else they speak to is white, thats not a realistic ratio. 6. Everyone is so clean including that fellow who lives in the wilderness(good thing all the hairdressers survived). 7. You are teaching about art? How about engineering, health care,farming etc.. 8. There is such a lack of worry for day to day life there is a guy who dedicates his time to a conspiracy theory. 9. The city is in pristine condition, I would think that a city in the grips of fear would look more like a disaster zone. 10. No one seems to have suffered any trauma except one guy and he seems to have come to terms with it. Of course all these things can be debated. Sometimes it feels like the moral of the story is that people learn nothing. They do so many things that are inconsequential to long term human survival that I do not have any faith in the group as a whole.

sandbagr01 This is a good movie and well made. I appreciate the fact that it is a real sci fi and doesn't rely on high priced effects to get its point across. However... It does bother me that with only 180some people left in a city the size of San Francisco, they have no gasoline to run cars or even motorcycles with. It also bothers me that people protect themselves with an occasional hammer or baseball bat. This seems an affectation of the filmmakers dislike for firearms and unrealistic. Also, the lack of leadership and some sort of coordinated effort to supply the needs of the survivors as well as preserve some of the essentials to prevent the fall back into barbarism is unrealistic. I am a peace-loving old hippie who lives in San Francisco but I am not an idiot, as many of the characters in this film appear to be. I think it says more about San Franciscans from the filmmakers point of view than what would really happen at the end of the world.