The Lost Future

Well, I was pleasantly surprised. Sean Bean, of course, can do not wrong but his part in this isn't very big. We have a possible future for the human race which includes "beasts" men and women mutated into some king of savage beast (not a far stretch) If they bite, scratch or breathe on you, you will change too. There is a cure though created by the "thinker" of the cave bunch. Sam Claflin. It is up to him and Corey Sevier, the alpha hunter guy and his lady fair to get the cure and bring it back to his people who are trapped in said cave by a bunch of Beasts. If I am making light of it, that is not my intention it is just that I did enjoy the story and the acting is very good too. There are a few slow parts and they are kind of necessary to the story development. As I said this is a good way to spend an afternoon, check it out, you won't hate it.

This is definitely not an original idea; post-apocalyptic storylines have been around forever. In this particular case, all the `supposed' cave-dwellers are just a bit too pristine and GQ in their fancified ragtag garb artfully created by a designer. In record time, we're instantly introduced to one tribe trying to exist on nuts and berries and the occasion stray GIANT sloth. Their greatest enemy is a band of infected people they call the beasts (they're just misunderstood mutants). They are spied on by Amal (Sean Bean), who had some acquaintance with the father of two of the cave-dwellers. The dead man in question just happened to have created the only known cure for the dreaded `beast' disease. At that point in time, the son of said dead guy is the only person on Earth who can still read and therefore recreate the antidote (known as formula yellow powder). Naturally, that calls for a quest to the BIG city. Will they reach the city in time, will they find enough yellow powder left to cure their tribe, will their one and only reader be able to reconstruct his father's formula!!!The main problem with this tired worn-out sci-fi flick is the overly familiar plot that's rushed to an unsatisfactory conclusion. It feels as though bits and pieces of the story were jettisoned along the way due to time constraints. Characters and plotlines were dragged in at the last minute then never properly dealt with before being abandoned. They definitely tried to accomplish too much given their obvious limitations. Still, it is watchable and entertaining enough and Sean Bean's presence tends to anchor some of the fly away aspects of the story.

I would love to give it a 5 star - but there were moments that seemed a bit shallow. Sean Bean never disappoints! The actor portraying the learned reader hero of the isolated tribe - was quite good, as well. The rest...meh! good enough for the movie - no real horrible actors except the villain and his daughter. The villain character was in my opinion just pathetic and somewhat laughable. The villain's daughter's character was too ready to give in - I'm glad she was where she was (gives me hope for humanity - so to speak) but for the purposes of believe-ability - I think her part in the plot was so they could reduce the amount of money spent in film making. I would have enjoyed some stretch in the that part of the movie - they could have lengthened the time it took to become turned - in order to achieve more movie plot time in the city. Otherwise, I really enjoyed it immensely - and really thought it was a very good spin of a dystopian future.

I love my science fiction, but this fell far short of creating a very interesting movie to watch. The cave scenes were poorly managed and I think some more could have been done with trying to build the story between the "beasts" and those that were trapped in there. The rest of the story moves slowly and just does not come together that well. This amazing elixir and and how it was created seems plausible, but when the son struggles to read a book I found it difficult to build a realistic relationship between how he could be a replacement as the person to help the future.It was just too far fetched and the movie did nothing to support that theory. Other than that you still wanted to know how the characters developed, but they just left you hanging to much that you could just not get into the movie that much. So if you are a die hard who just does not stop in the middle of the movie then watch and see. That is all I can say about that.Thank you

BAADDD... hunter/gatherers acting like animals who are noisier then hell, can not flank their prey? they deserve to eat roots and berries. mutants seemed smarter then the normals. Everyone lacked the basic survival instinct of us monkeys, more of a dumb and dumber movie of the future. And writing this review with movie only 1/2 over...leather hot pants and halter tops too may be stylish but they don't seem smart enough to sew anything. Just no coherency with overall plot. Should change name of movie to preppy college after the end of the world . :(

literally every wide angle far shot scene was behind dense foliage. still worth a rental, it wasnt terrible.

This was a well done movie and a surprise that it has not made more of a splash as a surviavl movie. It takes up several generations after the end of our society. The plot rotates around the implyed end of society that was done in by some type of plague. Society is fragmented and formed into tribes and the ability to read has been lost which seems to be an underlying issue to the whole of the story line. It was an entertaining plot that kept me gussing as to what was going to be the end of the story which is what I like. I was not able to second guess the ending. Which I often do. Good entertainment and worth a watch.

This is a sort of One Million years BC meets Buck Rogers in the 25th Century meets the Omega Man or Time Machine [Samantha Mumba version]. Set in a post apocalyptic future the human race survives in small isolated pockets, the rest of humanity having been turned into savage mutants bent on murder and destruction by genetic engineering gone awry. When one of these outposts is attacked by the encroaching mutants, a small group attempt to discover if there are any other settlements 'out there'. In comes Sean bean as a 'survivor who seems to have done okay on his own [well with his wife & child] The band learn there is a cure -a yellow powder and so their trek begins in a weak Lord of the Rings sort of journey where Sean has a number of 'friends' who have links with other outposts.It all sounds much better than it really is. The script has numerous errors for the picky amongst you and the small band originally give themselves a day to venture forth. The world seems ever so small when you consider the time they seem to be travelling yet they have little knowledge of it all and the terrain changes very quickly. That aside, its a watchable film but suffers from a low budget and some ill conceived plot lines where they manage to come and go with far too much ease.If you like the doom and gloom of the post apocalyptic and don't mind a made for TV approach then this will probably do you well. It is watchable and entertaining, its just that it seems a bit lacklustre given the story outline and a lot more could have been achieved. Don't pay too much for it and you'll probably think it's fine.

No, this is not the greatest film ever made, but nor does it aspire to be. It's a made for TV affair with a restricted budget. If you watch it with that in mind, it's actually quite enjoyable. The premise of a future that is, at a first glance, indistinguishable from the prehistoric past is rather intriguing. There is a lot of cgi wizardry, good fun if you're into that kind of thing. The vision of a decaying New York, half consumed by jungle, worked particulary well for me. I also liked scenes with the people in New York. The drawn out attacks of the diseased mutants, not so much.The cast is good, with Sean Bean the undisputable star in a role that suits him down to the ground even though it doesn't ask too much of him. Corey Sevier, Sam Claflin and Annabelle Wallis are nice to look at and don't do anything wrong. But especially Claflin, who plays the intellectual of the group, would have deserved a better developed character. Obviously, the makers went for action and cgi magic before plot. A pity, because with a better script and full use of the acting abilities of the cast this could have been a really nice little film. As it is, it was cheap and perfectly adequate viewing for a rainy afternoon. Don't spend too much on it, go into it without high expectations and you'll likely have a bit of fun watching it.The DVD is good. Both picture and sound are fine. There are several bonus features, including interviews with the cast and a making of featurette.

I didn't like this film at all, I barely managed to finish watching it and I am really sorry that I bought it. Below, more of my impressions with VERY LIMITED SPOILERS.This film was made for Syfy TV and is a post-apocalyptic SF story about a small tribe of humans, struggling to survive in a country of wild forests and marshes when avoiding mutant beasts which carry a horrible disease. With time most people forgot even how to read and write and as the result of all the hardships the memories of once powerful human civilization are fading. But one day a small ray of hope appears with news that somebody may have found the cure for the disease...With just a minimum effort to improve dialogs and character development this could be actually a good story - but sadly this effort was not made. Characters are barely drafted and stereotyped, dialogs are very poor, there is no humour, acting is wooden and Sean Bean (unlike what is suggested on the cover) appears only briefly. There is only one reasonably good scene, in which tribal people hunt a giant mutant sloth - and that is all. All the rest is total "Bantha pudu" as Jabba the Hutt used to say...I threw away the DVD immediately after watching it, as I don't think it was worthy even giving away for charity sale. I lost my money (OK, not much, I bought it used) and especially one evening I will never get back. Don't make the same mistake and AVOID this thing as deadly plague carried by giant mutant sloths...

A good movie with Sean Bean. what more can I say?

It was OK. I thought it could have been made more of. The action was fast and bloody at times but other parts seemed a bit slow. glad I watched it, but probably won't watch it again.