The Last Seven
Director: Imran Naqvi
Writer: John Stanley (screenplay)
Cast Of Characters:
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Tamer Hassan | … | |
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Simon Phillips | … | |
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Danny Dyer | … | |
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Sebastian Street | … |
Robert Kendrick
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Daisy Head | … |
Chloe
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Ronan Vibert | … |
Isaac
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Rita Ramnani | … |
Isabelle
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John Mawson | … |
Henry Chambers
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Synopsis: Waking up laid out on the road in the middle of London, a man with no memory begins to search for signs of life. The whole City is deserted, as though everyone has just vanished into thin air. What’s happened? What’s going on? Upon reaching the roof of a building, the man is called to by another man, he is well dressed and drinking the remains of a whiskey decanter.
After agreeing that they have both lost their memories, a third person, a woman arrives on the roof and introduces herself [Chloe – Daisy Head], the drinking man [Henry Chambers – John Mawson], and a third man [Jack Mason – Tamer Hassan]. With a suggestion to check his identification in his wallet, the man finds out he is called William Blake, and immediately has a flashback moment of working in a Newspaper office.
Moving on through the empty city, we are introduced to a fifth man [Robert Kendrick – Sebastian Street] entering a church to find another man [Isaac – Ronan Vibert], knelt by the church alter and a woman [Isabelle – Rita Ramnani] speaking Spanish. When Jack meets up with them, he takes them back to his group where two of the three find their identification. Flashbacks are frequent and more memories are revealed about the seven people, with one holding a very dark secret.
For William, Jack, Chloe and Henry, as well as the others, it is now time to know exactly what has happened and why they are the only people left. What is the strange blue light? Who is the dark dressed blind man following them?
Marcus De Storm.GWN.2010
DVD Archive Said: We have to say is, we enjoyed 28 Days/28 Weeks Later, but we never thought for a moment that anyone outside the realms of Channel 5, The Asylum or Living TV could get a brand new angle on one of Britain’s best apocalyptic movies yet! That said, we felt that the film itself was a little hesitant [Now does everyone remember their lines?], and some of the flash back scenes were more or less a waste of time.
Such a movie with so many flash backs interwoven into the scenes had us baffled! But is wasn’t such a bad experience, considering the main players in this film had already been picked out before the introduction of Jack Mason (Tamer Hassan). All in all, we considered the possibility that the film would stand side by side to that of the afore mentioned Brit Flicks, and that of the Survivor’s series. With this in mind, if you are wanting a night of mild apocalyptic noir, then The Last Seven is for you. With a twist at the end that will have you completely surprised, what the film cannot provide at the beginning, it sure does deliver at the end.
DVD Rating: 7/10 [8/10 if Danny Dyer would have played a bigger part]
GWN.2010.
