Monsters

Yeah. I was a bit put off by their dyspeptic dystopia; but there were hints of a really decent story, unknown actors heroically-carrying a mortally-wounded, somewhat shallow script and much, much more...

Frankly, the whole thing reminded me of a bad buffet restaurant. You all know one. The place with 150 inedible items on the menu; but the pie is good...

If they got the writers to edit the screenplay, stopped wasting so much ammo, decided what the movie was about, it could have been fun.

Probably a record for convoluted plot. They were still explaining the setup 2/3 of the way through the movie. Nothing made any sense. Perhaps they took a 7 book anthology and collapsed into a single movie. Cheesy special effects. Worth watching only if you've exhausted all movies with a higher rating.

If this were a high school project for a drama or A/V group it would be commendable on some levels. Offering it for paid viewing however is near criminal. As another user has noted, a very incongruous and saturated use of profanity - not that there is anything wrong with heavy profanity usage per se, as long as it is integral and flowing - detracts heavily from being able to watch this already nigh-unwatchable flick. Poor continuity, scripting, editing, special effects, use of stock footage ... you get the idea.

I love watching sci-fi movies new or old, and am probably more willing to suspend belief for many aspects of a bad movie than others: but this was just bad without virtually any saving graces. One exception is that there was one actress who I could see even in this atrocity had potential.

Full disclosure ... I FFWD'd through some of the movie and in the end this review IS based on seeing probably only 2/3rds of the whole thing. However, I gritted my teeth so that I could say I gave it as fair a review as it deserved before recommending you avoid wasting the 10 minutes it took before you turned it off.

This is a movie that is just bizarre. It's part classic post apocalyptic, part sci-fi space raiders, and part societal commentary. Half the foreign cast looks like famous western actors, mostly. There seem to be subplots that aren't fully explored. The special effects for as low budget as it is are surprisingly good. They did a great job of using garbage for gold costume wise and set dressing wise. Parts of it make sense and parts just seem to be story lines that were meant to be cut, but they didn't get all of it. Now don't get me wrong by the star rating, this isn't a good movie, but in terms of bad movies, it's outstanding. Keep an open mind, and enjoy how much they did with so little.

I don't mind the rather low quality of the special effects department, but what drags The Last Starship down for me, are those endless scenes of talking and more talking, and all that talking without any real substance and not interesting whatsoever, and the acting is also of course not a strong suit that will charm you to enjoy your trip. But while this flick is clearly a low budget endeavor, the power of cheese is not strong in this one - it could have been an entertaining affair as many of those cheesy post-apocalyptic and sci-fi flicks made in the 80s, but, it takes itself too serious for its own good and lacks of action scenes.