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The Quiet Earth (1985)
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Reviews Counted:8
Fresh:5
Rotten:3
Average Rating:6.3/10
Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Synopsis: Zac Hobson rises one morning, and finds that he is apparently the last man on Earth; a government project Zac was working on went haywire, killing nearly everyone in the process. The landscape,... Zac Hobson rises one morning, and finds that he is apparently the last man on Earth; a government project Zac was working on went haywire, killing nearly everyone in the process. The landscape, however, remains unsullied. Zac at first enjoys the fruits of being Earth's sole tenant -- after all, everything's free -- but soon discovers two other humans struggling to survive in this empty world... [More]
Starring: Bruno Lawrence, Alison Routledge, Pete Smith
Starring: Bruno Lawrence, Alison Routledge, Pete Smith
Director: Geoff Murphy
Director: Geoff Murphy
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Reviews for The Quiet Earth
For such a low-budget film, it is beautifully photographed and contains some inspired, yet deceptively simple visual effects.
It unfolds like a particularly cool episode of The Twilight Zone and it keeps the apocalypse interesting up to and including the deliciously ambiguous finale.
Destaca-se de outros projetos similares por concentrar-se principalmente nos efeitos psicológicos do isolamento sobre o protagonista.
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