An average movie

To be honest, I wasn’t sure what to expect from this flick but since there was a decent cast involved, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, I always had a weak spot for minimalistic movies dealing only with a few characters and there was something quite topical about these few survivors following some major worldwide disaster, considering our own current crisis with the coronavirus. Unfortunately, I think it was a mistake to bring Chris Pine’s character into the mix and I’m not surprised that there were only two protagonists in the novel it was adapted from (Obviously, Ann and John). Seriously, it was as if they reduced the end of the world to a rather tedious and predictable love triangle which was rather disappointing. On top of that, I thought the idea rather sad that, if the whole humanity would be completely wiped out, one of the last 2 guys would have to die because getting the last girl would be just so much more important than keeping alive what was the left of the human kind. Concerning the cast, Chris Pine was not bad but, as mentioned before, his character was rather useless and, to make things worse, they constantly changed his behaviour depending on the needs of the plot. Concerning Margot Robbie, she was not bad either and her character was more interesting than Pine’s was but the whole pure, innocent, naïve girl routine did outstay its welcome at some point. They should have more developed this girl because it would have been interesting to see her shifting somehow and I’m sure that Robbie could have pulled it off. Eventually, Chiwetel Ejiofor ended up with the only fully-fledged and by far the most complex character and was therefore much more interesting to behold. It’s too bad that most of his actions were triggered by such a lame gimmick as a love triangle and it’s too bad the makers apparently didn’t trust enough the material that they felt the need to add such a bogus and generic conflict. Anyway, to conclude, in spite of its flaws, it was still a decent watch though and I think it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre.