Last of us and his universe made the end of the world fashionable again. famous doomsday clock note that we are ninety seconds from final annihilation. What according to Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists and their calculations, including world conflicts and their consequences, at a fatal expense. The news, which may seem curious, actually sums up an old collective obsession. What will be the end of everything we know?
in the cinema is tried to present an event from all possible scenarios. Meteors, the most unpredictable extremes of climate change, mysterious diseases. The current series Last of us from HBO, shows him an unexpected event: a fungal infection that no one could have predicted.
What happens before or after the great hecatomb is also a favorite plot of several of the most famous sci-fi films. What happened a few days before the global tragedy? Who inhabits the ruined cities? How do those who managed to avoid death in extreme situations survive? The stories of the journeys of a few men and women fighting on a devastated planet are always disturbing.
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What are the best movie stories about the years before or after the destruction of no return? We leave you with a list of 5 films that cover everything from traveling through countries in ruins to surviving the human spirit in the midst of horrors. A collection of insights into humanity’s oldest, twisted, and possibly current fear. The disappearance of every thing that is part of its history.
“Road (Road)”
Based on the book of the same name by Cormac McCarthy. tells of the journey of father and son through the ashes of destruction. There is no explanation for what happened. Neither, and just like in the book they’re taken from, the characters have names. They are just two figures who walk along the road without rest in search of a safe place. A paradigm similar to Last of usbut less encouraging.
There is no indication of the country they are in or what they are trying to find after hundreds of miles of walking. Director John Hillcoat shows the desolation of the apocalypse from the hidden, a source he takes from the original text. The vast desert landscapes seem endless. Mountains with scorched vegetation, timely description of a violent event. The director’s camera adds with its blurry shots in the middle of the destroyed buildings the hidden feeling that the threat is still close and dangerous. The entire film is immersed in reflections on the final fall of the devastated world. So That man (Viggo Mortensen) and Child (Cody Smith-McPhee) continue their journey with no real hope of safety.
With one of the most ambiguous and heartbreaking endings in a scenario like this, the film reflects death through the dampness of wounded bodies and silence. There is almost no dialogue here, and no action other than a few quick sneak encounters. For his final scenes, Road, clarified something. The end of all things is irreversible, and everything that lies ahead is as fateful as the mysterious event that ended life on the planet. His message is scarier than Last of us.
“Collectors (Repo Men)”
The production was directed by Miguel Sapochnik – the author of several of the best episodes Game of Thrones— a terrifying dystopia in its consequences. Maybe he doesn’t dig right into the end times like it does Last of usbut yes, in the civilization that we know. When the body is transformed into a form of trade payment, every stratum of society is transformed. This is a premise that translates the loss of human dignity into a completely bleak place.
The film is much more than a warning about a future in which man is a product ready to be dismembered and sold. Dozens of variables are born out of possibility. One of them, the existence of the so-called. collectors responsible for the restoration of organs sold and not cancelled. Remy (Jude Law) is one of them and has to put up with a culture where killing or being killed no longer matters. What is, is the measurable value of the physical. little by little the story tells of a world that is dying under the weight of a society built to the extent of greed.
based on the book Seizure of MamboEric Garcia, the plot reflects on a vital moment, which is thought out in detail in the original. When does the destruction of each element that supports society begin? Perhaps this is not a cataclysm, but yes, the fall of what makes us sentient beings. The dimension of the apocalypse is as horrifying as a massive violent event.
Book of Eli
This time, the end of time has arrived in all its glory. The nuclear explosion destroyed the ozone layer. Cities are destroyed, and the survivors are turned into violent creatures, as in Last of us. Eli (Denzel Washington) roams the highway with a mysterious book in his hands and a task.
Which? The script avoids giving too many hints about what motivates the character to follow. However, something is visible. This is the highest inspiration, close to divine, which gives you enough firmness not to waver in your efforts. The mysterious hero knows that he has to cross the poisonous desert that separates cities and towns.
But this will not be an easy journey. The horror of the apocalypse is much greater than visible. With a philosophical air, unusual for stories of the same tone, Book of Eli questions about what makes us part of society. That keeps our striving for good and keeps us connected to what civilization was like before the final collapse. While directors Albert and Allen Hughes fail to explore such an intriguing point of view, it moves skillfully. Especially at that painful moment when Eliexplains his mission. Preserve the memory of mankind.
Pandorum
Our planet ran out of resources and collapsed, so the ship Elysium, left Earth orbit in search of a habitable place. On board, he carries a valuable cargo in the form of millions of seeds and animal embryos. In addition, many men and women, on whose shoulders lies the responsibility, restore the earth to any other point in deep space. The journey will last 123 years, so that everyone will sleep in a long cryogenic sleep.
It’s certainly not the most original premise, and director Christian Alvart lends little visual identity to his argument. But, despite this, he manages to show a great twist, unseen in such stories. What could happen if such a large-scale experiment resulted in an unforeseen catastrophe, such as the mutation of beings in custody. Even more confusing, the supposed hope of saving the species ended up turning into a hateful act of violence. Very far from what it offers Last of usbut very interesting.
The tape is getting harder when part of the crew wakes up with no memory. They know that the apocalypse happened, that because of it they are on a journey from which there is no return. But they have no idea what caused it and how this amnesia is connected to the tragic events taking place on board. Gradually you will reach a critical limit to remember something chilling: there is no way to avoid the collapse of civilization.
Dark City
Total catastrophe did not happen, but in this curious genre dieselpunk, everything announces the end. From rarefied and breathless atmosphere to dehumanization, cruelty and fear on the streets. One of the virtues of the feature film by Alex Proyas, it consists in endowing the most perverted human behavior on the target. Evil not only exists, it also has a cause and even utility.
In this story, in which a killer works in the shadows, the idea of an apocalypse is rhetorical. Everything that was appetizing and desirable was slowly fading away, and what remained was a kind of tension leading to the commission of the most terrible crimes. In the midst of this terrible landscape John Murdoch (Rufus Sewell) wakes up in a hotel with no memory, surrounded by exhaust fumes and a city in hiding. Things become even more confusing when he discovers that he also has psychic powers and that he is being prosecuted for crimes he does not believe he has committed. Is not Last of us But it’s good science fiction.
Alex Proyas imaginary civilization on the verge of destruction, with gigantic buildings built from skeletons of burning metal. Labyrinths of streets and the feeling that every element on the planet is about to succumb to disaster. It is the imminent collapse of everything created by man that makes Dark Citya rare gem of dystopian sci-fi cinema. Also a version of a deeply discouraging future.
Source: Hiper Textual
