Glimmerubro
It is not deep, but it is fun to watch. It does have a bit more of an edge to it than other similar films.
Lollivan
It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.
Allison Davies
The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.
Comeuppance Reviews
A 9.5-level earthquake struck California, turning it into an island. The survivors living in this harsh new reality refer to it as "A.E." or, "After Earthquake". Army Captain Nick Preston (Dolph) visits a junkyard inhabited by Army lady McBride (Alexander), a man named Lucky Simcoe (Burke) and his perky but somewhat annoying wife Candy (Cross). They all must learn to get along, as well as dodge pitfalls like a disease that causes large, moving boils on your skin, and an insane prisoner (Juliano Mer). Meanwhile, Preston wants to save a bus filled with children led by a woman named Rainbow (Parker), who may or may not have the ability to make it rain. Perhaps she should avoid the post-apocalyptic strip clubs. What will become of these people? Starting with some narration by Dolph which explains nothing really, we realize we are in for a run-of-the-mill post-apocalypse slog. It seems, in retrospect, that The Last Warrior was doomed from the start, as a. it was shot during a period when Dolph was hitting the skids, b. It's a Nu-Image production from the same period, c. It's rated PG-13 so you know nothing REALLY awesome is going to happen, and d. It's a talky low-budget drag with minimal locations.What this SHOULD be is Dolph doing Mad Max (done the right way) - He should be a true "Last Warrior" who fights baddies violently and on his own terms. Instead, it's a boring production about an encampment filled with annoying characters who you can't possibly care about spouting pseudo-funny dialogue. Solely the strong presence of Dolph keeps this movie from Iron Thunder (1998) territory, although a more accurate comparison might be to Digital Man (1995), a similar desert-set "ensemble" film.Director Lettich, who is known for his Van Damme (or Daniel Bernhardt, same difference) productions, shot this in Israel, also where he shot the JCVD vehicle The Order (2001). While that is interesting, the bottom line is that The Last Warrior adds nothing to the genre. But the real crime is its dearth of action. This truly is a case of a movie needing less talk, more rock. Instead of talking our ears off, Dolph should be making a necklace of them.Nothing happens in this babyish waste of Dolph. It's one of his worst movies, easily the equal to Agent Red (2000) in terms of audience letdown. The Last Warrior is for Dolph completists only.For more insanity, please visit: comeuppancereviews.com
AwesomeWolf
'The Last Patrol' feels eerily like a prequel to Van Damme's 'Cyborg', which began as a sequel to Dolph Lundgren's live-action 'Masters of the Universe'. In fact, replace the German pirates of 'Cyborg' with the Mexican geologists of 'The Last Patrol', and they could very well be the same movie. Not really, but you get my point hopefully.Welcome to the island of California, in the early 21st century. An earthquake measuring 9.5 on the Richter scale has separated California from the rest of America. Naturally, this is an alternate universe in which Arnie never became Governator, and thus was not around to use his awesomeness to stop this devastating earthquake. Camping out at a military junkyard, Nick Preston (Dolph Lundgren) is an Army Captain who leads a group of survivors including Air Force Captain Sarah McBride, an Army sergeant 'Lucky' Simcoe and some civilians. Meanwhile, a bad-guy named Jesus and his evil-geologist partner have taken over a prison and are intent on taking out the remnants of the military. Unfortunately for the bad guys, the 'remnants of the military' include Dolph Lundgren...So the story is something we've been told before, many many times, except this time it has Dolph Lundgren, who brings in a great sense of awesomeness. I was entertained, even if the movie was a bit slow at points. As to be expected from a Dolph Lundgren movie, there were some plot points brought up early on in the movie and then were hastily resolved, or remained unresolved entirely. The police officer promised dangerous killer mutants. Dagnabbit, what happened to the killer monster-mutants? Despite the movie being a little slow at times, there were some nice action sequence, and the battle at the end was exciting. Dolph even throws a brick at a bad-dude's head. I can honestly say I haven't seen that outside of 'Home Alone 2', and I found it incredibly funny in both films. Other than that, I don't think Dolph's character ever fired a gun at any point in the movie, leaving a lot of Dolph fighting hand-to-hand, and a lot of Dolph acting.'The Last Patrol' is an entertaining action B-movie. Avoid it if you don't like Dolph Lundgren, otherwise, enjoy - 6/10
roland-sinn
This is a strange little film which fortunately I only rented for a dollar at my local vid shop. There are so many silly scenes that the film is constantly verging on slap stick comedy, but it never quite reaches the level of "Spoof" because it does at it's heart take itself seriously. I've seen a lot of comments regarding it's lack of plot. But in my opinion the plot isn't supposed to have anything to do with ...SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS!!action heros, or science fiction concepts, it's about learning to have faith in God. This is a film about right wing Christian ideals (Specifically Baptist ideals). The action sequences and science fiction concepts are paper thin because they are window dressing. When I recognised that the film is essentially a Christian moral tale (ie - the whole climax of the film is Dolph sacrificing himself in order to save the kids and woman in the Baptist Church bus), I found the film entertaining in a surreal and bizarre way.I do agree with other posted comments which state the sci-fi elements in Last Patrol are absolutely ludicrous. But I get the feeling this film designed to be screened to 10 - 15 year olds at Bible study camps to demonstrate the sacrifices people with faith in God make (like L. Ron Hubbard's `Battlefield Earth'), so the film makers really didn't focus on creating a story meant to entertain adults.SPOILERS END!!As a genuine film (if you take into consideration gigantic plot holes, implausibilities, characters who are laughable yet take themselves seriously), I give this film a 2/10. Due to the film's subtext (see spoilers), I give it an extra 2 points because I it was a surreal and bizarre experience. Praise God!!
COMICBOOKSTOREGUY
Dolph Lundgren stars as a soldier who must exterminate a group of crazy prisioners (Led by Juliano Mer) and protect fellow survivors when the world is destroyed by a 9.5 earthquake.The Last Warrior is at least watchable (Unlike Agent Red,Jill The Ripper and The Minion) The film suffers from predictability and a story that's muddled up. The Last Warrior is watchable movie that fails to live up to it's potentional.The Last Warrior is probally Lundgren's best since Blackjack....Hopefully he hits the mark with Hidden Agenda.** (Out of four)
