Watches
February 01, 2004
December 28, 2023
This is where Luc Besson started his career, and he sure opened with a bang. While not quite as good as the first time I watched The Last Battle (which felt like ages ago), it's a film that has kept a lot of its initial appeal and still feels unique, even when some of its tropes have been repeated endlessly since its release.
A man tries to survive in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Nature has been reduced to a desert, technology has seized to function and people do their best to survive. The main protagonist is working on an aircraft that he hopes will take him to a nicer place, but there are no friendly people around and salvaging parts is tricky.
There is no dialogue, the film is shot in moody black-and-white and you kinda need to piece everything together yourself. It has that comfy punk vibe, though the film is maybe a little too clean and nice compared to some of its (Japanese) peers and the score feels ill-fitting. Still, there's a lot of fun to be had with this one.