Last of the Living

When a zombie epidemic sweeps New Zealand, only a handful of people remain unaffected.  Three friends, Morgan (Williams), Johnny (Faith), and Ash (Southam), chose to enjoy their circumstances, spending their days playing video games in deserted mansions.  Whenever they need to go out, they band together and carry blunt objects to survive.  Self-proclaimed ladies man Morgan favors a bat and a baseball cap.  Semi-crazed drummer Johnny wield a pair of drum sticks and is perfecting his ultimate fighting technique: going berserk.  And nerdy Ash (Southam) wears arm and knee pads and a hockey mask and swings a golf club.

Believing they are the only people left, they are shocked to find and rescue a woman, Stef (Paddon-Brown) during a routine grocery trip.  Stef is a researcher trying to collect blood from zombies to create a cure.  She lost the only sample when zombies attacked and killed her father (Mark Hadlow).  The guys agree to help her get a sample and take it to the lab, while secretly fighting over her.  With the zombies congregating near the lab, will they survive the trip?


Think Shaun of the Dead... if it was set in New Zealand, with a smaller budget, and less main characters.  The film focuses mainly on the characters: they are well formed... you know these people.  The characters are the main focus, the blood and zombies are secondary.

Funny film, much better than expected.  Check it out on Netflix!

Last of the Living (2008) 88 minutes
Director: Logan McMillan
Starring: Morgan Williams as Morgan
Robert Faith as Johnny
Ashleigh Southam as Ash
Emily Paddon-Brown as Stef