James (played by Nathan
Phillips — Wolf Creek, Chernobyl Diaries) is a bit of an
ass. He has abandoned Zoe (Jessica De
Gouw),
his pregnant, unmarried girlfriend to
go to a “party to end all parties.”
That’s the opening hook
to Aussie filmmaker Zak Hilditch’s These Final Hours, which has been
given a domestic release date of May 12 for both DVD and Blu-ray editions by
Well Go U.S.A.
You can understand the
fix that James is in as the world is about to come to an end. Some are killing themselves, some pray,
others party, but for James his coping mechanism is to go walkabout. Which is appropriate since he lives in Perth
on the west coast of Australia. It’s
overwhelming … the world is toast and everyone will be dead in the next 12 hours
(or so) and those in Perth are likely to be the last to go (luck of the draw).
Chaos reigns in the
streets and no sooner has our boy headed out to party when he comes across a
pair of thugs who have strong-armed a girl into submission and plan to have
their way with her. After all, what
does her rape and murder matter … they will all be dead in just a matter of
hours anyway.
Dead or not; consequences
or not … it’s not right. He takes them
on, kills them and rescues her and sets in motion an end-of-the-world quest to
reunite her with her family. It is not
what he planned, but there you have it.
This will be an odd
journey that will take him to the party (at his other girlfriend’s place — this
guy gets around) and the strange and surreal will become stranger as the end
draws near, his quest consumes and his fate will bring him full-circle to what
really matters as the world ends.
These Final Hours is a well-crafted Aussie apocalyptic
sci-fi thriller that will draw you in
even though the end is clear from the get-go.
There will be no rescue; no survivors … it is James’ journey that keeps
you focused to the task at hand.
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