The Lost Future (2010)

From my favorite movies..

Excellent but underrated film

Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

The film has impressive visuals for a TV movie, and I enjoyed the subtle use of music during some scenes as opposed to the overbearing music Hollywood blockbusters love so much. It made me focus more on what was actually happening. The casting was also relatively good. (I must be honest, though, I did find Sean Bean's character, Amal, a bit unexplored).The film does borrow heavily from 'The Time Machine' with regards to plot (to a certain extent) and make-up, and especially the way some of the beasts move. Some of the explanations on their knowledge of the past will have you raise an eyebrow, but lets just overlook that and enjoy this fantasy action adventure for its intended purpose: to entertain. And entertain it certainly does. The film features some great sets and locations, and the cinematography was very good, as well.There's plenty of action and adventure here, and there were even some very effective, unexpected scares! Although I might not watch it again in a hurry, it was well worth the watch.

When I said that since Lord of the Rings (both the books and the movies) was released pretty much most sci-fi/fantasy writers have attempted to follow the same format and exceed Tolkien's masterpiece. Pretty much everybody who has attempted this has failed. This movie is no exception.The movie is about a quest to find yellow powder which is the cure to a disease that has ravaged to earth. Our heroes begin in a village cut off from the rest of the world and up until know is protected from the beasts, people who have become infected by the disease and turned into rampaging mutants. The powder sort of cures you (if you have been infected) but once you turn, that is it. The powder also makes you immune, and all that is needed is a whiff.The hero starts off wanting to explore the wider world, and slips off at night only to discover that the village is being attacked by beasts. While most of the village hides in a cave, it is only a matter of time before they all die, so the three trapped outside decide to go on a quest to find the cure. They meet up with a ranger, but after they are attacked, they are separated and the three young heroes travel to the remains of a city where they find the yellow powder.Most of these quest adventure type films are all in the vein of Lord of the Rings. Okay, there were similar stories before, but Lord of the Rings pretty much changed the landscape. It is not only the story of the struggle that somebody who is powerless experiences, but it is also a quest to deal with an evil that is threatening the world. In this film it is humanities own arrogance that set the world down this path.Not the most wonderful film out there, and this is noticeable as it is pretty much a straight to DVD release. Something to watch if you haven't seen it before, don't mind the Lord of the Rings Genre, and really have nothing better to do.

Okay this has been done before so do not expect anything really original here. It's Syfy working together with a German cable TV company so don't expect a big budget either.The story is set in the future were a tribe of people have to hunt for their survival. There was a plague were humans would turn into half-beasts when they would come into contact with people who carry the disease. The tribe comes under siege by a group of these savages and three of them are going to get help.The acting is quite good actually. The scenery is almost breathtaking and film work good. The big flaw in this movie is that people are clean and pretty. I mean, come one, they hunt like savages and live in huts and caves. Yet they look like they just came from the beauty salon! Yet the movie is still quite enjoyable if you don't expect another Mad Max.

*Contains Spoilers*When I saw Sean Bean was in this I thought he must be quite hard up but The Lost Future is a very good film and sadly it will always remain an uncovered gem. The Lost Future should be showing on Sky Premier and not the SyFy channelThe plot is consisted with Post-Apocalyptic movies; advanced Science had reached the point whereby extinct creatures where being recreated, but along with animals such as the Mammoth a deadly virus came about which all but wiped about human civilization completely, leaving pockets of 'tribes' scattered across the world.Kaleb's father had discovered a cure, the yellow power, and before sharing his knowledge on how to create it he was killed by a power hungry warlord (who I thought looked very much like Alan Rickman). The film follows Kaleb and his two companions as they head off to reclaim the powder with the help of Sean Bean, it's nothing ground breaking but it holds together and is easily on a par with it's Hollywood counterparts; I am Legend comes to mind which I also really enjoyed. Other than Sean Bean I didn't really recognise anybody else (although one guy looked so much like Morgan Freeman) but the entire cast put on a good show from the word go. The direction was fantastic and the few special effects were well done given the low budget.Maybe Hollywood is starting to show us what we all fear and choose not to believe, but there is an ever increasing number of films where man's greed for money and power eventually brings about the end of civilization, and The Lost Future is no different, but it does it a lot better than many other films in it's genre.If you enjoy watching SyFy films then definitely try and catch this when it is on again, if you don't watch SyFy films, then start by watching The Lost Future. It is a diamond in the rough but I doubt it will ever reach the masses, which is a real shame as its up there with the best Post-Apocalyptic movies. 8/10