Zak Hilditch's These Final Days is an Australian independent film chronicling the last day on earth for James, a self-absorbed twenty-something man. In twelve hours a cataclysmic event will occur, and with that in mind, James leaves his longtime girlfriend in an attempt to avoid any type of emotion. All James' girlfriend wants is for him to show her that he cares but James is a man living within himself, not wanting any semblance of commitment or emotion during the end of days. James leaves his girlfriend alone and makes his way to a party, voyaging through the lawless, chaotic wasteland that used to be known as Austrialian suburbia. On his way he stumbles acorss a little girl named Rose, in desperate need of help. Somewhat reluctantly he saves Rose from two men whose intentions were who knows what, which of course now makes James tasked with unwanted responsibility. These Finals Days is a film that doesn't care about exposition, throwing the viewer directly into this depraved world. The film has no intention to explain exactly what is happening in 12 hours, or why it is occuring, but instead These Final Days focuses its time on James' transformation as he slowly learns what is important in life. A personal redemption story, These Final Days wears its message on its sleeve, with James becoming to realize how much he loves his girlfriend and his unborn baby. With all the depravity between man, These Final Days keeps the event itself very ominous, letting it hover like a dark cloud over the narrative, never exposing exactly what is happening while showing how there is no hope for survival Featuring orange-soaked cinematography and a small budget, These Final Days paints a convincing portrait of the end of the world, with its raw, depiction of a morally bankrupt society.
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