THE LAST SURVIVORS

Release Date: 4 May

2015 | 15 | DVD

This post- apocalyptic film ( also known as The Well) is set in a future where water is priceless, since it hasn’t rained for 10 years ( yep, it’s not set in Manchester). It centres on a young woman, Kendal ( Haley Lu Richardson), who must protect her well – and her friends – from a ruthless “Water Baron” and his lackeys; needless to say, it ends in violent confrontation ( with shades of a revenge Western). It’s not without tension and, thanks to some attractive cinematography, the Oregon dust bowl setting is certainly atmospheric, but the world is frustratingly underexplained, and given the premise the heroine really shouldn’t look like she’s just stepped out of a salon…