The Last Man on Planet Earth
The Last Man on Planet Earth
PG-13 | 18 February 1999 (USA)
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During a war with Afghanistan, a weapon called the "Y-bomb" was used, which resulted in the deaths of 97% of the world's men. Feeling that they were better off without males, the women of Earth decided to outlaw men because they were too violent. 20 years later, scientist Hope Chase, fearing for the future of the species, conducts a cloning experiment to produce a new male of the species, whom she names Adam. When Adam reaches maturity, he soon finds himself on the run from the FBI, and hiding out with small rebel bands of the last remaining men.

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electrictroy

The following contains general spoilers (example: Star Wars is about spaceships), but no specific plot details..One flaw: Some awkward acting... probably the result of a small budget & not having enough money to do retakes. Otherwise, I thought it was a decent sci-fi story. Certainly better than 99% of Sci-Fi Channel's "original movies".The premise is that there was a war, and (presumably) American scientists developed a virus to kill men. The virus was intended to be used to kill the (presumably) Arabic soldiers who were 99.9% men. And it worked brilliantly.Unfortunately the virus, as viruses tend to do, mutated from a safe non-contagious form into an airborne form. And thus the virus spread via the air to Europe, then America, and then the whole world & wiped out 97% of the male population.What was left was a world run by women. And thus the movie begins.During the next two hours we get to see a female-run society that is supposedly "better" than the previous male-dominated society, but in reality has many of the same flaws like prostitution, corruption, and a tendency to kill. Overall a good movie that makes the viewer think about the possibilities.

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Mint Chan

I had no idea why the movie appear in my Tivo. I thought the title was intriguing and it might be charged with some sexual innuendo context but this is not the case. Many people might hate it because they don't get it.This is a very political movie. While women in the movie said, in the movie, that men were violent by their genes, the truth was opposite. In the movie, either men or women just made up the stories, to justify their actions. In the movie, women society supposed to be Utopian and peaceful but it filled with corruptions as well as violent crimes. The police eager to use their guns with empty hand civilians.There were some good acting but most of it were not very convincing. The plot was predictable. But they were not the points of this movie.

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willywants

During a war with Afghanistan, a weapon called the "Y-bomb" was used, which resulted in the deaths of 97% of the world's men. Feeling that they were better off without males, the women of Earth decided to outlaw men because they were too violent. 20 years later, scientist Hope Chase, fearing for the future of the species, conducts a cloning experiment to produce a new male of the species, whom she names Adam. When Adam reaches maturity, he soon finds himself on the run from the FBI, and hiding out with small rebel bands of the last remaining men. Between the bad science (A bomb designed to attack the Y Chromosome? what were the writers thinking?), the 2-D characters and the obvious low-budget, "The last man on planet earth" (Try saying that ten times fast!) falls to the floor like a porcelain doll and completely shatters. The premise is the worst thing about this film though--A bomb that only attacks the Y Chromosome? My God. The writer of this film obviously did no research into what he was doing. The film is completely predictable and features almost every cliché known to man--The shocking "Surprise" ending, the obvious forced relationship between the main characters, the cops searching for someone who's just "Misunderstood" (In this case a man), the tough Female cop who turns good in the end....Yup, it's all here, and the filmmakers seem to show a certain pride in what they were doing.Of the few saving graces are adequate performances (I was surprised to see Nancy Cartwright in this...what was SHE thinking?) and a hint of realism to the situation (like how the fact that a man killed a Woman dictator set off the hatred and proved her point).What a shame the absurd plot ruined any possible potential to rise above a mediocre made-for-TV effort and emerges as nothing more than just that: A mediocre, low-budget, made-for-TV effort. 2.5/10. (I give it the .5 because there were a few unintentionally amusing scenes which inspired a few chuckles).

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flaman45

I realize this movie was released in 1999, and that most of the posts were written 2 or 3 years ago. But after catching this schlock on the sci-fi channel last night (07/28/03)(and I did miss the first 30 mins) I had to find someway of offering my comments somewhere, anywhere because the steam was still coming out of my ears! I didn't think any movie could p**s me off more then "The Stepford Husbands", but apparently I was wrong.In a day and age when women jump in with machete's at the slightest hint of something sexist, how a movie could get made which routinely for 90 mins bombards the viewers about what sick and violent pigs men are is beyond me. Did a man actually write this drivel? It had to be either written by a very bitter woman, or a man who was going to redeem this crap with a hopeful ending. Neither one I'm afraid. The potential was there to save this at the end..but it didn't happen!This movie was obviously written and made to appeal to a lesbian slumber party, because as a male I have never been so disgusted in my life. We may view women in a sexist manner, but we certainly don't fantasize about obliterating them off the face of the earth. A world without women would be a living nightmare. But apparently to some women, a world without men would be utopia.Could there possibly be any more obligatory scenario's? The man urinating in the ally, (no penis envy there) the abusive father, referring to males as a "Y", and on and on. The whole planet has turned lesbian except for a few closet hetero's. While this may appeal to some adolescent fantasies in the teenage viewer, the thought that if this would to happen, and women would just let us die without a second thought is frightening! There is so much BS in this movie I cant even begin to cover it all!This movie is every mans worst nightmare. And I should know because years ago I had a nightmare exactly like this! What I would like to see is the male equivalent of this and then sit back and see how fast the NOW starts a nationwide boycott of all retailers who sell it!I'm not as much interested in reviewing this movie as much as I am just wanting to post my opinion as a man who is tired of the disrespect and male bashing crap that we have to put up with. Is every decent man going to have to pay for the sins of all other tyrants thruout history forever? I don't have that many years to wait.I apologize if my verbiage is not as professional as some of the other reviewers that have seen this.

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