Simon Phillips and: Paul Tanter did a pretty good job, possibly they ran out of funds, else why cram the script into the last 10%. Simon could have left us with a future Chinese cliffhanger instead of a drug fueled finsih, but I hold Tanter and script review responsible. Direction, art and suspense I give 70%, Editing did the best they could after it was in the can, meanwhile Simon goes on to the next movie in 2018 I hope. Thanks for reading

I read the reviews for this movie but gave it the benefit of the doubt. All I can say is that the reviewers were extremely lenient! The story line had some credence until the characters ran out of direction. I have never seen such an abominable display of acting in any movie prior to this. It is summed in in one of the final scenes when one of the crew, who's position I could never figure out; either he was a stowaway or I had nodded off at a critical moment(!) has a knife to one of the few remaining crew member's throat. The Captain, armed with an advanced rifle, gives up and puts his gun down only to be stabbed himself, give me a break! Do not watch this movie or you will lose an hour and a half of your life that can never be replaced, unlike the cast of this mov1e.

Such a great film. Emotional and atmospheric. Far better than the big Hollywood films like star-wars... Good story with surprises and good sound. It's never easy to find films like this so I am happy 😊 If your a sci-fi lover then this is one of those must watch films. It's a steady start to the film and has its ups and downs. Without giving too much away the ending is awesome and will leave you thinking about what could be.

First to say, this is not a new 'Sunshine' (2007), nor 'Pandorum' (2009) . If you want one of those, you have to look elsewhere. The basic story is quite similar though - a spaceship, here not so big, and with only a few people on board, searching for the last resort of mankind , while earth herself is nearly destroyed. The main difference to 'Sunshine' and 'Pandorum' is the amount of bloodshed, and also the budget, which was approx. a tenth of each of the former's.It may be true that the first 40 minutes are a bit hard to overcome for the average sf-action lover. There we learn to know the crew, which is a bit of a family since they are now together for seven years, as we are told. The movie takes it's time to establish a certain mood of day-life, instead of bringing up severe conflicts or delusions and problems immediately. That's OK, if you ask me, I do sometimes like a more lifelike approach. And who, when not astronauts, should be able to live through such a long journey ?When the ship encounters the derelict ship, as described in the story-line, the movie gains momentum as it should, and it doesn't lose it until the end, providing enough tension and action for a rainy evening in front of the flat-screen. Acting is solid, directing and special effects are OK for a Direct-to-Video or Video-On-Demand production (which I assume it is).As the budget may dictate, 'The last scout' cannot claim to be special or outstanding, like said examples, and it doesn't want to. Instead, it tells its story, and this is where it looses some stars, the story ingredients are too much copied from those other movies, minus a certain amount of their violence, to be suitable for families, I think. It would have taken only a bit of time to form a more creative and interesting solution within the premises, at least avoiding said big models. So, for the SF veteran, the outcome and the explanations toward the end are a bit disappointing.I can give the movie yet 6/10, as 5 would be too low in my eyes.