The Last Man, also known as El último hombre, is a 2019 Argentine-Canadian science fiction film co-written and directed by Rodrigo H. Vila and starring Hayden Christensen, Harvey Keitel, Marco Leonardi, Liz Solari and Rafael Spregelburd.
[2] The story, set in a post-apocalyptic future, revolves around Kurt (Christensen) a veteran suffering from PTSD, who meets a local street prophet (Keitel) who predicts that a catastrophic storm will strike soon.
Kurt starts preparing for an impending disaster while meeting Jessica (Solari), a woman who also believes in the upcoming predictions.
He wakes up underneath his bed while clutching a weapon, a sleeping habit he acquired as a result of suffering from PTSD.
Kurt lives in an unnamed postapocalyptic city perpertually plagued by stormy weather, and regularly goes to a black market where all the survivors of environmental disasters and the current global economic fallout are shopping and selling goods.
It took only 30 days for the world to fall to this state in a past event that is now called "The Black Month".
A gang of neonazis break in to rob the woman at gun point and a Nazi named Steve tries to intimidate Kurt, to no effect.
Later, Kurt watches the local street prophet, Noe, describe the end of times.
The next day Kurt tests a gas mask in his home killing the two birds he purchased earlier.
As Kurt leaves Steve and the leader of the Nazis show up and demand money from Noe, stealing from the register and holding them at gun point.
Meanwhile Jessica is working at the security office and turns down a coworker's offer for a date before taking Kurt to an interview with her father.
This time Kurt fights back, taking Steve’s gun, breaking his arm, and scaring his companion.
Kurt arrives and kills several of the Nazis, busy sparing one who didn’t escape, allowing Neo’s group to leave.
He tells Kurt that Noe’s real name is Allen Green and he was convicted twice for fraud.
He also tells him that the police found Kurt’s shelter (but not the bunker) and that there is no indication of the world coming to an end.
[6][7] Christy Lemire of RogerEbert.com gave it thumbs down, saying that the film was "a thoroughly unpleasant experience from start to finish, and not even in an artful way.
"[8] Noel Murray of LA Times criticized Christensen's performance and the script, while praising the film's gloomy ambience.
He said that "the individual scenes feel disconnected and incomplete, stitched together by rambling, discombobulated dialogue that even the actors don’t seem to understand.