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The Last Movie Ever Made is a humorous film that’s more about the joy of making a fan film than anything else. And here, I suspect the story takes inspiration from various sources, including Star Trek. And when considering writer/director Nathan Blackwell created the web series Voyage Trekkers, the carryover is very evident.
In this film, everyone has heard the telepathic message that the world will end and there’s nothing they can do about it other than prepare for the end of days. While some will panic and others will stand in the middle of the street holding a sign, “The Apocalypse is here,” what’s presented is a slice of Americana taking it in stride, and just think about what do they want to do in the thirty days remaining.
The threat feels very much like a riff on how Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy started. While nobody is even going to have a chance to leave the planet, I did have to wonder how the rest of the world was reacting. As for what Marshall (Adam Rini) believes is best is to do something meaningful with his life–to finish making that movie that he thought of back when he was a teen. The people whom he gets to join in this endeavour includes his old chums, Lance (Ryan Gaumont) and Arthur (Craig Curtis) along with his ex-wife Audrey (Megan Hughes Rini).