The Lost Future

Horror SF

Pinnacle Films

R4

The Lost Future is an interesting film, perhaps a little clichéd but none the worse for that. It is a typical Pinnacle film, fairly low budget but decent production values and quite reasonable acting.

Scientists have tried to bring back extinct animals but have also inadvertently released an ancient virus. If a human contracts the virus they will die or turn into a subhuman. Mankind has all but died out and the survivors have formed small bands with stone age technology. They fight not only the monsters that were recreated but the subhuman tribes as well.

One human tribe is run by “the ancients”, represented by a religious lunatic whose response to danger is to pray. This is surprisingly ineffective against a tribe of bloodthirsty subhumans. The tribe is trapped in a cave, and the subhumans will eventually get in and slaughter the humans. Savan and Kaleb, two of the tribe’s hunters, are still loose in the forest.

Kaleb is a good tracker and unlike most of the tribe he can read. They head out of the area and look for help or shelter, and meet Amal. Amal knows of a yellow powder discovered many years ago by Savan’s father. He was bringing it back to their village when he was attacked and the powder and the formula were stolen. It is now in the hands of a large tribe living in an old derelict city, where the head man Gagen doles it out sparingly to his henchmen. Gagan and his men can’t read so they can’t make any more powder from the formula.

There follows the usual fights, general skulking around, and test of loyalty.

Although we have seen a lot of this before (the post-apocalyptic theme is quite common) the film is well done with good CGI where it counts.

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