Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.

Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

Blending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction

It's hard to understand the low rating as ALL the other reviews mentioned. One of companies that skew IMDb ratings must have something against the director (yes film companies pay companies to skew IMDb ratings ). It's a brilliant war film. With a realistic alien component. Watch it you'll be glad you did

Earth has been invaded, somewhat successfully. The United Space Defense Force (USDF, not much to do with the once United States) was formed to respond after most human governments were rendered useless. Strong counter-attacks by the USDF sent most of the aliens packing, but bastions of aliens remain. USDF funding dropped after the departure of most of the aliens, and the further fall of the world economy. However, a reduced number of aliens are still about and are still dangerous. The USDF does what it can on a shoestring budget. The main action of the film is set in territory once part of an Islamic nation, probably Pakistan or Afghanistan since the locals speak Pashto. The year is 2033.The USDF personnel have to fight the aliens in a high-tech (aliens) versus low-tech (USDF) setting. The USDF has to deal with the often unfriendly locals in a low-tech versus no-tech setting. The particular outpost where the action occurs has to deal with shortages of munitions, trained (or any) replacement troops, food, and weapons. The support of the outpost from distant, better funded bases seems spotty at best. Are the outposts and the bases even on the same team?Who will 'win' the wars of attrition? Will it be the desert, the locals, the USDF, or the aliens? Or will the USDF and the aliens lose to the patient desert? Will there be any changes in alliances?The elements of the film are not all that well put together. This includes: CGI intervals, ex post facto troop interviews that were expertly shot, intertitles with expository text held on screen for long periods, discussions among troops during ordinary times (cleaning guns, washing dishes, sleeping, and so on), and shaky cam action sequences.---The presentation is a bit rocky, but it's still a decent action film.

A challenge to review, given that this film is pretty authentic-looking, raises some interesting issues and is at least competently done, and on occasions even impressive. This is not the first time that we seem to need to be reminded in a film context that the armed forces of the United States (most especially at the level of the ordinary personnel) are effective, brave and mostly noble in their intentions. "The Last Ship" has been doing something quite similar for the US Navy, and a little bit by the way has a pretty interesting pandemic-plague-apocalypse story tacked on. In the case of "Mankind's Last Stand" (aka "Outpost 37"), we have an alien invasion story with a twist relatively unique, given that the invasion was some time previously, and success with its repulsion has been partly, even largely achieved! That just leaves pockets of resistance to be cleared up - a dirty, thankless and often dangerous task now pursued out of the gaze of a planet putting its life back together, and seeking to put a very unpleasant setback behind it ASAP. The full story here unfolds via a pseudo-documentary "talking heads" mechanism (involving service personnel) which convinces pretty well and apparently has various time frames that leave we viewers a little ensure as to how far along the story the film is going to take us. It is more than half way through that we finally learn that the "US" in USDF does not stand for "United States" (shades of the USS in "USS Enterprise" - and a reasonable enough plot device given the goal of the movie). Since both alien invasion and (mainly) United States forces are involved, it is clear that this is not entirely new territory for a film. You've got series after series of "Falling Skies", plus "Monsters", "Battle: Los Angeles", "Cloverfield" - even "Independence Day" and "War of the Worlds" to choose from. Hence those who like comparing alien invasion movies, or are even carrying out a study of them, will certainly add "Outpost 37" to their collection, and probably even be pretty satisfied. The bigger question is what everybody else should do! It's not especially that "Outpost 37" is obviously a worse film. It really isn't, even if it is a modest offering that relies on (sometimes quite thought-provoking) storytelling and realistic scene-setting rather more than a grand scale or special effects. It's just that it got to the cinemas rather later than the others mentioned above, and perhaps after our appetite for this particular kind of movie has been satisfied...

I was pleasantly surprised by this movie. I watched this movie fully expecting it to be what I consider a "stupid disaster movie." I have a fondness for those, from the cheesy acting to the terrible graphics. It amuses me. However, this movie was far from that. It was well acted and the graphics were pretty great. I should also mention I generally dislike combat documentary films, but this story drew me in, and I enjoyed it a lot. By the end I found myself hoping there would be a sequel, just to see what happens next. The story was fairly believable and I enjoyed the perspective. It probably could use a bit more depth and back-story, but overall it's worth your time. I would definitely suggest that you watch it. :)