Instant Favorite.

Too much about the plot just didn't add up, the writing was bad, some of the scenes were cringey and awkward,

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

The movie starts with an amazing sunrise. The magical beauty of this title scene provides the whole curiosity to watch the entire movie.Zac Hobson wakes up in the morning. He felt something strange about that day. Soon, he discovers that the Earth was deserted; the whole population was vanished. He goes crazy being alone. Then, he tries to live like a king. He gets a female company and they are trying to solve this mystery. Soon, they find the third survivor. The presence of the third man, of course brings jealousy and suspicion.A cool SciFi movie with a limited number of actors. A very well made movie. It bagged all the 8 awards nominated for the movie at the New Zealand Film and TV Awards. This was the first ever science fiction movie made and produced by the country of New Zealand.Do not miss this awesome movie.A must watch.#KiduMovie

Top Kiwi actor Bruno Lawrence ("Smash Palace", "Utu") stars in this post-apocalypse drama as Zac Hobson, a government scientist who awakens early one morning to find an utterly decimated New Zealand. This may have something to do with the multinational project on which he was working. He seems to be the last human standing, and for months he deals with loneliness by doing anything he takes a notion to do. I mean, what the Hell? He's now got tons of freedom. His existence is then thrown for a loop when he encounters two survivors: first, a beautiful young woman named Joanne (Alison Routledge), and later, an intense Maori trucker named Api (Pete Smith).This addition by New Zealand to the entire post-apocalypse genre is not all that satisfying at the end, but if it's true that the writers didn't quite know how to end this thing, it only adds a level of interest by not providing neat and easy answers. Viewers can interpret it how they will. And getting there is an entertaining journey. For about 36 minutes, Lawrence is the only living human on screen, and he makes Zac an easy character to root for. You can't blame him for the various wacky things he does in order to keep his sanity. And when he meets Joanne, and then Api, it does complicate things in believable enough ways.Give credit to director Geoff Murphy and company for their creations of the deserted and forlorn environments. They really do master the illusion of a world without individuals. The pace is deliberate, and for the most part their film lives up to the word "quiet". This is subtle, character-driven stuff, not for folks who'd prefer the thrills of something like "Mad Max".Our three main actors are engaging, especially Lawrence, who keeps you watching through the opening third. Lawrence also scripted (with producer Sam Pillsbury, and Bill Baer), based on the novel by Craig Harrison.This is worth a look-see if you're a fan of this genre and are searching for its less well known entries.Seven out of 10.

This movie had a fascinating premise and started out well enough. It held my interest and engaged my imagination. And, it made me truly interested in what had actually happened to create this situation. So, it had great potential, despite its obvious low budget.But, this movie basically ruined an otherwise decent science fiction premise by presenting us with what I will term as a "lazy" ending. It is as if the author started out with an inspiration for the story, but then lost it before he could complete it. The final scene scarcely seemed as though it actually belonged to this film - like it should have been tacked onto the end of another low budget science fiction film, but not this one. We are left with a non-ending. We do not know what happened to everyone else on Earth or whether they were restored to their previous realities. We do not know what happened to any of the characters presented in the story, with the exception of this bizarre notion that Zac Hobson, somehow, ended up on an entirely different planet - but we have no idea how or why, or whether he was alone there, too. And, the final image for the movie is also the one they associate with the film. Why? What does that image have to do with the story or Earth, or anything, for that matter? It quite plainly does not belong with this film, period. What were they thinking?Apart from Bruno Lawrence's performance in the first half-hour of the movie, the acting was bad, the characters uninteresting, and their interactions unrealistic. But, there is plenty of blame for this to be shared with the director.The budget was too low for the visual effects to be of any interest. And, while the venue, New Zealand, is a spectacularly beautiful country, the cinematography was so mediocre as to bring everything within the camera's view right down into mediocrity with it. They desperately needed a visual effects department that truly had an appreciation of where they were.I give it a five out of ten - only because I have seen much worse.

I will start by saying I enjoyed this film very much. While I cannot say it is a great movie, it is certainly entertaining, interesting, and watchable. The cast do quite well in their respective roles, and the section on the effects of isolation on the main character is both funny and quite sad. The introduction of the other characters and the consequent tension is quite believable under the circumstances.However, I did find myself rather frustrated by the plot. I felt it hid behind vagueness and lack of explanation about what was going on. I especially found myself rather flummoxed by the ending. It was interesting, but it left too many questions about what the viewer was supposed to conclude had happened. I don't necessarily dislike ambiguity in a film, but I couldn't help but wonder if the scriptwriter was hiding behind lack of explanation because he didn't quite know how to end it.The effects are cheap, but the movie is older, low budget, and the effects were not particularly vital to the plot. It didn't really affect my enjoyment of the movie.So overall I would say 'The Quiet Earth' is no classic, but is a watchable, entertaining film.