Aidan (Tyler Posey) wakes one morning to find the world in the grip of a zombie apocalypse. Trapped in his flat he eventually befriends Eva (Summer Spiro) who lives in the building opposite. They communicate by handwritten signs because the zombies respond to sound, and because Eva lives on a lower floor Aidan can send over bottles of water via a rope system. He also searches other apartments for food and one day meets an old man (Donald Sutherland) who harbours a deadly secret.
And that secret is easily guessable if you've seen the South Korean movie #ALIVE (2020) because FINAL DAYS is essentially a carbon copy of that film, with one of #ALIVE's co-writers (Matt Naylor) taking sole screenplay credit for this one. No mention of #ALIVE is made anywhere on the credits so one assumes he managed to sell the same idea twice, possibly after having been influenced by the 2018 French film THE NIGHT EATS THE WORLD which also shares the same basic scenario.
So if you've seen its Korean and French counterparts you can probably give FINAL DAYS a miss. However, if you haven't, or you're one of those people with an aversion to subtitles, it's actually not that bad, with reasonable performances and a brisk enough pace.
Originally filmed as ALONE one presumes the title change was to avoid it being confused with quite a few other films that have used title in the last couple of years, although those responsible may be unaware that there are several FINAL DAYS movies out there as well. If you want to watch this you want the one directed by former stuntman Johnny Martin.
FINAL DAYS is out on DVD & Digital Platforms from Signature Entertainment on Monday 12th April 2021
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