Nicole
I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.
Roxie
The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;
Billy Ollie
Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable
Dalbert Pringle
The way I see it - All that "The Quiet Earth" comes down to being is just a poor man's version of "I Am Legend".Even though the release dates between these 2 films is 22 years apart, with The Quiet Earth coming out way back in 1985, long before I Am Legend, it's still impossible not to compare these 2 films, right down the their very last details.Yes, "Earth" and "Legend" certainly do contain a lot of similarities in their plot-lines, etc., but, just the same, there are definitely some notable differences between these 2 films, as well. For instance, The Quiet Earth's story takes place in New Zealand, while I Am Legend's location is NYC.Note: The remainder of this review may contain spoilers.It's at The Quiet Earth's big, climatic finale where this film loses significant points, all due to a technical problem that was quite visibly evident when it came to the presentation of the particular scene.Whoever it was that set up this final, all-important shot certainly wasn't paying very close attention to what they were doing when it came to keeping all of the imagery as still as possible. And so, as a result of this neglect, the dramatic background matte-images of the planet Saturn as it slowly rises up over Earth's ocean horizon fluctuates rapidly at an alarming rate, which is quite easily noticeable to the naked-eye.This whole faulty technical blooper was not only incredibly annoying, but it completely ruined the otherwise awesome effect of this scene, reducing what was basically a fairly good film to the level of something quite disappointing and extremely amateurish.
Vic Fontaine
First off Australian and or New Zealand movies are usually great. This is no exception. Scientist Zac Hobson awakens (or so it seems) to be the last man on Earth. Slowly he figures out there was an effect that basically made everyone disappear from the planet except those who were at the very second of death. After almost going nuts and off the deep end, he finds another. Then another. The effect keeps having small signs of happening again and actually destroying the entire Earth so he has to act. The three get together and build a bomb big enough to make sure the sending station blow up so it can't send a signal round the world to make this happen. Zac, Joanne, and Api, are all great in the movie. All have different personalities, and none are overdone or directed to be so it seems. The dialog is good and never gets boring. The FX are fine for the day and there aren't too many thankfully. I have read a lot of reviews on this movie since I watched it for the first time, and a lot of those pan the ending but I personally like it. Well worth the watch, I watch it about once a year or so since it is a very good science fiction movie in my favorite subject for Sci Fi movies.
Smoreni Zmaj
Man wakes up and everything is somehow strange, but it takes some time until he realizes that everybody else is gone and he seems to be the last man on Earth. In first part of the movie we go with him through all psychological phases, through madness till he finally takes over control and tries to reorganize. I saw few movies with this kind of plot and it seems to me this one is the most realistic. Then plot thickens and speeds up and magical atmosphere of this movie slowly fades. Still, movie keeps your attention and its quality almost to the very end. Ending scene... I did not understand it at all and I had a feeling as they took the ending of some other movie and simply stick it to this one. It feels completely wrong. I guess what they wanted to accomplish with it, but to me it spoiled impression of this movie as a whole and it lowered my rating to7/10.
Python Hyena
The Quiet Earth (1985): Dir: Geoff Murphy / Cast: Bruno Lawrence, Alison Routledge, Peter Smith: Intriguing futuristic science fiction film set in the future. It seems to be addressing those activities we pursue when eyes are not upon us. Plot regards a government experiment that goes wrong leaving the earth bare of human life. Bruno Lawrence awakens to the quiet and everything seems fine until he notices no traffic on the roads. He believes that he knows what happened but unable to turn it back. Then the film has fun with carefree scenes where Lawrence enters a house and toils with lingerie. He also goes shopping, loading up with every unnecessary item possible but will realize that human conduct is needed. Soon a woman and a soldier surface. Conclusion doesn't satisfy but the plot is intriguing and directed by Geoff Murphy who is backed with decent production. We see a convincing futuristic worldview that is barren and nearly void completely of life. Besides Lawrence there is Alison Routledge and Peter Smith. Lawrence certainly has fun in his gradually sanity tested venture. Routledge and Smith add another level of emotion but not much leads to satisfaction. It plays like a fine idea with little character to explore it but for what it is, it seems intriguing enough to inspire thought. It fails to answer questions but argues the need for human conduct. Score: 7 ½ / 10
