Review of The Last Rescue

The only real actor here is Brett Cullen, who had terrific short roles in Red Dawn 2012 and Person of Interest. Everyone else is fresh out of acting school, or in the case of the extras "faking death school." The production values are inconsistent: good film and sound, even with hand-held cameras; decent photographic direction(no blurred closeups); often-excellent editing; but abysmal special effects. And unfortunately the writing and production crew were also the "stars" of this badly-paced and melodramatic mish-mash. Ironically, it is the superb acting from Cullen that makes the others seem completely amateurish in their delivery, expressions, and movement. The screenplay is also sadly lacking in any real depth, so even with better actors this would have been a loss. I watched 5 minutes at a time as that's all I could take.