Robert Morgan is your typical family man with a beautiful wife and small child. So far his life has been for the most part pleasant and without any great stress. Things begin to change when one of his fellow colleagues (also his closest friend) shows him their local newspaper where he sees word of a deadly plague in Europe that is already claiming the lives of hundreds. He remains both sceptical and optimistic, even after people in his greater Los Angeles area begin to show symptoms of the disease. His optimism turns to alarm, especially once he begins to see bodies of once what were his neighbors taken away by the authorities for disposal. His dilemma is even made worse when his small daughter falls victim to the disease and is frustrated due to the inability to find a cure for her. He begins to believe what his close friend told him earlier: some of the "dead" are still somehow alive and have transformed some way into some sort of vampiric creatures who wander about at night and seek blood from weaker victims. Thinking he is the last man on earth not infected with the plague, he embarks on a pro-active campaign of seeking out and destroying these creatures by day and then retreating to his well boarded-up and stocked home by night. This is a true classic as Price gives a wonderful performance as the desperate, lonely and still hopeful and determined to survive and overcome what his world has become. This gem of a movie has earned a respectable place on my movie rack and should be added to yours as well!Just don't forget the pop corn and soft drinks!
Review of The Last Man on Earth
