Low budget ozploitation as an inconsistent sound mix and inventive camerawork takes precedence in a story involving lovecraftian demons and multiple dimensions. Hate to spoil the third act, but unfortunately there is not much to really spoil here. There is a lot you can say about Sole Survivor that's unflattering, but being a dispassionate production isn't one of them. Though the story riffs on several sci-fi films, Sole Survivor does still display a lot of creativity in fusing its influences together in a film that has a character all to itself. Laughable acting in some places, but the cast is committed, so their overkill feels like part of the fun.

There is also some neat art design, including some cool looking guns and some decent, if very cheap CGI. The soft focus rendering and janky movement is balanced by the look of the creatures themselves which are both demonic and extraterrestrial. Once again, i can't emphasise how cheap the effects look, but similarly i can't say enough how fit they were for purpose and add a considerable amount of charm to this film.

Finally, a decent score is something I was not expecting from Sole Survivor, but I got that as well. Not memorable, but i have heard far worse from other direct to dvd action films. It fitted the story and helped keep the pace going.

Sole Survivor is exactly what you want to see when you hear the words low budget, direct to dvd, post apocalypse actioner.

A little girl playing with a slinky causes an apocalypse with mutant creatures. Within a few minutes only Pvt. James Conroy (Warren Otteraa) and Australian astronaut Garry Freeman (David Leeming) are left alive and later we find out Elizabeth (Alana Tranter) is alive too. For much of the film they chat, put colanders on a stick, and kill mutants with CG fire with a quadruple barreled pistol.

First off, if I was they only military man alive on earth, I would make myself a general. The acting was comical. In one scene James is running and killing mutants. Due to the budget all we see his his face making growls and the scope of the gun. Our astronaut is in a space station that has the same gravity on earth. No explanation required as "the space station set was built in the backyard shed of the Directors house he was renting." There were many scenes where a person was talking and the sound track muted out what they were saying, something they could have fixed in post had they bothered to screen the product before putting it out to market. The whole film was sloppy. Several scenes were "so bad it is good" especially the fighting scenes and system warning labels.

This is Christopher Jacobs first attempt at writing, directing, and producing.

Guide: F-word. No sex or nudity.

This is just terrible. I don't know if it gets any better near the end buy I seriously doubt it. I made it about 20 minutes into it. The very first scene with dialogue is drowned out by the music. The CGI could have been done better with whiteboard markers on glass held in front of the camera. The acting was worse than a porno. The main guy comes out of the forest and looks over a valley with houses, the next second he's looking down on a bad CGI city in ruins. I looks like it was shot in a local park in Newcastle frequented by hobos and junkies. Do not waste your time.