Working a grave yard shift alone is creepy as fuck. Anyone whose done it can attest to that. So when I heard about "The Last Shift" it seemed to be a perfect fit.
Movie# 44 The Final Shift 2014 Spoiler Free
Anthony DiBlasi is obviously someone who knows his cinema and this is a pretty interesting re-working of "Assault on Precinct 13"but make no mistake its not at all a copy or a rip off. So for what I really liked about this film. DiBlasi sets the stage perfectly for a thick tension,heavy dread and horror which only gets tighter as the story unfolds. Surprising the imagery is genuinely off putting and other times down right disturbing. The acting was stellar and seeing how the movie is 95% carried by one actor a lot is riding on her as being believable. Juliana Harkavy really brought that character to life and I bought that she was a rookie guarding an empty police station. I also loved little touches like when shes scared she recites the policemen's code to herself. My biggest problem with this film was the painfully cliche'd "Manson family" style killers and in the Manson family are even out right name checked (for good measure?) The followers are your basic stock "cultist wingnuts" like you`ve seen in many films. Also dialogue like "i`ll rape your humanity" is kind of laughable. Its like something a goth kid would scrawl on his school note book. Its really the one sore spot in a otherwise interesting, tension filled film. Despite some cliches and predictability overall this is a damn good horror film. Best to watch this one at night, lights out.
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