Review of Last Woman on Earth (1960) by Real G — 24 Jan 2005

The Last Woman on Earth is a subtextual examiniation of the attraction and neccessity of sexes. It's a study of what two men would most likely do if there was only one woman left on the planet. That and it's a Roger Corman classic. And to boot, it was written by Chinatown's Robert Towne who stars as the lawyer in this B movie.

So the question is how do we get to the have only one woman left on the entire Earth? Well, while the group of three are scuba diving in the Caribbean, some massive event happens on earth that wipes out the oxygen for a few minutes and people can't breathe and henceforth keel over. Did I just use henceforth in a sentence?! Anyway, so over time, testosterone begins to build up between our two men and it all leads to a knock down drag out fight that leaves one of them dead. And then, there's only ONE man and ONE woman left on the whole entire earth. Catch my drift? ;).

Anyway, Corman's B-movies tend to be a step above other B-movies from the late 50s to early 70s. I mean, there's an actual story to them and they make you think, what would it be like if there was only one woman left on the entire earth. Scary scary thoughts....