The Last Chance

The Last Chance

They had just about given up... but were given one last chance.

2008 · 86 min · ★ 4.5 · Science Fiction

In a future world mankind is about to be wiped out by a super virus. As people hide underground, their only hope is a meteorite that has fallen to earth which may contain a cure. Only one thing stands in their way from retrieving the crystal: The infected topsiders.

Directed by Ion Ionescu · Written by Kevin Moore

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