In a post apocalyptic future, mankind has regressed to a tribal state of living, cut off from each other and living everyday in fear of ferocious beasts and terrifying mutants. When his own tribe is attacked by mutants, Kaleb (Sam Claflin) must seek help that may not exist. With the tribal leader Savan and his girlfriend Dorel (Corey Sevier, Annabelle Wallis) they set out on their journey, and quickly discover that there is a cure to the mutation. Aided by the mysterious warrior Amal (Sean Bean) the group must hurry to find the cure, before their whole tribe become horrible creature hell bent on nothing more than death.
In spite of the overall entertaining plot, and an interesting take on the 'Post-apocalypse' genre, this film really doesn't have much to offer. With the exception of Bean and Claflin, the cast's level of acting is pretty poor: indeed many of them may only have been given parts because they look good in torn up loincloths. The story itself was not given much thought - although this is a new take on how a post apocalyptic world may look, there is little to suggest that this is anything more than a dialled down Planet of the Apes, with overly make-up'd extras instead of monkeys. The narrative is very simple and expected, as is a great deal of the events seen on screen; you don't need a degree to be able to say 'saw that coming'. Although there are several battle and fight scenes, they are poorly executed: it is impossible to properly keep up with what is going on and even then it is only because the creators went over the top on slow motion.
The Lost Future should really be the Lost Cause: it had all the potential to be a good film, but fell short of the mark.
