Last Days (2025 film)

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Last Days
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Last Days cast at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival
Directed by Justin Lin
Screenplay by Ben Ripley
Based on"The Last Days of John Allen Chau"
by Alex Perry
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyOliver Bokelberg
Edited byDylan Highsmith
Music byNathan Alexander
Production
companies
Distributed by Vertical
Release dates
  • January 28, 2025 (2025-01-28)(Sundance)
  • October 24, 2025 (2025-10-24)(United States)
Running time
120 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Last Days is a 2025 American biographical drama film about John Allen Chau, a Christian missionary who was killed while attempting to evangelize the self-isolated Sentinelese people. It is directed by Justin Lin, with screenwriter Ben Ripley adapting the Outside magazine article "The Last Days of John Allen Chau" by Alex Perry. It premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. [1] It is scheduled to be released in the United States on October 24, 2025.

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Premise

The film tells the story of John Allen Chau, an idealistic missionary wanting to make contact with the Sentinelese, an isolated tribe living on North Sentinel Island in the Indian Ocean. [2] [3]

Cast

Production

In February 2023, it was announced that Justin Lin would be directing an independent drama film based on the 2019 Outside Magazine article "The Last Days of John Allen Chau" by Alex Perry. Ben Ripley would write the screenplay. [4] [5] The project was developed by The Gotham Group. Justin Lin is also a producer, alongside Andrew Schneider, Sal Gatdula, Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Eric Robinson and Clayton Townsend. Sky Yang was cast in the lead role in June 2023. [2]

In May 2024, Radhika Apte, Naveen Andrews, Ken Leung, Toby Wallace, Ciara Bravo, Claire Price, Dieudonné Ngabo, and Marny Kennedy joined the cast of the film. [6] [7] [8]

Filming

Principal photography began on May 17, 2024, in Thailand. [7] [8] [9]

Release

Justin Lin & Oliver Bokelberg (l-r) at a Last Days screening at Sundance 2025 Justin Lin & Oliver Bokelberg (l-r) at a screening of the film "Last Days" at Sundance, 2025 (cropped).jpg
Justin Lin & Oliver Bokelberg (l-r) at a Last Days screening at Sundance 2025

The film premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival on January 28, 2025. [10] The film is scheduled to be released in the United States on October 24, 2025. [11]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 29% of 17 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 3.7/10. [12] Metacritic , which uses a weighted average , assigned the film a score of 40 out of 100, based on 9 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Patten, Dominic; D'Alessandro, Anthony (December 11, 2024). "Sundance 2025: JLo, Sly Stone, Putin, Ayo Edebiri, André Holland, & Ex-NZ PM Jacinda Ardern Films Among Park City Festival Offerings". Deadline. Retrieved December 11, 2024.
  2. 1 2 Kroll, Justin (June 6, 2023). "Sky Yang To Star In Justin Lin's 'The Last Days Of John Allen Chau'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
  3. ↑ Salisbury, Mark (June 28, 2023). "Stars of Tomorrow 2023: Sky Yang (actor)". Screen Daily. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
  4. ↑ Chapman, Wilson (February 28, 2023). "The Director Who Walked Away from 'Fast and Furious' Is Going Indie — Again". Indie Wire . Retrieved May 17, 2024.
  5. ↑ Kroll, Justin (February 28, 2023). "Justin Lin To Direct 'The Last Days Of John Allen Chau' With Ben Ripley Writing Script". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
  6. ↑ Grobar, Matt (May 15, 2024). "Radhika Apte, Naveen Andrews & Ken Leung Join Justin Lin's 'Last Days'". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved May 17, 2024.
  7. 1 2 Grobar, Matt (May 17, 2024). "Toby Wallace & Ciara Bravo Among Final Additions To Justin Lin's 'Last Days'". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved May 17, 2024.
  8. 1 2 Grobar, Matt (May 15, 2024). "Radhika Apte, Naveen Andrews & Ken Leung Join Justin Lin's Last Days". Deadline Hollywood . Penske Media Corporation.
  9. ↑ Kit, Borys (December 8, 2023). "Charlize Theron, Daniel Craig, Justin Lin Team for Heist Thriller 'Two for the Money' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 12, 2023.
  10. ↑ Ellwood, Gregory (January 17, 2025). "25 Most Anticipated Sundance Film Festival 2025 Premieres". The Playlist.net. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
  11. ↑ Grobar, Matt (July 9, 2025). "Justin Lin's 'Last Days' Acquired By Vertical". Deadline. Retrieved July 9, 2025.
  12. ↑ "Last Days". Rotten Tomatoes . Fandango Media . Retrieved February 10, 2025.
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