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Post-nuclear-wa
r 
dr 
amas centering on a sma ll
 g roup o f survivors now constitute an e ntire
gen re in science-fiction films. All o f them, i
n some w  ay or another, can be tr
aced back to this se
minal film from  195 1  i n whic
h five people deal

with the p ossibility  the
y are the only human beings left alive on the planet.　　While most of the later  movies exp
loited th
is possibility for B- m ovie thrills, Five adopts a quiet, cont emp lativ e to
ne whi ch so
 me may find dull but which thoughtful vie
wers are  mo re l

i ke l

y to fi nd , for
want of a better


wo

rd, haunting. There  is somethin g about t
his movie
 

which gets u
nd
er t

he  ski
n and which lurks in the co rners of the mind long after it's over.