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This sci-fi tale examines the fate and the human struggles involved in the incredible realization that a woman and two men may be the last surviving humans on Earth, following a peculiar catastrophy.

The analysis of selfishness, love, jealousy, money, work, accomplishment and the purpose of life are very well examined. All in the context of these extreme circumstances, the issues become very vibrant. The dialogue and acting help you feel the despair and distress of the characters.

Unfortunately, what could have possibly been one of the best black & white sci-fi movies, fell short- very short- in the end. The ending is uselessly incoherent, improbable and needlessly violent (a horrible fight on top of everything).

Still worth a watch for the first hour of the film.

On the 5th of April 2005, the legendary horror producer/director Roger Corman turned 79 years old and that was my reason (the obsessive geek I am) to re-watch one of his most overlooked films. Last Woman on Earth is a modest but ingenious SF-thriller that got pushed back and eventually forgotten due to other, bigger cinema projects handling about the same topic. That's quite regretful, as this is a well written and entertaining little film with quite some tension and above average acting performances. The plot is fascinating and follows a rich couple and their lawyer friend on vacation in Puerto Rico. When they make a day-trip out on the open sea to dive a sudden and unexplainable lack of oxygen kills off the isle's entire population…likely the whole world! They initially collaborate to survive and work out an escape plan, but pretty soon the first fights appear. The situation gets really complicated when the lawyer also develops feelings for … the last and only woman on earth. Like nearly every Roger Corman product, the film lacks budget and eye for detail. Yet, the Puerto Rican filming locations are beautiful the man's directing is very straightforward. The constantly increasing hopelessness of the characters is terrifically portrayed and the inevitable climax of paranoia is very impressive. The ending is somewhat disappointing (as other reviewers already pointed out) and hard to accept after the overall convincing first hour. But then again, it's not easy to shoot an appropriate climax to an apocalyptic-minded movie, is it? The three-headed cast delivers good performances. Especially compared to that other film Corman quickly shot in Puerto Rico – Creature from the Haunted Sea – this is a good and recommended picture. Pay close attention to Robert Towne, by the way. Around the time of Last Woman on Earth, he was still an unnoticed Corman pupil but he soon after became one of Hollywood's most praised scriptwriters.

"Last Woman On Earth" moves along at a steady clip and has an exciting ending (with a disappointing conclusion).  It is a film that benefits from smart writing, an on location shoot, and an interesting meshing of script with Jazzy soundtrack. There is an underwater scene that was quite excellently filmed. For that matter, the whole film was quite excellently filmed.  Even though this film predates the first James Bond film, it has a bit of a "Dr. No" feel to it.  No, it is no "Dr. No", but neither was its budget a Bond budget. You're not missing much if you never see "Last Woman On Earth", but if you do see it you won't feel like you wasted 71 minutes of your life.  It's a pretty good film -- a sad little tale about good and evil.

Harold and Evelyn Gern are "vacationing" in Puerto Rico, with friend/lawyer Martin when while scuba diving they realize that all the world's oxygen has left the atmosphere for some inexplicable reason. For all purposes and intent, they are the last human beings on Earth. What shall they do? Can two men and one woman coexist alone? Watch this film and those questions shall be answered. This film is very creative on many counts and it is a satisfying tale of what life might be like for a handful of survivors in a post-apocalyptic state. The film is a Roger Corman quickie/cheapie, yet don't make that keep you away. Corman is a good director and does know how to get the most with what he is given. The script is written by Robert Towne, and although it has holes, it is inventive and interesting. The acting by Anthony Carbone, Betsy Jones-Moreland, and Robert Towne as the trio is very good. Jones-Moreland is lovely and she gives a very good performance. Above all, the film reiterates the flaws that exist in each of us no matter what circumstances we are thrust into. On a side note, the same director, same crew, same actors, and same locations were used for a film simultaneously made with this one...Creature From the Haunted Sea. A word of advice: AVOID IT!, but see The Last Woman on Earth.

A setting resulting from sci-fi; but heavy philosophizing in the vast majority of the film: Ev becomes the last woman on earth - well, at least, in Puerto Rico, where she is vacationing with her gambling-addicted, workaholic, material-oriented, not-quite-above-board husband, Harold; and their free-spirited lawyer friend, Martin. They emerge from a scuba-diving session and gradually realize that everyone else on the island - perhaps globally - has suffocated from a mysterious (but impermanent) breach of the oxygen supply. From this point, it is a psychological study of the differing priorities of the three characters. Viewers who are interested in interpreting some varieties of human behavior will find THAT in this movie. Others, however, may prefer more of the type of action which will NOT be found here.

While not officially listed (on IMDb) as having been worked on by cult director Monte Hellman, he confirmed his involvement on this Corman cheapie during Criterion's Audio Commentary for his own TWO-LANE BLACKTOP (1971). In fact, it was one of four (3 originally helmed by Corman and another by himself) which he was commissioned to extend for TV showings: ironically, these alternate versions have since virtually become the official ones! I do not know which scenes Hellman devised for the film but it was interesting to note the cockfight in the very opening sequence, given that he would make the screen's best depiction of this violent sport with COCKFIGHTER (1974) – which Corman himself would produce! Incidentally, when I acquired the film under review, I was unaware that it was supposed to be in color (though, by all accounts, this had faded anyway in surviving prints): had I known, however, I would have made it a point to check out the version recently broadcast – in the original language – on late-night Italian TV!

Anyway, though the title had always struck me as intriguing (preceding THE LAST MAN ON EARTH by 4 years), the film was slapped with an unflattering – but, in retrospect, undeserving – BOMB rating by the "Leonard Maltin Movie Guide". Curiously enough, the picture it was shot back-to-back with i.e. the recently-viewed CREATURE FROM THE HAUNTED SEA (1961) – another Corman effort 'doctored' by Hellman and with which this shares its three leads – rates *1/2 in Maltin's book but it is a much less rewarding experience in my opinion! Yet one more picture made during this time and using the same locations was the war movie BATTLE OF BLOOD ISLAND (1960; which, however, Corman only produced) – collectively, the films would come to be known as "The Puerto Rican Trilogy" (and they were released as such on DVD as well).

To get back to the matter at hand, the plot of this one is pretty spare: a crooked businessman (Bogie look-alike Anthony Carbone), his girl (Betsy Jones-Moreland) and his lawyer (Edward Wain aka renowned scriptwriter Robert Towne, who also penned this) convene in the South American town to discuss his latest indictment However, while taking some time off deep-sea diving, the entire world population apparently expires from radioactive fall-out (hence the title)! Needless to say, Carbone is not the easiest guy to live with, so Moreland finds solace in the younger and more genteel Wain. This, of course, does not sit well with his 'boss', so we are treated to the usual eternal triangle dilemma albeit set against an apocalyptic back-drop – this idea in itself would have been great, had it not been already dealt with the previous year in THE WORLD, THE FLESH AND THE DEVIL (which actually added a racial issue to the fray and is a film I also own but have yet to watch) but, then, Corman was well-known for his shrewd commercial sense in concocting a quick cash-in to the next big thing (notably the reincarnation-themed THE UNDEAD {1957} following hot on the heels of the critically-lauded THE SEARCH FOR BRIDEY MURPHY {1956})!

Unfortunately, the narrative sticks to this one (rather drab) situation and, perhaps in view of the limited setting as well, does not develop further when Corman and Towne could pretty much have gone in any direction imaginable: given Carbone's self-confidence and ruthlessness, would it not have been logical for him to turn megalomaniacal rather than merely jealous! The latter stages, in fact, have him banishing Wain from the hotel they were living in but the latter and Moreland double-cross him by leaving together. He sets out in pursuit and finally confronts his romantic rival in a fortress (a good set-piece), with the unexpected – and strangely moral – ending then relocating to the inside of a church (as would THE LAST MAN ON EARTH itself oddly enough!), where the hero/interloper dies (soon after going blind from having received numerous blows throughout in the region of his eyes!) and the 'blessed' couple can have a go at saving their marriage!

It is certainly not a horrible movie. Leonard Maltin called it a Bomb. It has decent acting and a reasonable plot. It's very talky. Unlike most end-of-the - world movies, there are no efforts to come up with food, resist annihilation, hole up somewhere, although those things are talked about. It begins with what seems to be the death of all the people in the Puerto Rican area where this takes place. The main characters are saved because they were SCUBA diving and had oxygen while others didn't. This opens a whole can of worms. Theere are people all over with oxygen supplied for various reasons. We have three figures, a young wife who feels because of her relationship with her driven husband, she has missed out on much of life. She's really quite stunning. We have the husband, a take-no-prisoners businessman who has crossed the line many times. Finally, we have his nihilistic, whiny attorney who spouts philosophy and poetry, but is rather ineffectual. He and the wife begin a relationship, but even she tires of his ramblings and his negative discourse. There is a sad conclusion with many unanswered questions. Just a rather dull, talky movie.

"Last Woman on Earth" shows what happens as a romantic triangle plays out during an "end of the world" type of story. Harold Gern (Antony Carbone) is a shady banker enjoying the sights and sounds of Puerto Rico. Tagging along are his sexy young wife Evelyn (Betsy Jones- Moreland) and his loyal attorney Martin Joyce (future Oscar winning screenwriter Robert Towne, acting under the pseudonym Edward Wain). After a scuba diving excursion, they come out of the sea to find that some mysterious disaster has eliminated almost every living thing in sight. Harold is given to macho "this is how it's gonna be" proclamations, while Martin, who realizes that he's falling for Evelyn, acts as a voice of reason.

Towne also wrote the screenplay for this one, his first. Since he worked slowly (according to producer & director Roger Corman), his script was unfinished by the time of filming. So, in order to ensure that the screenwriter could be on set regularly, Corman convinced Towne to co-star in the film. Corman had come to Puerto Rico partly to take in the beauty of the surroundings, but largely due to "certain tax laws". By the time he and his crew left the country, they had not one film under their belt, but three: this one, "Creature from the Haunted Sea" (a remake of "Naked Paradise"), and "Battle of Blood Island".

A great film this is not, but it's a passably engrossing one, thanks to some wonderful atmosphere (Corman actually ponied up the dough to shoot it in color) and Townes' somewhat philosophical tale. There is some decent dialogue, good music by Ronald Stein, and effective cinematography by Jacques R. Marquette. The three cast members are reasonably good. Towne fares well enough, despite not being a professional actor.

The ending is abrupt, and may not be to all viewers' satisfaction. Still, Corman and Towne deserve some credit for tackling the theme of the hostility and violence ingrained in mankind, on a rather meagre budget.

Six out of 10.

This is a perfect example of a good story idea that just goes no where! While there have been similar movies (such as THE WORLD THE FLESH AND THE DEVIL), this one manages to be almost completely dull after the novelty wears off. If only Roger Corman and the rest who were responsible for this film cared in the least, it could have been a much better film.

Three people are scuba diving and when they come up to the surface, the air in unfit to breathe. So, they keep using their air tanks until they are on shore and find that everyone is dead because they have asphyxiated. This really made no sense at all--there must have been some other reason to kill off the people better than the air just temporarily disappeared and then re-appeared! And, considering these three were scuba diving and only needed the tanks briefly, you sure think on a planet with several billion people that SOME other people would have survived!!!! But instead, they quickly accept that everyone else is dead and get down to what is really important---arguing and fighting with each other!!! At no time did they consider that MAYBE if they are the last people on Earth that they have a responsibility to repopulate it! But instead of getting down to business, they argue and fight like the Bickersons. Now this isn't to say that the movie is all bad--I liked the overly controlling way the one guy tried to cope with the catastrophe. But apart from that, the film abounded with mediocrity and elements that just made no sense whatsoever--especially when the lady kept changing her clothes and dressed like June Cleaver after she came back from the beauty parlor during much of the film. You'd think the deaths of everyone else and the fact that she's the last woman on Earth would mean she could let up a little on the hair styling and fashion sense. Also, later in the film, there are some continuity problems--such as when one of the dead appears very fresh even though it's been days or weeks since the tragedy and it is set in Puerto Rico--the corpse would have been REALLY ripe and bloated by then or even worse. But, considering no one cared what the final product looked like, it's easy to see why continuity was such a problem.

While I like many of director Roger Corman's films, he also made a lot of crap--and this one truly is crap.

Also, look at the posters for this film. The advertising campaign made it look like a pornographic film--and the actual results were far, far, far more tame. In fact, the posters were complete fabrications--trying to get sex-starved audience members to come see a turkey.

This is a fine film that does much with almost nothing; shot on location in Puerto Rico without a finished script, 'The Last Woman on Earth' is a lean, mean post apocalyptic drama machine. Despite the poor print(s) the DVD was assembled from, Roger Corman's minor directorial genius shines through, especially in shots like the one where Harold, Martin and Ev all confront each other after coming back from the beach. Narratively efficient, suspenseful and even kind of thought-provoking, this film is a well-crafted low budget classic. Contrary to other comments here, the ending is great, especially considering how lame it could have been; at no point is the outcome certain in the way that predictable yawner 'Six String Samurai' was. And the fact that the poster is nothing like the actual film is a good thing, unless you're looking for Italian sexploitation trash. For a more reasoned assessment, check out Kim Newman's book 'Apocalypse Movies,' but if you're looking up this film you probably already know that one backwards and forwards. If you want an interesting and engaging vision of what the world might be like after it ends, you won't be disappointed here.

I picked this slab-o cheese on a double billed disc w/ "The Attack of the Bee Girls" @ Meijer for 2 bucks. Now if you are a fan of B-Films, I highly recommend the trip to Meijer. They have a ton of cheap-o DVDs in a big crate. You can get 5 DVDs for 10 dollars. I also picked up a gem called "The Crippled Masters" (a 70s Kung-Fu Revenge flick, and yes, they are crippled). But, I'm getting way off on a tangent...

The Last Woman on Earth is an interesting film with some unintentional laugh-out-loud parts. What's interesting about it is how well mannered they are during the end of the world. There are two males and one female left alive after some kind of doomsday devise is detonated, which is never really explained. In this type of scenario you'd expect people to behave wildly; looting the electronics store, stealing Italian sports cars, driving a tank through the middle of downtown (as I believe this happened in a film called "The Quiet Earth"). Instead they wear pressed slacks, shave, mix cocktails (no one explains how they still have power, let alone ice cubes) and fight over one boat in a harbor full of 'em. This is not Corman's most entertaining film and you will find your attention slipping in and out, but for my money it beats the latest sitcom or reality show.

I bought this film because we(my sons and I) were really curious about the fact that it was set in Puerto Rico, and I was a surprised it was. I look in old films to mostly to look for acting and photography techniques and specially atmosphere and locations( to compare with current lifestyles or everyday life). This film was a trip to the 60's way of living in PR, and it is fair to the Island, in many films we are portrayed as natives or Indians, and in some series like Roger Moore's "The Saint" they portrayed us very poorly and like other South American stereotype or Latin type, which we are but with very different history and experiences. We enjoyed the film a lot and had much fun when they find a dead "stiff" paradise bird on the "jungle". My sons are hard critics and they found interesting the fact that really they doesn't need explanations of the air shortage to find the film amusing and interesting. I really enjoyed it and found it one of Corman's best movies.

"Last Woman on Earth" was produced and directed by Roger Corman for American International Pictures in association with his own company, Filmgroup (one word, though an Allied Artists TV reissue spelled it as "Film Group"), and was based on a script by Robert Towne - who was also in it, more on that later. Towne went on to a distinguished career as a writer and a less distinguished one as a director - his best known credit was probably the screenplay for "Chinatown" (though Towne was disgusted when director Roman Polanski changed his ending), and he's one of the many talents both in front of and behind the camera who went from a Corman apprenticeship to a major career. "Last Woman on Earth" was apparently a project Corman threw together because he was already organizing a location trip to Puerto Rico to shoot "Creature from the Haunted Sea" and he wanted to get the most bang for his buck while there by making a second film - the way he would allow Francis Ford Coppola to shoot his first film, "Dementia 13," with the same cast and crew as his own production "The Young Racers;" and why he would squeeze two days' extra work out of Boris Karloff and Jack Nicholson by finishing the 1963 version of "The Raven" early so he could make another film with them, The Terror.

It helped that Towne's plot features only three on-screen (live) human characters: New York financier Harold Gern (Anthony Carbone), his wife Evelyn (Betsy Jones Moreland) and his tax attorney Martin Joyce. The performance of the actor playing Joyce is credited to "Edward Wain," but that was actually a pseudonym for ... Robert Towne. It seems that he hadn't yet finished the film by the time Corman and his crew were set to leave for Puerto Rico, so Corman had to bring him along so he could finish the script on the spot. Rather than pay for two people to come to Puerto Rico, Corman decided to save plane fare and living expenses for one by drafting Towne to play the part himself. Like Blake Edwards in Frank Wisbar's 1940's "B" "Strangler of the Swamp," Towne's performance proves that his real talent lay in writing, not acting. It also is an early indication of the flaw that would sink a lot of Towne's later major productions: a gift for pseudo-profundity which led him to write things that pretend to intellectual sophistication but really don't achieve it. One suspects that Corman told Towne, "Write me an Ingmar Bergman script - only make sure I can slap an exploitation title on it so I can sell it to the drive-ins." What Towne came up with was a profoundly uninteresting romantic triangle between Harold, Evelyn and Martin that turns into a post-apocalyptic movie when, vacationing on Puerto Rico while Harold's latest IRS investigation gets sorted out, Harold takes Evelyn and Martin deep-sea diving with SCUBA gear - and while they're underwater a sudden interruption in Earth's oxygen supply takes place, just long enough to wipe out all other humans and land-based animal life.

They come to life but keep breathing through their diving masks until they realize that whatever happened to the air that annihilated the rest of humanity is over and they can once again breathe safely - and the rest of the plot deals with Harold's attempts to lord it over the other two and insist that Evelyn doesn't have sex with Martin even though she's been clearly restive in her trophy-wife status and genuinely attracted to him. The main problem with this film is that the three people are relentlessly uninteresting and we really don't like any of them. It's possible Corman could have improved this film greatly if he'd been willing to pay salary, expenses and travel for an actual actor to play Martin, and it's pretty clear whom that should have been: the young Jack Nicholson, who was under contract to Corman at the time and could have brought an explosive romantic and sexual intensity to the character that clearly eluded the writer playing him. "Last Woman on Earth" is yet another bad film in which one senses a good film struggling inside it to get out.

Hmm. This started out great and has a really interesting concept. An annoying rich couple and their lawyer friend go on vacation to Puerto Rico (shot on location) and decide to go scuba diving. When they come up for air, they find it is hard to breathe, so they put the oxygen back on. When they return to the island, they can breathe again, but they discover that they are the only ones alive. Some very creepy scenes in a beautiful setting. Unfortunately, it is all downhill from here. This movie is about the dynamics between three people once they become the only humans around (I like the apocalypse part...but honestly it could have had any old "stuck on an island and never getting out" setting). More specifically, its about two men fighting over "the last woman on earth." Yawn. Some of the dialogue is really interesting for the time period, but veers back into boring traditional garbage before it gets truly subversive. And the ending is the biggest let-down of all. My Rating: 4/10

If the first 20 minutes or so of this movie had been cut I'd have rated it even higher. Those first 20 minutes, which give us some of the background of the 3 main characters - a married couple (Harold and Evelyn Gern, played by Antony Carbone and Betsy Jones-Moreland) and Harold's lawyer (Martin, played by Robert Towne) - seem strangely disconnected from the rest of the movie. The background basically lets us know that the Gerns already have trouble in their marriage because Harold is obsessed with his business, which apparently he doesn't always run honestly - thus, the presence of his lawyer. But that 20 minutes could have been cut out - or at least cut down dramatically - and it wouldn't have negatively affected the rest of the movie, because it's only after that first 20 minutes that this becomes interesting. And at that point it is interesting.

The three go off on a boat trip off the coast of Puerto Rico. Strapping on oxygen tanks, they go diving for less than an hour (because it's established that the tanks hold an hour's worth of oxygen) and when they come up - everyone's dead. The pilot of the boat, everyone in Puerto Rico, and apparently everyone in the world. Just dead. Something suddenly and briefly sucked all the oxygen out of the air and everyone asphyxiated. Just like that. There are three human beings left on the entire planet. Two men and one woman. You can guess where that's heading.

Beyond that 20 minutes, I thought this was basically a good movie. The cause of the mass extinction is never explained beyond something taking the oxygen out of the air, but it really didn't have to be. That's just part of the mystery. Our three survivors didn't know what had happened. Why should we?

I'm no authority on the work of Roger Corman, who directed this. I've seen a few of his movies. Some I've liked, some I haven't. This would certainly fall into the category of one that I liked. It's intriguing and it's generally well acted by the three leads. (7/10)

While vacationing in Puerto Rico "Harold Gern" (Antony Carbone), his wife "Evelyn Gern" (Betsy Jones-Moreland) and his lawyer "Martin Joyce" (Robert Towne) all decide to go scuba diving. While they are under water a strange phenomenon occurs which takes up all of the oxygen from the earth resulting in the death of all living animals. Fortunately, the oxygen in their tanks suffices until the atmosphere stabilizes. It's at this point that they realize that they are the only people remaining. Two men and one woman. At any rate, rather than spoil the movie by revealing what happens next I will just say that this wasn't a bad film for its time. The acting was adequate but nothing above and beyond that. And while I didn't especially care for the ending I still give the director (Roger Corman) credit for being able to put out a decent film in spite of the low budget allowed. Accordingly, I rate this movie as about average.

This very underrated low budget end of the world movie focuses on what drives men against one another. When the world's oxygen supply is inexplicably cut off for a short time, a trio of divers using oxygen tanks, a married couple named Harold (Anthony Carbone) & Evelyn Gern (Betsy Jones-Moreland) and their friend Martin Joyce(Robert Towne), suddenly find they are from all appearances the only 3 people left alive. But 2 men and 1 woman don't make for a very good mix we soon discover.

This is absolute fascinating to watch unfold. Jones-Moreland gives one of her finest performances and the final showdown between Harold and Martin in the Church is an unforgettable moment.

One problem the film has is it never really explains things enough...they just happen but maybe that's not such a bad thing after all come to think of it.

"While vacationing in Puerto Rico, Harold and Evelyn Gern go skin-diving with their friend and attorney Martin Joyce. When they surface from their underwater adventure, the trio discover themselves as the only people left alive on the island. They conclude that an interruption of oxygen in the atmosphere had killed those on the surface, leaving them quite alone. Now faced with the possibility of being the last people alive on the planet, the two men turn on each other in order to vie for the attention of Evelyn," according to the DVD sleeve's synopsis.

Director Roger Corman hammers home the symbolism like a fire poker to your eye, by introducing the situation with a cockfighting scene. Gambling businessman Anthony Carbone (as Harold Gern) enjoys the scene; his pretty wife, Betsy Jones-Moreland (as Evelyn "Ev" Gern), does not. Young lawyer Robert Towne (as Martin Joyce) comes between them. The story really is more exploitive than likely. Still, this is an above average apocalyptic old drama. And, it's "Citizen Kane" when compared to the cast and crew's companion film, "Creature From the Haunted Sea".

Mr. Corman's direction is necessarily rushed; but, his ending, highlighted by "Martin" entering the chapel, is exciting. The three principal players do very well. Mr. Towne, who also scripted the film, is especially noteworthy. From about the time of his "blind date" with a dead woman on the beach (apparently, he only sat down next to her), Towne commands the film. Towne takes the "blind date" to the extreme, eventually. He recites Lewis Carroll's "Jabberwocky" well, and demonstrates descending psychological drama by resorting to appropriately simpler verses, like, "I cannot see, I have not brought my specs with me." In a manner of speaking, "Last Woman on Earth" goes to Towne.

****** Last Woman on Earth (1960) Roger Corman ~ Robert Towne, Betsy Jones-Moreland, Anthony Carbone

well it's the end of the world and this time Vincent Price isn't the last one standing,, this time it's about a woman... two guys are left.. one is the husband the other the lawyer. they all go scuba diving,, somewhere and when they come out of the water sooner or later they realize that their isn't anybody left.... anywhere they decide to head north after much arguing,, the woman falls for the other man because her husband isn't really treating her very well,, so the two head north and the husband eventually get's his trucked started and decides to follow,, he soon catches up, and well the battle is on to see who actually will end up with the woman in the end of the movie,, you will just have to watch and see for yourself. this isn't a bad movie by any means,, just slow and not much on the action,, and only the three characters for the whole movie,, I thought that there should have been more characters in the movie to help move it along.

There are some improbabilities, such as electricity continuing to flow for days when everyone is presumed to be dead; and the triad lavishly dressing up, including jacket and tie, make-up and hair-do...what's that all about on a hot & humid, supposedly lifeless Puerto Rico? It's just impractical reality. The story plot is good, but its presentation (acting) is simple minded. "Last Woman On Earth" would better have been titled "Last Woman On Puerto Rico" as not enough communications had been attempted to confirm a global oxygen calamity. But having seen the 60s black & white flashbacks of San Juan, including the then iconic Caribe Hilton was worth the look.