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‘Last Days’ Review: Most Faith-Based Movies Intend to Inspire, but Justin Lin’s Indie Return Cautions Fanatics
Sky Yang channels the evangelical-minded intensity of John Allen Chau, a young man who risked his life to bring Christianity to North Sentinel Island.
You’ve seen it so often, you might roll your eyes, but in “ Last Days,” it really happens: American missionary John Allen Chau might have died as he approached North Sentinel Island, had the Bible in his breast pocket not absorbed the blow of a hostile Sentinelese arrow. “Last Days” will soon rewind to a time before John found his calling, but first, it introduces Meera Ganali (“Sister Midnight” star Radhika Apte), the “lady police officer” from a nearby Indian harbor town who’ll be tasked with locating the missing American. Whereas other accounts tend to focus on Chau’s overzealous faith, Lin also explores his conflicted immigrant identity as the son of a Chinese father and an American-born mother (Claire Price), bringing personal insights not seen since “Better Luck Tomorrow” to his subject’s psychology.
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