Should you watch The Last of Us?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
The Last of Us
Series · 2023
Twenty years after modern civilization has been destroyed, Joel, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie, a 14-year-old girl, out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal, heartbreaking journey, as they both must traverse the United States and depend on each other for survival.
The sides of The Last of Us
- A smuggler crossing a ruined America
- A 14-year-old girl immune to the infection
- A fungus that turned people into monsters
The Last of Us is good for you if…
- you like a gruff man slowly becoming a father to Ellie.
- you want a road trip through a world where every town can kill you.
- you like a story about what you would do to protect one person.
The Last of Us is bad for you if…
- you can't stand infected attacks and people killing people up close.
- you need some hope, and this one keeps taking people away.
About: grief · fatherhood · survival · loyalty
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