"'Das letzte Land' ist einer der wenigen Science-Fiction-Filme, die aus rein deutscher Produktion das Licht der Leinwand erblicken. Das ist schon ein Alleinstellungsmerkmal und aller Ehren wert, aber für sich genommen noch kein Qualitätskriterium. Bezeichnend ist es allenfalls, dass die Fördergremien so wenig auf das Genrekino schauen, weil es vermeintlich von Hollywood besetzt ist. Die Verantwortlichen sollten sich 'Das letzte Land' anschauen, denn gute Filme jenseits von Drama, Krimi und Komödie sind möglich und nötig."
- Filmdienst.de, 8/2021 (Ganze Review)
"Schnörkellos und stilsicher inszenierter, (alp)traumhafter Mix aus Thriller, Sci-Fi und Drama, dessen minimalistische, couragierte Machart einen bleibenden Eindruck hinterlässt."
- Filme-Welt.com, 12/2020 (Ganze Review)
"Einflüsse von 2001 über „Warten auf Godot“ bis zu DAS BOOT und die „Odyssee“ (inklusive Sirenengesängen) fügen sich zu einer Original-Story mit existentiellem Touch, in der alles passt: ein Manifest filmischer Kreativität, kraftvoll und packend..."
- Indiekino.de, 10/2020 (Ganze Review)
"Der auf mehreren Festivals gefeierte Science-Fiction-Film ist ein Kammerspiel, das von seiner klaustrophobischen Stimmung, seiner Intensität, seinem dichten Spannungsfeld auf Melancholie und manischer Obsession getragen wird. Ein eindrucksvoller Film, der zeigt, dass Science Fiction mit geringen Möglichkeiten, aber großer Vision auch hierzulande möglich ist."
- Programmkino.de, 10/2020 (Ganze Review)
"The Final Land is a gritty, energized sci-fi mystery, piercing with intrigue and claustrophobic atmosphere. It’s a film that rewards paying attention, as the more you look, the more you find. The film’s immersive atmosphere sucks you into the ship’s story. I’ll certainly be rewatching this film to see what more I can find."
- TheKnockturnal, 03/2020 (Ganze Review)
"The German film The Final Land stands as one of the best of the festival’s six-year run thus far. [...] It stayed with me for days afterward, charting our collective dreams to the stars…and for Other Worlds Austin, a capstone for its sixth year."
- Medium, 12/2019 (Ganze Review)
"The German filmmaker Marcel Barion, in his first film, crafts an outstanding story, full of wonder and paranoia. Taking place primarily within the confines of a tiny old spaceship, conflicts erupt as two disparate men struggle to find a new home. The Final Land is a brilliant atmospheric film that incorporates the best of elements of science fiction, both hard and soft. Barion achieves magnificent, mindblowing vistas from outside the ship using only traditional effects. With nary a dull moment and an ideal science fiction ending, The Final Land comes highly recommended!"
- The Geek Curmudgeon, 12/2019 (Ganze Review)
"Föllmer and Pesl are both superb in this two-hander, which naturally relies heavily on the actors to carry the weight of the film. Föllmer portrays Adem with a sort of reserved, optimistic melancholy, while Pesl invests his brusque alpha male with a manic obsessiveness.
Writer/director/cinematographer/editor Marcel Barion — who also did the breathtaking visual effects, which include gorgeous shots of outer space — creates a tense, claustrophobic setting within the spaceship, aided greatly by Massimo Muller’s masterful set design. [...] Barion and Oliver Kranz’s sound design is superlative, with each swipe of something dusty or dingy giving off sounds that practically make you feel the decay and squalor. The Final Land, a bold feast for the senses, is a mesmerizing journey that pits the wills and minds of two men against each other, themselves, and enigmatic outside forces."
- Diabolique Magazine, 10/2019 (Ganze Review)
"The Final Land would deserve plaudits for its design and cinematography alone. Channelling the sensibilities of films as diverse as Dark Star, Alien and Delicatessen, this imaginative piece of low-budget European cinema makes great play of a ship that’s almost entirely built of vents, ducts, pipes, shafts, dimly-lit display panels, grimy keypads and failing tech. Beautifully lit and shot, the intensity of these strangers’ shared predicament feels up close and palpable."
- Starburst Magazine, 5/2019 (Ganze Review)
"If you get the chance, you have to see this film. It is a dark, subtle and remarkably well made deep space film, something that is far too rare these days."
- Mark Cole, Rivets on the Poster, 5/2019 (Ganze Review)
"Both Pesl and Follmer perform the roles admirably. Pesl shines when he’s going off the rails, whilst Follmer is the frustrated escapee, struggling to bring Pesl around to the reality. [...] A brilliant debut, a visual feast for the eye and a head-scratching sci-fi which, at times, is just what you want."
- OC Movies, 5/2019 (Ganze Review)
"Suggesting that Barion could go anywhere next."
- Sight & Sound (BFI), 5/2019 (Ganze Review)
"An Odysseus style pull to its conclusion and a desire to look closer at our protagonists, their experiences and motivations and while that doesn't sound like a thrilling adventure it is a brilliantly scripted, excellently performed and stunningly filmed one."
- Horror DNA, 5/2019 (Ganze Review)
"Eine spannungsreiche, transzendental aufgeladene Film-Melange, die den Beweis antritt, dass man für clevere Sci-Fi-Geschichten keineswegs nach Hollywood schielen muss."
- Kino-Zeit.de, 1/2019 (Ganze Review)
"Atmosphärisch dicht, eine Art „Das Boot“ im Weltall."
- Der Tagesspiegel, 1/2019 (Ganzer Artikel)