“North Sentinel [Island] is the Mount Everest of the missionary world,” the young American is told. “Start with something smaller.”
John Allen Chau replies: “I’m not thinking small. I’m going big.”
“You’re not ready,” he is warned.
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Here is the new trailer for Last Days, director Justin Lin‘s feature based on the true story of Chau (Sky Yang), who embarks on a journey to fulfill his life’s mission. He heads across the globe on a dangerous adventure to share his faith with the island’s uncontacted tribe. Meanwhile, a detective from the Andaman Islands (Radhika Apte) races to stop him before he does harm to himself or the isolated people. Watch it above.
“John, your mother and I have always supported you,” his dad (Ken Leung) says. “But this is too extreme.” Another warning comes like this: “The Sentinales won’t just kill you.”
The 26-year-old ignores the advice and begins intense survival training. Will it do him any good?
Naveen Andrews, Toby Wallace and Ciara Bravo also star in the film scripted by Ben Ripley based on Alex Perry’s Outside magazine article “The Last Days of John Allen Chau.” Last Days premiered at Sundance in January, and Vertical acquired North American rights during the summer, setting for exclusive theatrical release on October 24.
Fast & Furious franchise veteran Lin also produces Last Days alongside Clayton Townsend, Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Eric Robinson, Salvador Gatdula and Andrew Schneider.
Kicker line: “You’ve always been a dreamer, John — but it’s time to wake up.”
Here is the film’s key art:
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