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3.0 out of 5 stars
A review from Zombiefans!, January 14, 2008
Not bad, not bad at all...
1) ACTING: For a low budget, no-name indie production, the acting was pretty good. The three main characters seemed very real to me and the script seem to flesh out their characters. There were, of course, the usual hit and misses when it comes to indie productions and quality actors, but nothing that really distracted me from the film.
2) PRODUCTION: The script, I felt, was pretty strong. There were many plot lines going, and luckily for the viewer, they are all wrapped up at the end. A number of scenes were filmed with that grainy texture look which I personally do not care for, but to each his own. There was an original score by an actual band! How unusual for an indie! Normally, we, the viewers get some heavy metal music blaring through certain scenes, and this was a nice change of pace. I did have an issue with the sound. While viewing this movie, I was constantly adjusting the volume up and down. At times, I could hardly hear the actors, and then suddenly ZOMBIE ATTACK! and I was blown out of my chair. The zombie make up and gore was pretty good, but I felt, it could have /should have been more.
3) THE ZOMBIES: Really nothing new brought to the zombie genre here.
4) THE CAUSE: Experimental virus that transforms the living into the living dead.
5) NUDITY: None.
Overall, I feel that this was a pretty good entry for the low budget indie scene. Normally, we get the usual "Zombies attack, the heroes fight to survive, and maybe, it's over." This movie had a lot plot to keep you, the viewer interested in the movie. Is this movie top of the line, top notch zombie fare? No, there are a few problems, but nothing too extreme to take away from the viewer being entertained by this movie. And, it is WAY above the usual low budget indie crap that is normally pushed on us, the zombie genre's biggest fans.
RATING: 3 out of 5
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1.0 out of 5 stars
Awaken the cliche's, May 27, 2009
Indeed, that was the real foe in this low-budget, easily forgettable film. I am very forgiving when it comes to bad acting, but the famale lead who played Mary went about and beyond the call of duty to cinch the worst actress imaginable award. For the first five minutes after she appears, she does nothing but swear and spit nonsense in this nasally, gravelly voice. Add a priest with no substance whatsoever, and a bubble-headed Jehova's Witness and you experience what happens when writers commit the cardinal sin of creating non-sympathetic characters whose fates you are comepletely apathetic towards. The film is shot terribly in bleak black and white for the most part with this annoying techno music playing throughout most of it. Every cliche' possible is mined here: the siege in the house, the "insider" infected who later turns, the ridiculous metaphysical musing about whether or not this is divine retribution, the warm-hearted human protagonist and the cold as nails partner.....the hits just keep missing. There are some good indie zombie flicks: Zombietown, Boy Eats Girl, Special Dead (one of my favs)---but this isn't one of them.
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5 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Dan's Pic's, March 3, 2008
Though I rated this movie with 1 star, it really doesn't deserve this much. The movie is terrible and a complete waste of money. The acting is bad and the film quality is poor (dark), and there is no story line - in three words, "bad, terrible, worthless."
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