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Yet another zombie movie, there are so many, I assume it's because anyone can make them almost with a bit of make-up and a few cameras. There are so many about, with greatly varying levels of budget and quality from mega-budget movies like World War Z
to ones like Colin reputedly made for like £30 or something like that!! This one comes from Scotland and seems to be very much from the cheaper end of the market but you know how it can be with films sometimes you instantly think, "Oh this is worthless crap" or you think "hmmm this looks like it might be alright!" I kind of expected to think the former straight away but this actually isn't too bad. It's not mass over the top action, one guy, Craig gets the heads up about what is happening and has his Plan Z of what to do in a zombie outbreak. First off hoard some supplies and wait it out, then once the chaos dies down a bit venture out to a quiet, secluded place to set up a safe haven. He see his neighbours die but bides his time before eventually venturing out and finding another living person, Bill, who he lets into his home and tells him his plan.
There's a lot of sitting around chatting and agonising and blurry long shots of zombies, I suppose to keep the make-up budget down. It's pretty minimalist and quiet to start off with, Bill remembers back to the start of the zombie outbreak hiding in a restaurant toilet while his girlfriend and other patrons are eaten outside. There's a lot more fear and anticipation of zombies attacking rather than any actual undead action. Later on when they venture out to seek sanctuary the action hots up slightly although the story jumps forward in time suddenly which is a bit unusual, one moment they are meeting with a new person the next they are in a group surrounded and desperate.
Long story short, it's pretty low budget but it's far from the worst movie I've seen, the atmosphere of fear is quite cool and the character interaction feels real for the situation they are in. The zombie fighting sequences could have a bit more tension and gore maybe but more than likely the budget didn't stretch too far for that. I think they did a reasonable job actually, it won't be a film that will live long in the memory but it was enjoyable enough to watch at the time as they played to their strengths.
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Yet another zombie movie, there are so many, I assume it's because anyone can make them almost with a bit of make-up and a few cameras. There are so many about, with greatly varying levels of budget and quality from mega-budget movies like World War Z
to ones like Colin reputedly made for like £30 or something like that!! This one comes from Scotland and seems to be very much from the cheaper end of the market but you know how it can be with films sometimes you instantly think, "Oh this is worthless crap" or you think "hmmm this looks like it might be alright!" I kind of expected to think the former straight away but this actually isn't too bad. It's not mass over the top action, one guy, Craig gets the heads up about what is happening and has his Plan Z of what to do in a zombie outbreak. First off hoard some supplies and wait it out, then once the chaos dies down a bit venture out to a quiet, secluded place to set up a safe haven. He see his neighbours die but bides his time before eventually venturing out and finding another living person, Bill, who he lets into his home and tells him his plan.
Long story short, it's pretty low budget but it's far from the worst movie I've seen, the atmosphere of fear is quite cool and the character interaction feels real for the situation they are in. The zombie fighting sequences could have a bit more tension and gore maybe but more than likely the budget didn't stretch too far for that. I think they did a reasonable job actually, it won't be a film that will live long in the memory but it was enjoyable enough to watch at the time as they played to their strengths.
Check out some more zombie stuff HERE!
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