(THAR BE SPOILERS)
I agree that it is a pleasant departure from the typical indie zombie movie (though that's not saying much). I was enjoying it a good bit despite some sections of unclear audio and too darkly lit scenes. The flashbacks left me slightly puzzled, and I'll probably find the movie more clear on the second viewing, should I decide to have one. The movie slumped a bit and got its sloppiest around the scene with the nurse drugging everyone through to the scene where she meets her end. But the plot finally seemed to be headed somewhere really intriguing when April finally leaves the farm in the car with Daniel, because we know she's not fond of other people and wouldn't ever go back to make herself a test subject again. I could take or leave the cliché of him going back to kill(/free/release) his family, but IMO, ending the movie at that point was just lazy at best and lousy film-making at worst. What are we supposed to take away from that? There is absolutely no indication of what the next step could be for them, so while I don't need an ending spelled out for me, the director has also given my imagination nothing to work with.
That being said, I thought it could have been significantly better given maybe 15-20 more minutes of runtime to wrap things up a bit more cohesively, but I also think it deserves a better score than it's currently been given. I'm still intrigued by their world and want to know what happens to them, want to know more about this neurological disease, and more details about the spread/vaccine/etc... so I guess the movie was quite successful in that way, but is almost better suited to be an introduction than a stand-alone. (Possibly because I want more?)
Also- I just read it was shot for only £4000? Now I AM impressed.
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