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More Zombies huh? This
thirteen minute free short film from CatchMeKillMe productions has what
looks like the same old boring zombie crap that I personally have had
more than enough of, but that is face value. A new father named Trent
has the misfortune of being stuck in a post zombie apocalyptic city.
Even his girlfriend Eve, has been taken by the zombie plague.
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Now Trent
must fight his way through the hordes of the undead to get
his infant son Georgie to safety. Ian Messenger deserves a
little bit of credit for trying something a little different
here. He get's the point of the Zombie genre, no matter how
incredibly lame and overdone it has gotten to be. He does a
nice job with his acting for the most part, except he goes
all cookie monster when he yells at people. The
cinematography by Paul Hawkins isn't half bad for your basic
approach, and I credit them for not buying into the "28 Days
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They did a fairly
nice job getting to the point and making it clear. I can appreciate
that Ian doesn't just want to tell a zombie story, he actually is
trying to tell a story about paternal love, and the willingness to
make sacrifices to protect those we care about. That's what I mean
by getting the point. I got the message of this flick, and that is
more then I can say for "Zombieland."
I'm sorry but
whether it's High-budget, low budget, no-budget, or negative-budget;
There simply is no excuse for two full minutes of zombies shuffling
around and growling. The gore effects look like paper mache, which
is pitiful no matter what your budget is. Lastly, and I really hope
these guys learn this lesson: If you can't pull off a baseball bat
to the noggin, try something else. There's no shame in avoiding it,
or at least applying a technique like reverse motion, speeding up
the film, inserting a blank frame, etc.
Ian Messenger did a
respectable job. I have a soft spot for little cheapo shorts like this
one. I think these guys have something good going here, and I look
forward to seeing more from them. My advice: enough of the zombies, try
something new. I would really like to see these guys take on a fresh
concept. I think they could do something very interesting. For
a movie that shares it's title with a great Nine Inch Nails song; They
could have made more sense of the title. They did, however give us a
little something to see. It's free on youtube, so go check
it out!
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