Not every film can have a budget like World War Z did. The makers of Infected: The Darknest Day certainly didn't but they show a big love for the genre and especially for the 28 Days Later movies. It was almost shot the same way, has the same scenery and even uses the same kind of music. As a lover of zombie films I liked it.
Infected: The Darkest Day is a rather ambitious title for a well made low budget zombie film. The movie opens with our protagonist Dan (played by actor Dan Rickard, who also co-wrote and directed the film) waking up on a beach. He doesn't know anything about his past. When he enters the city he sees that the place is abandoned. What the hell happened? By chance he meets a boy and a girl and tries to talk to them. Instead, he draws a crowd of zombies and they have to flee. He follows the girl into a house where other survivors live. Here he learns about this disease that affects people and at least he remembers he's on the run for the militairy. The reasons why are still unknown. Together with this group of people he tries to survive not only the zombies but the soldiers as well. As time passes he lears that he is in fact the very reason why everybody's in danger.
Infected looks great for a low budget film. There are a lot of scenes with abandoned streets and a lot of shots with actual helicopters. The zombies are of the 28 Day Later kind: they run and scream and appear when you don't expect them. There's even a scene in a big abandoned supermarket, which gives you a Dawn of the Dead feel.
Unfortunately there are also a lot of things that don't work.
Dan joins this group of survivors who don't seem to understand that the world has ended. They spend their time drinking beer and reading books and greet the two people who were out looking for something to eat and drink with a "Yes, the food has arrived". They don't seem to realize how dangerous it is in the streets and that the chances of actually finding something useable are really slim. Have they survived the apocalypse? How? They should be working on a big survival plan or be reinforcing the house they're living in, not boringly do things that don't matter.
Another thing that bothered me.
Dan is - for some reason - on the run for the militairy. But the survivors weren't. Why did they immediately see the soldiers as an enemy instead of their rescuers? What has happened in the past to make them think this way?
But enough with the nitpicking. On the IMDB this film gets a poor 2,5 rating and that's a pity. It does offer entertainment and I think zombie fans who don't expect much will have a good time.
Too bad the ending is rushed. Looks like the makers didn't know how to finish this story and choose for this option. Well, you can't have everything.
7/10.
Infected: The Darkest Day is a rather ambitious title for a well made low budget zombie film. The movie opens with our protagonist Dan (played by actor Dan Rickard, who also co-wrote and directed the film) waking up on a beach. He doesn't know anything about his past. When he enters the city he sees that the place is abandoned. What the hell happened? By chance he meets a boy and a girl and tries to talk to them. Instead, he draws a crowd of zombies and they have to flee. He follows the girl into a house where other survivors live. Here he learns about this disease that affects people and at least he remembers he's on the run for the militairy. The reasons why are still unknown. Together with this group of people he tries to survive not only the zombies but the soldiers as well. As time passes he lears that he is in fact the very reason why everybody's in danger.
Infected looks great for a low budget film. There are a lot of scenes with abandoned streets and a lot of shots with actual helicopters. The zombies are of the 28 Day Later kind: they run and scream and appear when you don't expect them. There's even a scene in a big abandoned supermarket, which gives you a Dawn of the Dead feel.
Unfortunately there are also a lot of things that don't work.
Dan joins this group of survivors who don't seem to understand that the world has ended. They spend their time drinking beer and reading books and greet the two people who were out looking for something to eat and drink with a "Yes, the food has arrived". They don't seem to realize how dangerous it is in the streets and that the chances of actually finding something useable are really slim. Have they survived the apocalypse? How? They should be working on a big survival plan or be reinforcing the house they're living in, not boringly do things that don't matter.
Another thing that bothered me.
Dan is - for some reason - on the run for the militairy. But the survivors weren't. Why did they immediately see the soldiers as an enemy instead of their rescuers? What has happened in the past to make them think this way?
But enough with the nitpicking. On the IMDB this film gets a poor 2,5 rating and that's a pity. It does offer entertainment and I think zombie fans who don't expect much will have a good time.
Too bad the ending is rushed. Looks like the makers didn't know how to finish this story and choose for this option. Well, you can't have everything.
7/10.