Director: Colin Minihan
Year: 2017
Country: USA
Alternate Titles: N/A
Genre: Zombie
Plot:
After getting stranded in the desert, a lone woman finds her struggle to brave the elements threatened by a relentless, ravenous zombie bent on killing and eating her and anyone who comes to help and finally forces her to fend off the deadly creature in order to survive.
Review:
Overall, this here was a rather enjoyable effort. One of the most endearing aspects of this one stems from the rather unique and enjoyable premise at the heart of this one. Rather than detailing one person's plight against a horde of creatures as would normally be the case here, this one tends to focus on her lone struggle about a singular, relentless zombie that continually charges after her no matter how far away in the desert she appears to get. Since she manages to understand the rules of the genre by immediately expressing the need for the typical rules here, this one goes about throwing that around with the removal of the weapon early on in the initial encounter, which gives this one a strong, intriguing start by forcing it beyond the typical series of exploits throughout here as there's seemingly only a few actual traditional zombie encounters throughout here.
The initial encounter between out on the highway gets this off to a nice start by employing the kind of setup that gets the film going as well as the series of encounters throughout the desert featuring her leading him along at a slow pace wandering around through the scenery by a few strides adds a humorous setup to their antics as she berates him while walking only a few feet in front of him. The eventual scenes of her around the cliffs waking up to him growling at her have plenty of solid chills as well as a touch of comedy, while the later scenes of her starting to warm up to him have a different atmosphere than would be expected in such a genre film, especially once it deals with the finale of the chaos at the abandoned airfield as well as getting back to suburbia for the touching moments included within that gives this a strong, sensitive ending note. Coupled with the great gore effects and stellar zombie make-up, there's plenty to like here over it's few minor issues.
The main problem here is the fact that there's just such a flimsy story that it really seems short in terms of what is supposed to be happening. This one just seems to fit more in a shorter, condensed state rather than a full-length effort as it tends to feature here wandering through the desert way too often than doing anything, all due to its setup that barely seems to support its length. That also comes from its other problem, too many useless scenes to bump up the running time. From the rape attempt that has no point in here to the scenes at the airfield and her memories of the past, this has some useless parts to stretch out it's running time. However, these aren't too detrimental overall.
Overview: **** 1/2/5
One of the more consistently enjoyable and original zombie efforts in the genre, this one has so much to enjoy about it that there's not much to dislike which really holds this up. Give this a chance if you're into a new take on the genre or just zombie fans in general who are going to find a lot to like here, while only those hardcore fanatics who prefer more traditional efforts shouldn't find much to dislike here.
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