Director: Claudio Lattanzi
Year: 2021
Country: Italy
Alternate Titles: Everybloody’s End
Genre: Vampire
Plot:
Living during a pandemic, a random group of people arrives in a strange warehouse away from a series of security guards taking out and killing everyone they can to figure out how to stop the plague from spreading, but the more they stay there find the threat might be closer than they think and must try to survive.
Review:
There’s quite a lot to like here. One of the finer features here is a rather solid storyline that offers some surprising touches to its setup while also touching on topical themes. The idea of the alternate timeline where the deadly plague spreads across the globe and requires the closure of the world from each other is an interesting touch given the time it came out, especially when it goes to the extreme that it does to bring up how the affected are treated. Seeing that the paranoia has made it so that the individuals are tied up and set on fire as a means of ensuring it won’t go further is a chilling concept that has a lot of room to work with here, especially how nonchalant it seems to them the barbaric practices featured here which gives this a great starting point.
This setup brings about a lot of fun dealing with the actions designed to keep everything at bay. The main use of that is the titular crucifixion method to ensure the victim is prevented from spreading the virus which soon turns into the group trying to use their wits to stay alive to prevent that from happening. This entails a strong series of encounters centered around the group of agents stalking and grabbing the group to start their form of torture to stop them which gives way to the fun finale that generates a lot to like about it. Offering up an impressive twist that’s quite shocking and overall likable for how it’s integrated into everything, truly fun action scenes to hold this along, and several brutal gore effects, there’s quite a lot to like here.
The film doesn’t have much wrong but there are some issues. The main drawback on display is the means through which it brings about the twist in the end as some of it comes out of nowhere with some bizarre means of integrating it into the rest of the film. Some of this is served fine, including the truth about the guards hunting everyone but it’s the other twist revealed here that doesn’t work as well with this section coming off without warning or purpose. The other issue with this one is the rapid nature that we’re dropped into this one where it’s hard to know what’s going on due to the lack of context it gives. This one attempts a pretty complex setup and the speed we’re dropped into it has something to say about it, and they manage to hold this one back the most.
Overview: ***.5/5
A rather fun genre effort that does manage to have a few minor issues, those who are fine with the type of material presented here will find it more enjoyable due to the positives on display. Those who are intrigued by this type of effort or are fans of the creative crew will have a lot to like here while those who aren’t interested in the material here should heed caution.
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