Director: Salvador Medina
Year: 2026
Country: Mexico
Alternate Titles: Juntos hasta al fin
Genre: Zombie
Plot:
Living in a small city, a newlywed couple deciding where to go on vacation are caught in the middle of a zombie outbreak when a virus runs wild throughout the city, forcing them and several other strangers who are stuck in their apartment complex to work together to stop the swarm.
Review:
Overall, this was a watchable if somewhat bland indie zombie effort. The central idea here isn't bad, with the couple on the edge of deciding where to go for a trip out of the city when they get word that the city is now caught in the crosshairs of a zombie virus brought over from a different country and trapping them inside, which sets up some intriguing drama between them as this plays out. Since its one-location setup allows them to work on getting to know each other, it becomes obvious something is happening in the city. The news reports, the arguments with each other about what they're supposed to do with their time, and trying to make sure none of the creatures make it inside the building, offer up a solid way to reinforce that, while also providing this with the biggest detrimental factor here, in that nothing ever happens on-screen. Far too much time is spent with the two of them talking to each other without much in the way of zombie action, and what does get shown is mainly them reacting to something while we hear the sound effects of what's happening rather than visually seeing things. The violence is all off-screen as well and not even a real factor, tending to make this a struggle for hardcore fans to get through due to the lack of traditional elements found in the genre.
As well, this tends to offer up one of the most irritating, overused, and blandly unoriginal aspects in the genre, where a human character turns out to be far more evil than the actual zombies. The idea itself is overplayed and not that interesting anymore, since so many have used a trope that was interesting when it was first explored, but now that it's been done so often, this tends to fall flat, since it's far easier to suspect that's going to be the case rather than anything else. Moreover, it wastes far too much time here trying to make sense of the abrupt turn of personality that particular individual displays, and renders way too much of the preceding moments feel useless when trying to justify such a behavioral shift, and the whole thing just makes the film feel like a tired entry in the subgenre as a result. The action scenes with the zombies, when they arrive, aren't so bad. While they highlight the low-budget limitations, there's enough fun here in seeing them swarm around the couple, forcing them to fight them off, that the action in this section isn't bad. As long as the low-budget limitations are taken into consideration and accounted for here, this one isn't bad for what it is, despite being brought down by the film's issues.
Overview: **.5/5
Far more a drama than a horror film, this one really could've been a better entry than it is had there been more zombie action to counteract some of the blander elements present here, but regardless, this was a solid indie entry in the genre. Those who appreciate this type of genre far or who are fine with the issues present will have a lot to like here, while most traditional-minded zombie fans should heed extreme caution with this one.
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