Episode 218: Infected (2021) or Darkest Days (2015)

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Looked very 28 Days later in the trailer

In a country ravaged by a deadly virus that has triggered a zombie apocalypse, the military is on the hunt for the man rumoured to have the cure

Well, I am getting a bit of déjà vu here - much like the movie Zombies!f from 2016 Which was repackaged as Zombie Christmas Apocalypse in 2024 this is actually the 2015 movie Darkest Day

And, more déjà vu, on IMDB

3/10 Its your average low budget zombie conspiracy. Acting, filming and direction are all ok but the writing needs help.

1/10 From the outset, terrible focusing of the camera was annoying. Constant blurring of images was (at best) bad cinematography.

2/10 The cover is what actually got my attention to watch this movie. Right at the start I already knew it was a B movie when the camera panning and blurry unfocused technique was used which was very amatuer. As I continued watching I noticed there's not much dialogue and conversations are simple few word sentences.

After watching that piece of crap Dead Genesis, this looks to suffer from the same issues in quality.

The sound mix is so bad, the sound guy deserves shooting. Loud music. Loud FX. Almost inaudible dialog. What there is of it. CGI helicopters were shit. The whole students living in this house and not having stockpiled supplies and instead drinking and eating crisps and playing loud music months into the apocalypse made no sense.

The acting was sub par. But again better than DEAD GENESIS. And the plot was much much better so I think this was, for the UK zombie movie fan, almost recommendable but not quite. A 28 Days and Weeks later rip off, with a few decent elements. The zombies running and makeup was good. The rest was ok.

4.5/10