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Not even 5 minutes in and I already hate the effects, I hate how fake it is, any review that's giving this more than a 2 star is obviously fake.

Unwatchable amateurish crap with the worst writing, direction and acting imaginable. It starts with two guys in a truck chasing a limping woman who can barely walk. They chase her for hundreds of yards and somehow can;t catch up with her. One of them urges the other to actually step on the gas because they can't seem to catch up with her. Yet she clearly moves at a very slow pace and there seems to be nothing wrong with the truck. In fact, in some shots we see it move at normal speed. Yet it is edited in such a way that it looks as if somehow this woman is somehow always just a few yards ahead of them and they can't close the gap. This scene alone speaks volumes.

If you watch beyond this... You really have a lot of time to waste and no desire to make it at least a bit fun.

I didn't manage to pay full attention. Why? The movie is boring, It isn't emotionally engaging. It's got a lot of action and killing, beautiful scenery, nice camera work, creative story telling, but it still remains boring. There are some bad guys, but I didn't really believe in their motivation or presentation. The two good guys are not unlikable, they do what it takes to survive, they show togetherness, but for some reason I didn't care about them. Other than that: I will say thank you for including sex scenes only in the imagination of the viewer. Very low rating is not deserved, but any higher than 5 - good luck in defending that.

Ok. It's understood - the budget of this film was probably less than filming 5 minutes of a walking dead episode. Just read the end titles, there's only the actors, a camera man, a director, a couple of people making fx's, some make-up, a van driver, a drone camera, an abandoned places scout, and that's about it. They shot it with some DSLR or equal. (that's why the black levels of the movie cinematography are sometimes a bit crushed).

But they created something original, and a bit different, but still recognizable in the genre of "zombie movies". It's a story of friendship and human nature in the face of a disaster. Nothing too special there.

Still this movie was more interesting to watch than many other B-rated movies. It's because you understand the limitations of the really low budget, and are curious to discover how they overcame those obstacles with creativity, acting, some half-lousy fx's and pure "kamerawerk". Unlike some people claim here, the acting is good, and pretty realistic, and of course sometimes it doesn't work to the fullest. But as cinemaphiles, we are ready to forgive the team almost anything for their passionate work.

Out of their loving effort came a film, which got published in prime video or some other major publisher. They succeeded brilliantly and deserve a chance to make another film with 10x the budget! Also the sound track is really really good.

I have no words at all to describe what I saw.

The acting is terrible. There is simply no plot. The motivation of the characters, and especially the antagonist dude, is not clear at all. Shot poorly.

This is no longer 0, because people still worked on this project. But 1 is deserved.