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I enjoyed the beginning of this movie. The first 20 to 30 minutes or so seemed like it was setting us up for controversy, major excitement and a relatively major supernatural payoff. Somewhere around 1/3 to 1/2 way though the movie seemed to start to lose momentum and the ending was not how I expected this particular movie to end, it was a bit of a let down and it felt like if I was directing the movie myself that it wouldn't have been how I envisioned the movie going. In the first part of the movie, the cinematography, locations, casting and overall look of the film were very good for the most part. I could be very wrong on this, but I can only speculate that COVID may have played a role, or some other situation in the filming process caused this movie to be much less than what it was meant to be. I give credit to the cast and crew and the director for all that turned out well.

Especially after watching the "making of" documentary on Netflix I am even more impressed with the technical aspect of this movie. There was obviously so much thought and energy poured into the filming process, the effects, the makeup, and post production, the crew. Super impressed by that. From that aspect of movie production I would say this movie is on the very cutting edge. I would also say Bautista was excellent in his part, and the actors did a good job given the script and writing, and production.

The sound design for the alpha zombies went a little over the top for me with it sounding a little more like the layered animal sound effects from "Jurassic Park" than anything alt-human/dead. Trills, rasps, clicks, deep vocalizations and wheezes all on top of each other. High and low. Monster sounds. Wow. Too impossible, fake, unconvincing for me. Just because you become an alpha zombie doesn't mean the size of your vocal tract suddenly becomes 40 times as large or you grow extra tissue in your windpipe or extra sets of teeth, or that you suddenly can gurgle long and deep like a Lucasfilm creature.

The photography was also unique with respect to the lenses, and focus and artifacts but I actually found the movie really not easy to watch. That said, I see what the director is trying to do here and give credit.

The biggest issue I have with this production is the story. I didn't care about any of the characters, dialogue and action between them seemed artificial, the way certain events the actors carried out was not convincing, characters were easily killed off and it just didn't matter to me. Additionally the zombie heist idea has already been covered in a couple different films, most recently "Peninsula" (to a more interesting degree I might add). I found myself leaving the movie to do other things, and I am sorry to say that's the first time that's ever happened to me with any zombie movie especially one where it is obvious so much money, effort and love has been poured into.

If there's a sequel to this movie, I hope that sequel can rescue it. It's a good technical execution of set, and special effects. At the end of the day the movie is probably worth a watch for very surface level entertainment but I am not going to watch it again. Which is sad, because I really liked "Dawn of the Dead".