One of my all time favorites.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Is there such a thing as a zombie drama? Because that more closely resembles this movie. It was much less of a horror film, truly, and more focused on the interactions between the people involved — which I'm okay with. Like somewhere between a zombie drama and a zombie thriller, since there were definitely moments of suspense and twists, but not very heavy on the action (or even on the zombies, in all honesty).It hit the stereotypes pretty hard, but I'm honestly not sure how possible it is to do a zombie movie WITHOUT hitting at least some of them. There's never really any explanation for why people started getting sick, what exactly the sickness does, or how long ago anything happened — all we know is that animals don't seem to be affected, which is just addressed in passing. Which is fine, I guess — we don't need a detailed back story for what is essentially just another zombie movie. But I felt like this was an area that they could have explored a bit to make it more unique. John at one point is kind of theorizing on the whole concept — he says "what if mankind's purpose is simply to live as a host?" — and it's like it almosttt got interesting for a second but then Evie literally just shrugs him off like he's a crazy person and that's the end of that.Then Charlie starts to get a little creepy. They definitely did a good job of kind of exploring that realm of things — like we're already in this freaky situation and our nerves are frayed and things are bizarre and chaotic, but let's toss some sexual harassment in the mix just to heighten the overall fear and anxiety. Jianai does a good job at flipping his personality — I mean, you already have an inkling that he might not be as great as he's cracked up to me, but all of a sudden he goes from this helpful, encouraging guy to just straight up sleazeball, and it's really terrifying. You start to wonder what exactly his motives are, and you really forget that there's infected people stumbling around at all.He preys on her commitment to John to get her to give in to his advances, which is a chilling scene. Again, you don't think there's much that could make their situation worse, but, oh, hey, here's Charlie to be a complete predator. The tension while Evie searches Charlie's car for some kind of evidence is wild. Charlie and John are mere feet away and he almost glances over more than once but she's determined to find something to corner him. I definitely found myself holding my breath more than once.Then John FINALLY decides to act like he gives a crap about their lives and makes Charlie leave. I kind of wish they hadn't had Evie LITERALLY cowering behind him during this scene. I'm not sure if I'm being insensitive to the crippling fear she must be feeling after her assault by him, but it was just disappointing to see them take such stereotypically gendered roles in that moment.But then Charlie comes back, super angry that they didn't appreciate all he had done for them, and John decides to just… do nothing. He lets Charlie take the gun and literally lays on the ground and SOBS while Charlie takes his wife inside to assault her again. I mean COME ON MAN. He lays there until his wife finally gives up screaming for help and it's painful as hell to watch because I can't imagine how hopeless and angry she must have felt that the one person who should have been putting his life on the line to protect her was just CRYING. Like, right, your fear in the face of having to be bold and fearless in this life or death situation far outweighs my desire to not get assaulted for the second time in as many days THANK YOU.But then a soldier shows up and mentions that he has a place he's going to that is safe and then John decides, again, to put his crap aside and and he winds up killing the dude and getting both his gun AND his directions to this safe place. He kills Charlie, FINALLY (he struggles but eventually succeeds, but not before Charlie manages to shoot Evie in the shoulder), and then him and Evie escape in his Jeep. They get to where the safe place supposedly is but Evie is just NOT HAVING IT and she just lays on the ground and cries, unwilling to even try to get up and escape despite infected people nearing their spot. So John is finally like, k have fun, leaves her a gun and walks off… but she decides to shoot him, saying "I need you to protect me", and she walks off as he is ripped to shreds by the infected group, and the movie ends eventually with her hearing a helicopter overhead.I just… I get it, it's more of a psychological drama than a classic zombie horror film. But that doesn't stop it from being kinda dumb. Which is too bad, really, because I feel like it had some promising concepts (as I mentioned, the hopelessness of having someone as predatory as Charlie around when you need him for other means of survival, and even Evie and John's crappy relationship)… but it just didn't quite go as deep as it needed to, or with enough gusto.

Strewth, its another Australian, zombie film and not a bad little film at that.Plague makes rather clever use of an Australian outback setting. Its harsh, stark, landscape, is a metaphor for the choices a small band of survivors of a plague pandemic face. They can either adapt to the harsh realities of their stark, new existence or perish. This is the premise this film is built upon. It defines the dynamic that develops between the survivors, who gradually start to fall into two obvious categories; those who are determined to live and those who, sooner or later, are destined to die. The decisions made by the survivors, are not judged in moral terms but instead, have a Darwinian quality, where only the strong survive.There's is then, a little naked savagery about Plague. As in nature, some die because others make ruthless choices, that aid in their survival. This primal quality is reflected in the zombies. They are not your garden house, moaning shufflers but instead, are imbued with a predatory menace and slathering, screaming, ferocity. The acting in Plague is reasonable. What I did like is the manner in which each character is presented as a real person, as opposed to an over the top caricature. The decision to downplay the characterizations lends this film a sense of authenticity others in the same vein lack. All in all, I like Plague. Its not an exceptional film but given its modest setting and low budget its an above average effort that shows that much can be accomplished with very little. Seven out of ten from me.

Everyone has to start somewhere.....this is the bottom.No plot.No exposition.No acting.Not even sincerity in voices.No use of the remarkable Australian terrain. Thankfully the unique light in this country did its own work & shone through.Rip off from every Romero movie going.WTF a Henry Martini rifle ? Where does that weapon come from ? Where do you get rounds for that ? Poor sound in vehicle.No time setting.No location information.Positives: Many false and cringe-worthy reviews from what must be friends, family, returned backpackers used as free crew or extras. the writer has friends so we need not worry about depression.The .357 looked real.We hate the characters within 5 minutes & couldn't care less what happens to them, so it's a relief to see the end of the film.If you've read the bible you know Moses leads his people away from the plagues & spent 40 years looking for the Promised Land, that's the best you can do rather than watch this rubbish.

May contain spoilers: This movie is pretty horrible, the main actress just whimpered and cried throughout the whole movie. She seemed to think she had the right to tell everyone what they should or shouldn't do. As the film went on every thing she did in the movie made me hate her more and more. The main actor wasn't any better. His character was very inept just like his wife. I thought it would be a decent film based on the reviews; however after watching it i can not recommend this movie. If you hate when characters are outright stupid and would not do what normal people would do in the same situation, please do not watch this.