Collapse

Let it be said, I've seen worse movies...and sat through them because they at least kept me engaged, had some comedic elements, or were splatter-fests. This movie seriously lacks on all accounts. It plods along for the first hour or so, and there is a half-hearted effort at comedy that seems awkward and out-of-place. The gore wasn't terribly bad, but the special effects were amateurish. The zombies were the best actors in the bunch (most of them)...I had expected more from this as two of the main characters (husband and wife in real life) have been in the biz for some time and even won some awards...either they were having a bad day, or they were saved by previous scripts...the man has the same expression for virtually the first hour and the woman 'cries' dry tears. At least the son has an excuse...this is his first (and probably last)film. The zombie makeup was decent...as I've said, I've seen appreciably worse. Besides the shuffling zombies (Romero-style, like they SHOULD be), the only other thing I liked was the eerie music...very 'Goblin-esque' (a band with more than a few classic zombie movie themes under their belt, including the original 'Dawn of the Dead' from 1978). All-in-all, only for hard-core zombiephiles (like me).

Sorry it's awful. I have in the past rated films that were just OK highly but this is a tragedy ! The special effects are appalling , the acting is dreadful , the story is really poor. Sorry but that's my opinion . I appreciate someone made this but it's not worthy of a watch. It makes z nation look like a million dollars. I can't believe all the good reviews, for me it was terrible , sorry director and writer but come on ... I could act better than those guys and I've no experience . Sometimes a film needs more work , it needs more effort in the script. And until that's done it shouldn't be made . If I have to say one positive thing It would be that the zombies didn't run , they walked , but they look awful .

Maybe I'm being a bit gracious with a rating of 7, but I'll tell you why. Aside from overacting or most probably over directing/writing in the beginning it plays out like a higher budget film. Not to be confused, it looks like a lower budget film. The over acting/directing/writing is from dialog where one character speaks and nods and pauses giving off to much of a reaction rather than a more normal reaction which is of course more natural. Next the problem is the writing is quite good in hiding twists and turns, but just gets a bit off here and there. Didn't care for the lighting in places.

Now for what's good about the film. Once it's rolling the acting is fairly nice. From the get- go it's apparent that something is off about both the lead male and female character. One knows something isn't right, that it's not just bad acting, but that there are wheels turning upstairs on both of them. This is key mild foreshadowing as the film plays out. The zombies are the slow footed classical kind with rather nice makeup, all a bonus if you ask me. The final plot twist is excellent. I'd say this is a directing/producing team that could do good work with studio backing.

If you're expecting Miramax or 20th Century Fox quality you're going to be disappointed. But if you're looking to be entertained with an interesting story about flawed characters and can look past the budget issues this film delivers.

Poor special effects, actors smiling when they're supposed to be sick, dead, or getting killed. Very predictable. A lot of backstory for no clear reason. It's not something I would watch if I wanted a truly scary movie. Just Another churned out zombie movie where characters are unfamiliar with the concept of zombies. Only about 25min in and had to laugh at myself for a jumpscare I saw coming well before it happened. Smh And what appears to be grandparents are actually the parents raising a teen.

"Collapse" wasn't as bad as I had initially expected it to be.

For a zombie movie, "Collapse" was a bit out of the ordinary. Sure, you had the unexplained phenomena of people returning as zombies hungry for human flesh, as in most other zombie movies, but it was also a story of one man's spiraling journey into madness.

The zombies in the movie were not too badly made. The make-up was adequate. Though one thing did puzzle me, why did every single zombie have to be wearing torn pants? Is shredded pants a requirement for being a zombie? The zombie eyes could have been made better, have them wear contact lenses. When you see a zombie with ordinary eyes and even see them blinking, the whole undead menace thing falls shattering to the ground.

And there was one scene where Morgan was shooting zombies in an office, and one zombie was shot in the head. The zombie adjacent to the shot zombie flinched and squinted her eyes as you would do when something is approaching your face. That kind of error is just fatal in a zombie movie, as it was painstakingly obvious that these were not reanimated corpses.

The story did take a twist for the unexpected in the movie. I hadn't seen that coming at all, so it was a nice twist. Now, whether or not you approve of how the story took a turn with that twist is individual, for me it was a turn for a downward hill. I didn't like that direction of the movie. It was a great plot twist, sure, but I personally think it was just not plausible. I am not going to ruin the story for anyone, as I think you should see the plot twist for yourself and make up your own impression of how the story took a twist of events.

Being a zombie aficionado, I can not cross "Collapse" off the list. It didn't leave a lasting impression really, as it was neither good nor bad.