Plan Z

I wanted to like this film, but I got bored after about 20 minutes. The acting is decent enough; in all honesty it's well above independent standards, but the writing is cliched. You can see it coming a mile off. This is what lets this production down. Having said that; I believe that future endeavors will be much better.

One reviewer here said that small independent films such as Plan Z are more vulnerable to criticism because higher budget productions can hide behind special effects and their cast - they were absolutely spot on.

I think it was a good effort and I liked the main character, which is more than I can say for many other zombie productions. There were very few actually Zombie scenes which was understandable with the budget constraints. Its not Dawn or Day of the Dead but if you want 90 minutes of entertainment then give it a look..

This movie was clearly made on zero budget, as akin to the previous similar zombie effort of Colin, as such you have to consider this and appreciate how much of a movie this actually turned out to be.

There is tension and compelling action, and the whole thing doesn't feel like filer, despite most of it taking place in a couple of small locations. The narration can get annoying but you can see that it is what stitches the filmed scenes together and is necessary. The effects mainly rely on editing and imagination, but again with no budget this makes sense. Generally the editing and directing are what make this any good. The only flaw is the writing, it is quite simplistic and the point of 'survival vs fighting back' is repeated over and over again despite the filmmakers message becoming clear about a third of the way into the movie.

Overall this isn't a bad effort considering the clear lack of budget, there have been a lot worse zombie movies made with a lot more to work with, so definitely worth a watch if you are looking to make something for nothing yourself.

A bit bored this afternoon and this drew my attention on Prime. It is low budget and there are probably more continuity errors than I care to remember. However the characters are all believable with no-one thinking they are Rambo. They also handle the various situations in a believable way.

If you can have a believable zombie movie, this is probably close to it. Gritty, lots of blood and different to just about every Hollywood zombie movie.

As other reviewers have noted this film was done on a low budget but they made the most of it. It's a decent character study. It certainly deserves more than a 4.8.