Blood Quantum

Few indigenous fellas r immune to a virus which turns people into bloodthirsty zombies but they r threatened by the large no of outsiders seeking refuge in their reserved colonies. The film has some impressive gory kills, moves at a steady pace but the darkly shot (mostly night time scenes) makes it troublesome. Wud have been ok if it were a vampire flick but zombies needs to b shown in broad daylight. Ther is a disturbing scene where an infected mother eats her baby, it is copied from David Cronenberg's Rabid.

This film cud have been another Stakeland but somehow this one will be forgotten soon cos it ain't that great.

I only watched this because I signed up to a cheap trial of Shudder and have been working my way through their titles out of boredom...

I reached this title, read the description and thought 'meh, sounds ok' and clicked play.

I was expecting something low budget, low quality and low entertainment but what I got was a pretty decent zombie survival movie. It is (as far as I know) low budget but some of the performances were good enough to keep me engaged and the grandad was in my opinion very cool.

It's a movie I'd happily sit through again.

The downside is that the plot seems to be a bit... random. One minute you have a group of people pulling together and then - not so much. I won't say more because it is entertaining and is worth a viewing but it's a solid midrange movie to pass a couple of hours with.

I think this little non pretentious zombie B-Movie is quite good if you're a fan of the genre. Originally main actors are most Native Americans and their acting is quite decent. Also, some great scenes with lots of gore. On the other hand the script is not original but who cares, overall the movie is quite decent for fans that love movies like Planet Terror or Resident Evil. So, if you're a, fan, enjoy this one. If you're not, do not expect The Schindler's list here.

This movie really got me excited in the first 30 mins it was roaring along from the opening shot of the fish to the attack in the cabin then it suddenly just became really boring, the dialogue was utterly atrocious and the dark cinematography did not help.

It has a new concept and some good gore scenes but sadly that is not enough to sustain a whole movie these days - Very disappointing!

With the lack of a trailer or really any information, I had no idea what to expect from this film, especially the tonality. The worry I have when watching a new Canadian film is that it will be as the majority are; slow, cheap, and morbid. But, I'm thankful to say Blood Quantum is a step above the average morbid Canadian film, and it even manages to get an important and overlooked message across amidst all the blood and gore.

The performances are all around very good, and to my satisfaction felt like honest portrayals of the Indigenous peoples of Canada. And the fact that a movie like this exists, featuring a majority-Indigenous cast in a bloody, gory zombie film, is very exciting for the ever growing presence of Indigenous peoples in cinema.

This film also offered a ton of blood and gore, which starts I'd say not even 10 minutes into the film. No time is wasted getting to all of the gory fun stuff, but it doesn't forget about its characters, managing to create relationships which I became invested in. I would say I think the handling of some critical moments of emotion could have been handled with a little more power, but with that said, the tone of this film is fairly lighthearted at times despite its core message (this is not to say the film is lighthearted). And I should also add, the gore effects are all awesome. Lots of practical work done, and so much of it is very creative and inventive. I had a blast during these scenes, and there are more than enough of them.

I could go on about the minimal, but very good musical score, which builds a tension of eeriness, and at times reminds you that this is in fact an indigenous film. The cinematography is also very good for a Canadian production, with most of the lighting and blocking feeling very expensive and consistent. Some aerial shots even reminded me of the intro to Kubrick's 'The Shining' in which a camera hauntingly looms over the Torrance car.

I enjoyed this film, and it offers a lot of quality effects, passion, and entertainment to be had. Not to mention it manages to leave us with an important, optimistic look towards the future relationship between the Indigenous peoples of Canada and the non-indigenous (English) peoples of Canada, a message that needs to be in the minds of every Canadian today and so forth.

If you get the chance to see this film, do see it, and pay for a ticket if you have the option, because there's no telling how much box office success a film like this will attain, and it deserves more than it may very well get.

7/10