Soy tóxico

Slow and lugubrious like a funeral procession with all of the attendant dreariness of it all, an inexplicable storyline mixed in with a mad max stylee and some fairly good makeup effects might have been more than the sum of its parts but sadly it failed to hit the mark and without a plot or anything interesting within it just became a bit lame.

As a consummate Zombie genre fan I had to watch it but regretted it almost at the 15 minute mark but with my movie watching ocd I had to watch till the end and it is one of those movies where you start to do other things like browse the internet in between checking the subtitles or wondering how long it has to go by checking the running timeline in VLC - Not a good sign!

I was given the chance to sit down and watch the 2018 Argentinian "Soy Tóxico" (aka "I am Toxic") movie here in 2020. And it being a zombie movie, of course I ended up sitting down to watch it. Anything zombiesque has my attention right away.

Granted, I had not even heard about "Soy Tóxico" from writers Pablo Parés, Paulo Soria and Daniel de la Vega prior to sitting down to watch it. But still, it being a zombie movie was more than enough. And perhaps "Soy Tóxico" would turn out to be a good movie?

Well, no, it didn't actually turn out to be a good movie. First of all, the mixture of "Mad Max" and your typical doomsday zombie apocalypse settings just didn't work out for me. And nor did it help much that the storyline was unfathomably dull, mundane and boring, as were the characters in the storyline.

The actors and actresses in the movie were struggling in an uphill battle, given the fact that they had next to nothing to work with in terms of a properly interesting script and storyline.

A zombie movie needs good special effects, and luckily "Soy Tóxico" actually had adequate special effects and make-up, which helped carry the movie some of the way. But the effects were just not sufficient to make up for all the shortcomings that made up "Soy Tóxico".

This 2018 movie from director Pablo Parés came and went without as much as a groan, much less a leaving a lasting bite mark in the zombie genre. The movie was just too plain and generic for that. Which results in my rating of a mere three out of ten stars. "Soy Tóxico" is not a movie that puts Argentina on the zombie movie map, unfortunately, at least not in a memorable fashion.

Actually, the movie's cover was the most interesting part about the movie.

Yeah, the title says it all. Everyone else is comparing this to Mad Max/Road Warrior stuff. To me, it's sort of like a Rob Zombie movie. In Spanish. To be honest, I couldn't finish this tedious trek of sadism. The portion I watched was similar to "Salo, or 120 Days of Sodom". Gave it two stars anyways.

This movie tries to mix Mad Max and zombies and fails utterly. I could understand if someone did a movie like this in the 80's or even 90's but 2018? You have got to be kidding me. There is no need for complete trash like this. Nobody needs it. I simply can't understand how this has above 4 rating here. The movie has close to no story, it makes no sense and nothing really happens. It's crap.

Everyone probably had this feeling. You just woke up and have no idea where you are or what went on or what you are supposed to do next. Add to that scenario an end of the world Mad Max style enviroment and you not remembering not just a fluke but an ongoing issue! I don't think you'd feel to good about yourself, just as the main character here does.

But it's more than just doom and death, there is social commentary here too. It may not be too thick (which is ok) and it may be overshadowed by some mean cliches getting thrown your way. Still this has its merits and even though some motivations remain unclear, suspense works in favor of the movie. Even when you almost lose interest in it ...