State of Emergency

If you come into this expecting something like the Walking Dead, or any of the other hundreds of Zombie movies out there, you will be disappointed. This movie is actually more about the characters and the personalities and what they are experiencing and going through emotionally, than it is about Zombies.

Taking it for what it is, this movie is okay. It's not fantastic, but it is okay. If anything, the Zombies almost get in the way of the actual story itself, at least what little of them there are.

The movie is a wee bit confused in that it is trying to cater to multiple audiences by being a dramatic tale with some conservatively added violence, guns and gore. Doesn't quite work, but I don't think it completely fails either.

This trash heap of the VERY tired 'zombie' bs was made on a budget, starring NON-professionals, and (s someone who works in the REAL version of this 'let's make a film' business); I'm tired of all these NON-SAG/AFTRA people in front of the camera, asked NON-IATSE behind (what that means is NO ONE involved in this pile of dung has ANY connection with the film business).

The problem stems from the idiotic idea that the 'more (product...i.e., 'films'), the 'better'.

I'm not the only one who grew up (at the birth of cable) with limited channels, but I was thrilled to find an old classic film to watch.

Now, with streaming services up the wazzoo, they act like they need to fill a gazillion free channels, and the only way to do that - on the cheap - is to throw garbage like this in the air.

This dung pile has those typically nauseating opening credits (the king's one sees moorings on YouTube, who doesn't own it and has no legal right to put something on their channel). Yet, they make this big, pathetic opening logo, like your sweet in a genuine film.

So you see some amateur graphics; 'ACME Pictures presents nobody in a film worn by John Doe, produced by John Doe, directed by John Doe...and on, and on...

I only put it on because I was bored for a few minutes and wanted to chuckle.

Just as I thought, this is EXACTLY what I just said; it's some 'film' written by (their last name's) Clay brothers, produced by these identical Clay brothers, and directed by-guess-yes, one of the Clay brothers.

There's NO ONE you've EVER heard of in things like this. It's amateurs from hell. Even worse, EVERY modern American cliché (if you wonder where these 'conspiracies' come from, look no further).

This one goes something like this: an explosion at a(American) military base causes a chemical release of bio-weapons, and these 'bio-weapons' cause the people (always in some Southern state - yuck).

As someone with a brain who's neither stupid nor a citizen of the States, it's VERY sad how far the country's fallen (primarily because of these Southern yahoos) in the past 15-20 years.

So that you know, bioweapons are ILLEGAL (of course, the paranoid idiots who live in the States believe otherwise. I wish post-birth abortions were allowed).

The ONLY countries creating them are the same dangerous group we all know: N Korea, Russia, (formerly) Iraq, etc. Even better, places like Iraq build them illegally and use them as their citizens! Brilliant.

Not.

So, back to the dung; the first twenty minutes of this have virtually no dialogue. The viewer watches some guy with a woman (I'm guessing his girlfriend, etc) 'escaping' from this quarantined area. In our first scene with the hair couple, she promptly dies (bullet wound. He next saw her dragging her body to a horse barn (not begging from knowing about, not caring about the American South, it looks like A VERY well-off privately owned 'horsey hotel'. I'm gonna take a wild guess and say it's owned by the Clay brothers, mommy and daddy, and they're just two spoilt Southerners who are starving for attention and think they're film auteurs - they're not, but are too stupid to get two jobs, stop their folks foolishly spoil them-so touching.

Listen, there are many BETTER things one can do than watch stuff like this: paint a wall, read a book, go to the supermarket.

Anything but watching garbage like this.

Before I go, I just wanted to say how amusing it is (and I'm being VERY sarcastic) that this 'non-picture' has NOT one, but three entries into the 'plot' box in IMdB (I put a plot in parentheses because the dolts who write the things in those boxes DON'T know that a plot is NOT what it means when it CLEARLY says 'synopsis' on that box (a synopsis is JUST one, or, at most, two sentences which give A VERY brief overview of the film's main plotline. So instead of simply writing something like 'an explosion at a military base causes townsfolk nearby to turn into zombies', they think the longer, the better (BTW; whenever you see ANYTHING on ANY TV, the little box which tells you about what it is your watching - THAT'S the 'synopsis' box, and the reason SO MANY of these boxes are so filled they end with '...' - which must proper can't click on (their TV), is because of this very reason. One of THE WORST examples is some egotist who calls itself h-gg- I will not give it any more credit. Its main goal is to write novel-length things for EVERYthing.

Well,as i started to check this one out,i was ready for anything,or at least something.This film starts small,and sorry to say,stays small.Now,i,m not saying its not worth watching,its just that we have all seen better.The cast does a decent job at playing the roles,all kinda with that "non-actor" thing going on,and i only counted 6-7 zombies,so i take it that most did not survive the "thing" that caused all of the problems to start with.No great hordes,limping,stumbling,or shuffling,but stand-around being dead,until they see you,then they move !.Not too much of the red sauce,or rad deaths,just a couple of head shots.Lots of time on their hands,they talk,plan eat,and when they can,they sleep,which is what this movie inspired me to do

In Montgomery County, the couple Jim (Jay Hayden) and his fiancée Emilie (McKenna Jones) is ready to go to work when there is an explosion of a chemical plant in the outskirts of the town. Soon Montgomery County is in quarantine and under siege by the army and people turn into zombies.

Jim and Emilie escape from the town, but they have a car accident and Emilie is deadly wounded. They arrive in a farmhouse, but Emilie dies. Jim receives a phone call and a man named Scott (Scott Lilly) invites him to move to the tobacco warehouse close to the house where he is. Jim meets Scott and he introduces his wife Julie (Kathryn Todd Norman) and the unfriendly and weird Alex "Ix" (Tori White). Along the days, they become friends while they wait to be rescued by the marines. Will they survive?

"State of Emergency" is a surprisingly good and dramatic low-budget horror movie. The plot has great character development, good story of sympathy and friendship, but very few zombies; therefore fans of zombies will certainly be disappointed. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "Código Vermelho" ("Red Code")

The plot: After an explosion at a plant that stores biological weapons, a rage virus transforms a small community into bloodthirsty cannibals.

Yes, it's a straight-up ripoff of 28 Days Later and The Crazies. Once you get past that, it's actually pretty watchable, as long as you keep your expectations reasonable. The characters are a bit on the stupid side, but they're likable idiots. The slow pacing and brief run-time don't really leave much time for character development, and you end up not really knowing who these characters are. This is a bit of a problem because the film basically revolves around the characters; there's little gore or action, especially considering the genre. There's a little bit of drama, suspense, and romance, but don't hold your breath waiting for them. When the characters aren't have flashbacks to explain their thin back story, they're staring out windows or peering through rifle scopes. It's not very exciting, but it's a fairly tolerable waste of time.

If you're looking for a film that focuses more on characters and atmosphere, you may enjoy State of Emergency. Just keep in mind that it's an independent, low budget zombie film, and don't go in expecting a masterpiece. For example, the characters inject insulin into a diabetic's vein, and the zombies mostly just strike frightening poses and growl instead of attacking. My guess is they didn't have enough money for many stunts. It's not a great film, but it's better than I was expecting, given the budget and one man crew.