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A few years in our future, nature has decided to strike back and turn humans into zombies that will ultimately turn into plants. In this world, Ethan (Douglas Smith) has been separated brom his girlfriend Emma (Kimberly-Sue Murray), and now he desparately tries to find her again, tries to make it to the cabin deep in the woods they have agreed to meet should they ever lose sight of one another. Problem is, Ethan suffers from amnesia that affects his short term memory, so he's not likely to make it on his own. Fortunately he stumbles upon survivalist Mae (Carrie Anne Moss), who seems to be rugged but has a heart of gold, and she takes him home with her and feeds him and generally takes him under her wing. However, eventually Ethan steals her car to make it to the cabin - to find it inhabited by a Jolene (Amy Matysio) and her son (Greyson Dubois), and they claim to haven't seen Emma despite living here for months. They give him quarters for the night though - only to end up zombie food the very next day, zombies that would also feed on him if it wasn't for Mae coming to the rescue. He has no idea who she is, which leaves her totally unfazed, as if she had done the same thing a hundred times berore - and turns out she has saved Ethan from a scrape more than once or twice, only he can't remember anymore. Then though, Mae's home is invaded by Tom (Jonathan Cherry) and associates (Steven Roy, Harlan Blayne Kytwayhat), and Tom's convinced Mae has something to do with his wife's disappearance - something Ethan thinks is impossible to fathom, but then he stumbles upon Emma's locket with her picture still in it among her things, which leads to all kinds of suspicions - but of course, the truth is much more disturbing and has to do with his and Emma's prior visit to Mae's farmhouse when it was still inhabited by a nice family of three (Frank Grillo, Sari Mercer, Palmer Tastad) ...

A very interesting take on the zombie genre, this one also throwing ecological aspects and elements of the film Memento into the blend - to turn it into something pretty unique thanks to a very clever script, a genre savvy directorial effort that nevertheless stays clear from too many jump scares or pure shock value and instead leans towards the grotesque while also making perfect use of the film's impressive locations. And the movie's spot-on cast of course helps to make this one great genre ride as well, and more than worth one's while.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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