Saturday, September 7, 2013

Infected (2013)

The film starts with a group of people in a cabin fighting off what appear to be the infected. Next thing you know there's a caption on the screen that says 12 hours earlier.  Well, then why am I watching this when I already know how they'll end up?

Some friends bring their kids to a cabin for a weekend hunting trip.  Their kids are all college age, including the questionable casting of one female who appears to be in her early forties.  If she was one of the fathers wives, you wouldn't blink twice, but college age? No.

When it's reported that a neighbors grandma isn't feeling well, the doctor says he'll take a look at her.  It turns out saying she isn't feeling well is a bit of an understatement as she can't speak, is making weird noises, and looks deathly ill.  I'd recommend getting her to the hospital, but either Doc's not very good at his job or he's too concerned about his hunting time because he prescribes bed rest, at which point Grandma bites him.  Doc still isn't all that concerned and goes back to his fun weekend with the boys, not knowing that within twelve hours the woods will be full of the infected.

Watch as Michael Madsen mumbles his way through the film while William Forsythe's shock of white hair threatens to increase in size. None of the characters are that interesting or appealing, and it confusing as to why everyone brought their college age children. The film's logic is not consistent and tends to be frustrating.

Madsen has no problem waiting till morning to try to escape even though one of the woman is missing half her face and needs medical attention, but when he thinks his pregnant wife might be in danger, he decides it's safe enough to leave. Also they can't figure out why the guy with the gaping bite wound is attacking them.

Watch for the kids who stop mid coitus to suddenly run outside for no discernible reason.  Later they tell their fathers they heard a scream. So... was that supposed to be dubbed in during post? Because there's no scream on the soundtrack. Also Madsen's mumbling is so low you need to keep turning up the sound. Every time you can hear him, he starts mumbling softer.

Also watch for the father who eats his own teenage daughter leaving nothing but a spine and pelvis (so he ate the other bones?)

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