Thursday, October 14, 2010

Automation Transfusion (2006)

The only thing worse than a bad movie is a bad movie that doesn't end and expects you to watch a second bad movie - which is bound to be even worse - to find out what happens. Even more annoying it's four years after the movies release and the second movie hasn't even been made yet (or maybe it just hasn't been released). Either way it is inexcusable to get to the end of a movie and have the words "to be continued..." pop up on the screen.

If you don't have an end to your movie, then communicate that in the title, such as calling it part one. Warn me ahead of time so I can decide if I want to invest time in a film that doesn't resolve itself. Also saying in your trailer that this film will define it's generation is not a good idea, especially when you're movie isn't very good.

The plot revolves around three friends who drive into town to see a band and notice there are no other cars on the road. When they get to town, they are attacked by a horde of zombies. They decide to head to the big party back in their hometown to ensure the safety of ones girlfriend. The party has been overrun by zombies, but the girl managed to survive.

They spend the rest of the movie running around, fighting zombies, and trying to escape. Then they run into an Army guy who tells them the zombies are from a secret government project that was reanimating corpses. Shortly after this, the zombies are coming, our protagonists are trapped, how will they escape? They won't because the movie ends. Thanks movie, thanks for wasting my time.

The camera work has some weird jerky motion. Sometimes it is hard to hear the dialogue due to the background noise, crowd sounds, or music that is too high in the mix.

Also when the teacher is wheeled out after being bitten in the neck, he isn't secured to the stretcher, hasn't received medical attention, and is flailing wildly as blood spurts freely from his wound. Then the kid who bit him flees from the room - what? No one has been called to contain the kid? He's just been standing around?

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