As she starts to head for the hospital, boyfriend Derek reminds her again of her suspension. Then their neighbor Jesse bursts in saying her military girlfriend said they needed to get out of town. There are attacks in multiple cities across the world and it’s not safe anymore.
Apparently no one else is trying to leave Atlanta because the next thing we see, they are on a rural road with no other cars anywhere. Allie acts like she’s in charge and directs them to a building where they can get supplies. Jesse wonders why they need supplies, which make one wonder whether she’s been paying attention to anything that’s been going on.
After Jesse is wounded in some questionable shooting from hillbillies trying to get supplies, the group ends up at Allie’s fathers trailer where they find her brother and his girlfriend have been living. The family dynamics show Allie and her brother don’t get along and Allie goes a bit mental while trying to find a clear space to fix Jesse’s wound.
As the group tries to figure out what to do, some strange lights zip around at night, the brothers girlfriend disappears, characters start acting weird, and Allie is overwrought about everything. The movie constantly reminds us that Allie is a doctor, and if you forget, she’s got a shirt and hat to remind you. Then again they also have Derek wear a shirt that says Army and he’s in the Army. It’s like they’re upped the redundancy level just to make sure we don’t miss the obvious.
This movie is hard to get through. You don’t care about any of the characters. Allie isn’t a great doctor. She’s supposed to be the best trauma doctor, but she’s suspended for ignoring a do not resuscitate order. Also after Jesse disappears and they find her bloody the next day, Allie screams and runs away. She doesn’t check to see if she has a pulse or if there’s anything she can do. She just bolts. Plus when Jesse first gets shots, Allie checks the wound when riding in the car and pronounces the bullet went through and there are no chipped or broken bones. How does she know? Jesse is fully dressed and leaning on her lap. I’m fearful that she checked 1800s doctor style and put her unsterilized fingers into the wound to poke around.
Allie is not only a doctor, but she’s also a pain in the ass.When military man Derek says he’s going to sweep the perimeter, Allie insists that she should do it and says, “We made a deal. When the world gets tough, we lean on each other.” Good god woman, do you have to control everything? If Derek offered to give medical treatment to someone, are you going to let him? In a poll, one hundred percent of people would pick a military man over a trauma doctor to check the perimeter and keep them safe.
From a makeup perspective, the over abundance of lip gloss on Allie is not only ridiculous in an apocalyptic situation, but it’s excessive to the point where it often looks like she’s been kissing a pork chop.
Oh and there are zombies in this movie. Yup, about ten zombies who stroll slowly through the woods. You’d have no trouble getting away from them. They almost seem like an afterthought since they only show up twice. If you removed them, it woudn’t make a difference. Also don’t expect to see anything else in the movie other than a poorly done light effect that swings through the trailer once. The movie is mostly the characters arguing and the viewer waiting for some sort of menace to show up.
Ridiculous dialogue:
the conflicting views of Allie on searching for Hanna
- Allie about Hanna going missing and whether they should search for her - “We don’t know what the fuck is going on. And we have to ask ourselves, do we want to be the kind of people who leave someone out in the woods to possibly die? I don’t want to be that type of person.”
- Allie to Derek once he agrees to search for Hanna - “Only about as far as you can get in an hour. I want you back before dark with or without Hanna. She’s not worth losing you.”
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