Plan Z (2016)

Craig is a photographer who travels the world and has a plan for surviving the zombie apocalypse. He tells us he has friends in high places, and that timing and planning for the unexpected are crucial for survival. Unfortunately his planning is fairly basic and could have been thought of in less than an hour.  His idea is get a place to stay, get supplies, and wait it out.  Once it’s safe enough, find a place in the country because the cities will be full of the dead. 

After rescuing his friend Bill from a cafe, they hole up in Craig’s apartment until they run out of food. They are able to get the keys to a neighbors car, and then head towards an island which apparently they can drive to and has a low number of inhabitants. 

When they stop for gas, another car pulls up and a hostile man gets out looking for gas. After some posturing, they soon offer him a ride.  But first he’s going to kill the zombie inside the filling station. His plan is to kill every zombie he sees since they have no idea if, or when, there will be a cure.

Next thing we know, we are catapulted to a different location where Craig is barely keeping the zombies from coming in the door, while a girl sits in the corner being useless. Meanwhile Bill and some others are in the bathroom. Where are they? Who are these other people? How’d they get in this predicament? Was it carelessness or was it the wrong place at the wrong time?  We’ll never know, other than it’s the new guys sister and her friend.

The movie only has a few characters and some occasional zombies. There’s a voiceover with Craig’s thoughts or comments about the past or how things are going.  There are also some weird choices on the characters parts. Craig has a huge wad of keys on his key ring. So every time he goes in and out of the apartment, the mass of jangling keys could attract zombies. How does his plan not include being quiet?  Also once they get to the island, they find a zombie on the property. Yet the next morning, one of the girls wanders out into the yard to gaze stupidly at the sky, without a clue that she needs to be aware of her surroundings. 

Dialogue that is always the preface for someone telling you something really upsetting and trying to avoid the consequences:

Girlfriend - I need to tell you something.

Craig - Okay.

Girlfriend - Promise you won’t get mad.

Craig - Depends on what you tell me.

Girlfriend - Promise.

Craig - No.