Infected (TV 2008)

A pair of newspaper reporters receive help from an unlikely accomplice in their effort to stave off an alien invasion.

Director:

Adam Weissman

Writers:

Thomas Schnauz (story), Joshua Hale Fialkov (teleplay),

Stars:

Gil Bellows, Maxim Roy, Bruce Dinsmore

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Gil Bellows	...	Ben Mosher
Maxim Roy	...	Lisa Wallace
Bruce Dinsmore	...	Peter Whitefield
Mark Camacho	...	Craig Braddock
Judd Nelson	...	Malcolm Burgess
Jesse Todd	...	Knutt Jourgensen
Isabella Rossellini	...	Carla Plume
David Schaap	...	Lowe
Neil Napier	...	Taylor Lambert
Glenda Braganza	...	Connie Goodwin
Lori Graham	...	News Anchor
Carlo Mestroni	...	Captain Wimmer
Suzanna Lenir	...	Reporter #1 (as Suzanna Le Nir)
Gabriel Bélanger	...	Cop #2
Donny Quinn	...	Obsequious Assistant (as Donny Falsetti)

Storyline

In Boston, there is an unknown epidemic and the population is consuming the Hydropure water and vegetables from Whitefield Corporation. The City Hall Secretary, Taylor Lambert, contacts a newspaper journalist, Lisa Wallace, expecting to give evidence of a conspiracy that his partner Connie is collecting. However, Glenda is captured and murdered by the guards, and Lambert shoots the Mayor and takes a sample of his blood to give to Lisa. Lambert is hunted and wounded by the police. He meets the journalist, Ben Mosher, who writes for the sensationalist column 'Mystery Science' in the same newspaper. Lambert gives Ben a vial with the Major's blood before he dies and Ben gives the sample to his friend Knutt Jourgensen for analysis.

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Plot Keywords:

one word title

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Taglines:

The hatching has begun...

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Genres:

Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sci-fi violence/gore and language

Details

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 September 2008 (Russia)

Also Known As:

A láthatatlan kolónia

Filming Locations:

Montréal, Québec, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Muse Entertainment Enterprises

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Peter Whitefield: [first lines - narrating] Whitefield Industries, in cooperation with the mayor and other city officials, is committed to ensuring the health of our citizens.

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Connections

References Joe's Apartment (1996)

User Reviews

V reimagined as a low budget sci-fi flick

For years I've been watching late night trash on the Sky3 channel in the UK, which seems to show the kind of films that the Sci-Fi Channel makes. 99% of what I see there is absolutely awful, but occasionally something decent will come along to enliven things (MANEATER and the so-trashy-it's-great AZTEC REX are two that spring to mind). Over the years, I've been less than impressed with the low budget alien siege movies, of which INFECTED is one, but I was delighted to find that this is far better than the usual fare.

Things kick off in high gear with the kind of intense conspiracy stuff you'd see in one of the early X-FILES episodes. From there we accelerate into the kind of aliens-are-already-here-and-in-disguise schtick that allows producers to bypass special effects in favour of human adversaries. Eventually, it devolves into the usual kind of nonsense with the heroes being hunted by their extraterrestrial foes while various people are shot/blown up/kidnapped en route. The film focuses on gruesome effects shots of alien maggots emerging from their human hosts, while saving up a highly cheesy CGI shot for late on in the proceedings (let's just say I was reminded of the '50s B-movies of old.

Surprisingly, the casting isn't too bad for this outing, with both Gil Bellows and Maxim Roy proving able leads with more talent than most. While the villains are pretty weak and unimposing, a couple of "name" actors are reserved for kooky cameo roles (Judd Nelson and Isabella Rossellini) which ups the ante a little. Hardly a great movie, but if you're a purveyor of this kind of crap you won't be complaining as this is a cut above the rest.