Infected (2008) (TV)

Director:

Adam Weissman

Writers:

Thomas Schnauz (story)
Joshua Hale Fialkov (teleplay) ...
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Release Date:

16 September 2008 (Russia)

Genre:

Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

The hatching has begun...

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

One Word Title

Cast

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)
Cary Lawrence	...	Triage Nurse
James Milvain	...	Man stung by nurse
Terry Haig	...	Chemistry Professor
Radek Hayde	...	Teacher's Assistant
Daniel J. Glenn	...	Larvae Burly Man (as Daniel Glenn)
Donovan Reiter	...	Lowe's Orderly
Vincent Sheffield	...	Stretcher's Orderley
Keir Cutler	...	Strange Look Man
Neil De Albuquerque	...	Larvae Man
Norman Roy	...	Mayor
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Erik Gosselin	...	Security Guard (uncredited)

Directed by
Adam Weissman

Writing credits
Thomas Schnauz		(story)
Joshua Hale Fialkov		(teleplay) &
Christian Ford		(teleplay) and
Mark Wheaton		(teleplay) &
Roger Soffer		(teleplay)

Produced by
Robert Halmi Jr.	....	executive producer
Robert Halmi Sr.	....	executive producer
Michael Prupas	....	executive producer
François Sylvestre	....	producer
Evan Tussman	....	supervising producer

Original Music by
Ned Bouhalassa

Cinematography by
Daniel Villeneuve

Film Editing by
Benjamin Duffield

Production Design by
André Chamberland

Makeup Department
Michelle Côté	....	hair department head
Erik Gosselin	....	key make-up effect artist
Jean-Michel Rossignol	....	sculpting/painting: special makeup effects unit

Production Management
Elissa Lewis	....	post-production supervisor
Mario Nadeau	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Sylvie Perron	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Alain Omer Duranceau	....	props
Geof Isherwood	....	storyboard artist

Sound Department
Scott Donald	....	supervising dialogue editor
Philippe Espantoso	....	sound re-recording mixer
David Gertsman	....	sound designer
David Gertsman	....	supervising sound editor
Steven Gurman	....	post sound consultant

Special Effects by
Louis Craig	....	special effects supervisor

Visual Effects by
Eric Aubry	....	digital effects artist
Benoit Blouin	....	digital effects artist
Nadège Bozzetti	....	lighting artist
Eric Fortin	....	animator
Catherine Hébert	....	digital effects artist
Jonathan Laborde	....	digital effects artist
Bruno-Olivier Laflamme	....	digital effects artist
Guillaume Mainville	....	digital effects artist
Marie-Josée Ouellet	....	visual effects coordinator
Jonathan Paquin	....	animator
Mario Rachiele	....	visual effects supervisor
David Raymond	....	visual effects artist
Matthew Rouleau	....	CG supervisor
Kristen Tooley	....	digital effects artist
Emily Vaillancourt	....	digital effects artist

Stunts
Jason Cavalier	....	stunt coordinator
John-sebastien Cote	....	stunt performer
Héléna Laliberté	....	stunt performer
Jan Pivon	....	stunt performer

Camera and Electrical Department
Philippe Bossé	....	still photographer
Michel Robitaille	....	extra lighting technician

Animation Department
David St-Amant	....	animator

Casting Department
Johanne Titley	....	extras casting

Editorial Department
Brigitte Daigneault	....	colorist
Catherine Henry	....	assistant editor
Sarah Vachon	....	assistant editor
Serge Verreault	....	on-line editor

Transportation Department
Réal Hamel	....	picture car coordinator

Other crew
Diane Janna	....	assistant location manager
Alexander Sandy Jesion	....	chief financial officer
Kevin Matthews	....	unit manager
Betty Palik	....	unit publicist
Lexi Pathak	....	assistant publicist
France Pelchat	....	assistant locations manager

Production Companies

• Muse Entertainment Enterprises

Distributors

• EuroVideo (2010) (Germany) (DVD)
• SuperChannel (2008) (Canada) (TV)

Also Known As:

"Alien Noid" - Japan (English title) (DVD title)

MPAA:

Rated R for sci-fi violence/gore and language

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:MA | USA:R | Portugal:M/12

Filming Locations:

Montréal, Québec, Canada

Company:

Muse Entertainment Enterprises

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.

Movie Connections:

References Joe's Apartment (1996)

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.