Review of Dead Within

Dead Within (2014)
5/10
Rated by zombies
9 February 2015
Warning: Spoilers
Good pace on a difficult two-hander. Better than Moon, I reckon.

Acting very good, and the sound track maintains tension along with cuts in visuals. The dialogue could have been livelier - the characters had their niggles, but both were reserved personalities. Timeline jumps about a bit, so keep an eye on the hand bandage.

Not sure the final shot was necessary - perfectly satisfied with psychosis induced by grief and cabin fever. And how/when could it have happened to her? Maybe a spinning cam in the sunshine with a zombie jaws final frame was best bet.

One thing that bugged me was no explanation for running water until about 40 mins in, when it cut off. People - in a zombie apocalypse you'll die of thirst or typhoid way before the brain gobblers get you. So it's important! Then the water turned on again, and I couldn't figure out if it was hallucination.

Not as good as The Battery - sort of indoors version without the humour - but definitely deserves higher rating.

edit: the ranger story wasn't resolved, so point lost.
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