Overview
One of the movies I have recently seen was “We Bury The Dead” by director Zack Hilditch. The premise of this story bases upon a catastrophic disaster occurs off the shores of Tasmania . Conviently the protagonists husband goes on a work trip to Tasmania. She signs up for the rescue team with the government to find survivors. However, they then find out that most living creatures died suddenly and those alive are not totally human. She then ensues on a journey to see if her husband is alive and okay. Throughout this journey the audience gets flashbacks of their lovestory and full backstory of how they were separated from each other.
Thoughts
The genre of the film was categorized as horror, however, I think it can be better categorized as a thriller. There are some jump scare moments in the film, but overall I do not think this can really be a horror film. While there was zombies in the film, it was not the stereotypical portrayal. There was not a lot of gore and most of the killing was done to the zombies by the humans and not the other way around.
I did not like the movie to be honest. I went into this movie blind without knowing anything, other than it was a Horror film. I think that the lore that was created was more interesting than the love-story in the forefront of the film. I think if they would have included more of this it would have been more interesting. I liked how these zombies were not always wanting to attack humans and were more complex than the usual brain dead rage monsters they are always portrayed as. However, this lore is very shortly shown or explained in the film other than a few brief mentions between the characters that give the audience context.
The two instances where the protagonist interacts with the zombies in a non-violent way, again, gives such a different perspective to the zombie trope. However, those moments are brief and they are not expanded upon. The leading actress of the film, Daisy Ridley, was one of the key factors in watchability of the film. She does great acting in the various situations in which she finds herself and gives a great emotional performances that keep the audience captivated.
*spoilers*
Basically the movie plot is fuck it we both ain’t shit. She cheats on him, which then he ends up going on that work retreat. When she does find him he is dead in his room, but she also finds the purse and ID badge of a female colleague of his. So he was also cheating on her. WE HAVE TO LAUGH!! Like lmao. While I do understand that they try to express the emotions and stuff that happen with grief, this scenario is funny. Like he tried getting his lick back and died in the process and she is still alive… LMAO
Overall, this was a film that I would not watch again. I think that this film was good in its new characterization of zombies. Other than that the film was not that good. It was predicable in many aspects. For one they told us that no living organisms survived and if they did they are zombies and they are killing the zombies… So we already know what the husbands outcome is. Then it was predictable that the wife was cheating because in the CIS hetero world, what other reason would a man leave their wife so dramatically for a work trip. Also the husband cheating would have been a better finding out if the purse was not seen right as she enters. Like I get that you may want the viewers to know and then the wife, but it would have been more impactful revealed to everyone at once.
That army guy who was obsessed with his wife was creepy. Not horror, again this was more so like a thriller. Again the scene where they are in a barn, he has other alive zombies captive with stats about them. This was another short scene that would have been amazing if expanded on, why did this random army guy have so many zombies already… like… I get the lover story angle, but it could have been something else.
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