Extinction

2015 "When the undead can evolve, no one is safe."
5.8| 1h50m| en
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And suddenly, overnight, the world came to a halt. Two men, two survivors, one kid, and hatred that separates them. A place forgotten by everyone, including the creatures that inhabit the Earth... until now.

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Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
Alicia I love this movie so much
Allison Davies The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.
Guillelmina The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.
bs-33435 Okay, so first of all I do commend the director and writers for trying something different in the zombie genre, but along the way they stumble through many zombie cliches. The film opens on a convoy of survivors trying to get to Harmony, a fictitious city. I'm assuming it's fictional because I don't remember any cities so far north to have perpetual blizzards and yet also skyscrapers (observe poorly designed and obviously fake backdrops in the early shots of the film), seriously it snows all the time, did the zombie outbreak also change the weather? (Actually that's probably a better film idea than this one deserves.) Anywho, after an extremely inane action sequence to explain "how we got here" (that includes multiple silent stealthy deaths by a large crowd of screaming zombies), we learn in the present the main characters hate each other for some reason and dummy A (I will refer to them as such for the remainder of the review for obvious reasons shortly explained) takes care of dummy B's daughter and raises her as his own because "he ain't right" according to dummy A, or some such reasoning to shut up a "daughter" he treats like utter garbage in an apocalyptic situation (seriously, I get he's trying to be stern but it's a world where 99.9999% of the earth was eaten, including her mom, lighten up dude). So, yeah, in a world of complete destruction and death, the only two people that they know of are choosing to be little babies and are feuding like warring neighbors in a FREAKING ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE! Are you kidding me? I'm led to believe in a world of almost all dead that they wouldn't put such things aside, for the sake of the baby girl they are trying to raise? The movie trudges on, more dumbness, dummy A watches dummy B nearly die "cuz feud", then dummy B has a subplot where voices in his head tell him to kill people (okay?), dummy A invites dummy B to dinner, ruined "cuz feud", etc. (side note: the director was obviously a HUGE fan of "The Walking Dead" due to multiple ripoffs, from limb hacking to avoid zombie infection, to "hit everything then hit nothing" good guy aim). We learn the zombies are back and evolving, now they are blind but they hear good. (Not sure how that's a evolutionary possible since evolution is to make a species better hunters, not worse, and they haven't been living underground.) For some reason this makes them...worse? Not sure why? They also no longer spread infection. Sweet. For some reason a pretty lady shows up to be pretty and talk about a survivor story. Seems condoms must be zombie food, otherwise I can't explain why you wouldn't use protection in a zombie apocalypse. Seriously, this is a world to raise a child? Maybe wait until after the cannibals are gone, 'kay? Yep, she's pregnant. Although that subplot means absolutely nothing, other than showin some belly it's never referenced in the movie again. So dummy B decided to cut up the first Uber zombie they met and keep it as a dog or something because pretty lady sees it and rightly shoots it dead because these suckers are pack hunters and he's been calling his buddies for a few days. Seriously, these guys are so dumb. How did they survive 9 years let alone 9 minutes?! Pretty lady is the only smart character, she informs them they are all dead meat, and they await the horde. The child gets unexplainably locked up in the basement so her dad can keep her outside of his view, safe in such situations I know. Things go bad, then well when the characters realize sound is bad (sidenote #2 : Did John K. from "The Office" get drunk and watch this movie and that's where "A Quiet Place" came from? Seriously, it has sound hunting monsters with wicked ears, who are killed by sound, and includes a Dad who dies at the end to save his kid....o crap.) and play some classic rock to mess the zombies up. Works until the generator that has been (conveniently blasting music day and night for weeks) conveniently dies, mid zombie battle. Nice. Dummy B decides to be a hero and lead away sound hunting zombies using his fleshy body instead of, ya know, throwing a rock or something. He gets Rambo'ed by God and shoots everything easily until he forgets to grab a sidearm or any extra bullets and gets eaten and dies and blows up. In that order. (Somewhere along the lines we learned Dummy B is the real dad of the child but he was a drunk and let mom die so dummy A raised the baby, this was an act of self sacrifice to atone for being an idiot. Didn't work. Still dumb.) Movie ends, mercifully for the audience.
jhmoondance Alien and other species invading our planet! I adore these movies but this one was utterly ridiculous! Concern over aliens having votes on government issues in our society, living amongst us? Having 'rights'? Simply ludicrous!!! The acting was so over the top from both the children, their parents and the human-alien was diabolical!!! I watched this silly movie on Netflix and it's given me more reasons why I should unsubscribe! Bonkers!!!! Not worthy of 1 star but I've given it 2 simply because I felt sorry for the 2 children and their parents for the fees it cost for these children to attend drama classes! Diabolical!!!!
Brandon Stephens Extinction (2015)The Zombie genre has pretty much in my opinion become "DEAD ON ITS FEET". Anyone with a camera is making low budget "Zombie" movies, it's truly killed this genre of horror for the most part. Then again, there have been some serious amazing Zombie films that have come out for us who have been itching for something truly original and lives up to its name. These films I am referring to are: "28 days later", "pontypool", "rammbock", "dead girl", "Maggie" & "outpost" to name a few...and now "Extinction" joins the ranks.If you are expecting a full out gore feast of epic proportions and just nameless killing...then please stop reading now. If you are wanting to see something original, smart, thought provoking and scary then continue reading.In all honesty, I almost missed out on this amazing gem of a film due to the clichéd opening sequence. Allow me to explain, the film opens up in the midst of a "Zombie Invasion" and survivors are being loaded on buses and securely escorted into the safe zones. The opening sequence is quick, intense, and short lived. Thankfully, the writers and filmmakers were what they were doing when they fast forward us to years later... after the "Apocalypse". This is where the film really begins to shine. Horror movies, especially in THIS genre nowadays focus too much the shock value and gore aspect due to trying to "succumbing to Hollywood cinematic stereotypes" and lose what is REALLY important... The Human Element and the characters, so many films have so many gratuitous death scenes that the actors who portray them aren't even missed due to being nothing buy Cannon Fodder. Not here, here is the build up and this is where we meet our three main characters: Patrick (played by Matthew Fox of Party of Five and LOST fame) Jack (played by Jeffrey Donovan of Burn Notice) and Jack's daughter: Lu (played by Young Quinn McColgan known for her TV appearances such as Mildred Pierce & The Blacklist).Our three survivors are now seen living alone in a "nuclear winter of snow" due to the events that happened years earlier. The once friends now live as neighbors and live off the land and try to survive not only the elements but each other. The acting in this film is really top notch. As the tension builds between friends, terrifying events begin to unfold which involves young Lu thus forcing both men to overcome their somewhat petty differences and join up to help the one thing that is important to them - Lu.As the events continues to unfold they meet another female survivor played by Spanish actress, Clara Lago. This unlikely addition forms yet again another wedge between the two men, but that is soon rectified as they realize that the events surrounding Lu were only just the beginning of what would be the fight of their lives!!!
aghd2012 In recent years I have really struggled to come across a zombie horror movie which really interested me. This movie is not the most original I have ever seen and it is relatively predictable however I did still find myself entertained through 90% of the film. The characters were, for the most part, likable and it had some tense moments. The 'zombie' design was not very original but creepy nonetheless. The acting was decent and the setting was interesting. As the movie went on I felt it comparable to the likes of 'I am Legend', 'The Descent' and 'Signs'. All of which I consider pretty good movies so I wasn't too bothered about the obvious similarities. All in all I felt it was an hour and a half well spent and I would recommend it to anyone who is a fan of this genre.