Island Escape

When the daughter of an ultra-rich CEO is taken hostage at an experimental research facility, on a remote island. A ragtag team of blue collar mercenaries are compiled to get her back. However...little do they suspect what they'll be up against... ...Zombies. It's zombies. The whole thing is a low budget action-horror-sci-fi film, featuring some middle brow acting, decent practical effects, and- what seems like- a pretty straight forward storyline (at least at first). However, it's mostly just a group of people running around the woods with guns. With an incredibly bizarre sci-fi angle spun in. Where "the island resets itself every 3 days". Which apparently means that new versions of themselves will come to the island every three days...while everyone left on the island past the three day point will turn into zombies. Meaning that they are effectively caught in a neverending timeloop, fighting against zombified versions of themselves. So...they must escape the island within that three day window...or accept their zombie fate. That is, if they aren't killed by the island's "self destruction sequence", which the company behind the research facility claims they have initiated. It's all kind of weird. And hard to follow. As it doesn't make a whole lot of logical sense. Especially when the bit about traveling back through time- and going through wormholes- comes into play. It's hard not to get lost in the foray. So all you can do is try to roll with it. Even if you don't understand exactly what is going on. Perhaps it's all just over my head. But I don't think so. The complexity of it all is certainly intriguing. But, in reality, it's just a poorly thought out, and forcibly constructed, storyline. Turning what seemed like a straight forward zombie island escape, into a confounding sci-fi conundrum. 3 out of 10 (for trying).

When the daughter of an ultra-rich CEO is taken hostage at an experimental research facility, on a remote island. A ragtag team of blue collar mercenaries are compiled to get her back. However...little do they suspect what they'll be up against... ...Zombies. It's zombies. This is a low budget action-horror-sci-fi film, featuring some middle brow acting, decent practical effects, and- what seems like- a pretty straight forward storyline...which they get right into. It's mostly just a group of people running around the woods with guns. While trying to understand a bizarre sci-fi angle they attempt to spin in. Where "the island resets itself every 3 days". Which apparently means that new versions of themselves will come to the island every three days...while everyone left on the island past the three day point will turn into zombies. Meaning that they are effectively caught in a neverending timeloop, fighting against zombified versions of themselves. So...they must escape the island within that three day window...or accept their zombie fate. That is, if they aren't killed by the island's "self destruction sequence", which the company behind the research facility claims they have initiated. It's all kind of weird. And hard to follow. As it doesn't make a whole lot of logical sense. Especially when the bit about traveling back through time- and going through wormholes- comes into play. It's hard not to get lost in the foray. So all you can do is try to roll with it. Even if you don't exactly understand what is going on. Perhaps it's all just over my head. But I don't think so. The complexity of it all is certainly intriguing. But, in reality, it's just a poorly thought out, and forcibly constructed, storyline. Turning what seemed like a straight forward zombie island escape, into a confounding sci-fi conundrum. 3 out of 10 (for trying).

For those that enjoy low budget flicks this isn't the worst one. The story is decent, it's a sci fi horror action movie. The movie goes along at a decent pace which is the only thing working for it, the budget went to the makeup department which is done quite good for the "monsters" and the rest probably for the main actors gym and protein powder as we do get a shirtless scene. I'm giving it 5 stars because the camera work is okay and it's all well shot with good lighting which is something so many low budget movies fail at. Along with solid story elements and the fact it kept my attention enough for me to finish it.