Antidote

If you like living dead, blood and guts and brain munching, this isn't for you. If you prefer drama, a world of loss and despair, as in Here Alone and Maggie, this is more your movie--although both of those films rank higher in my estimation than this one. No one is undead. Like Carriers, there is a virus that kills people in a painful, flesh eating way that's brought the world to a halt. This is not a zombie plague virus, though. What we have here is a zombie producing cure, an interesting idea. We make our own problems. The treatment once injected can save you, but a side effect is madness, turning a vast majority of infected into killing machines that look and act like zombies. We are told this in a two minute narration by Matthew, a recent infected travelling home with his sister-in-law turned lover Hannah, who spends the majority of the film injecting him against his will in a farmhouse basement until a critical decision must be made. The exposition here is sorely lacking, which is what this film desperately needs for character development and establishing setting. A few remember-when stories, a couple flashbacks, some memory/dream sequences, even old newspapers with bold headlines laying around, anything to draw us into this shattered world would have been helpful. It's cold and bleak where they are and the characters not unsympathetic. Hannah has nothing left without Matthew, but this film leaves you wanting something to fill in the blanks. You just don't feel their struggle in the way you do a great film.

This is one of many tales related to the early days of a catastrophe. In this case, the outbreak is an omnipresent disease, and the available cure leads to another disorder - the standard zombie trope of 'desire to attack' presents, but the 'zombies' are generally weak rather than presenting as superhuman. The protagonist is a strong woman character, and the tale revolves around her decisions - including one tragically incorrect one.

Loyalty is a wonderful trait. But this chick took it too far. Your husband's BROTHER is infected with an incurable disease, so you pump him full of drugs that make him violent. Then you ignore the fact that he's getting worse, your prolonging his misery, and that he is guaranteed to become rabid. The epitome of stupidity.It was a huge waste of time. At least the cinematography was good.

Definitely not a traditional blood and guts zombie film. Low budget but still good acting. It was about relationships and how hard it is to let go. The antidote was likely worse than the plague. When people get to feeling that bad it is better to end their misery.

This movie had some good suspenseful moments and a neat concept-- but it wasn't fleshed out nearly enough. The characters felt flat, and the female protagonist was a real letdown, especially in the end.

Very good all around. Pro quality everywhere (acting, direction, sound). Very realistic. Ending seemed unfulfilled as a selfish hump walks away.

to a very overworked genre. Small budget but they really used what they had wisely. Recommended.

Good acting. More down-to-Earth version of a disease turning people into psychotic killers, rather than living-dead zombies.

Not as good as I expected it to be.

very pleased