The Battery
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2272350/?ref_=nv_sr_1
Two friends, Mickey and Ben, are just living life in a
zombie filled world. After roughing it
for a while in the woods, they find a Volvo and take it to Mickey’s old
girlfriend’s house. After Mickey whines
for about five straight minutes of movie, they hear people talking over their radios
and contemplate going to them for help.
It doesn’t matter in the end because the other people don’t
respond.
Things get weird when Ben takes a bath in the river (showing
off everything) simultaneously while a female zombie tries to get in the car
prompting Mickey to give himself a low high five (you know what I mean). That has to be a first for the zombie genre. They find a house and hang out there for a
while. Mickey literally cries after
getting rejected by the girl on the radio who (whom) he has fallen in love with
overnight.
After some more just living, they come across the chick from
the radio in person. She shoots Ben in
the leg, throws their keys in a field and drives away. She’s not a keeper. That night their car is swarmed by
zombies. After a few days of trying to
wait it out, Mickey takes another go at finding the keys and hops out of the
sunroof. After five minutes of waiting
(yes we wait the whole time in the car too) Mickey returns with no keys and a
bit hand. Ben begrudgingly kills Mickey
and makes his way out of the car on foot.
He tells the chick on the radio that he’s coming for her. That’s it.
Rating: 6.8 This is a
very simple movie. It has to be one of
my shorter write-ups yet but I still enjoyed it quite a bit. There isn’t any back-story of the characters
really or how the zombie plague started.
It’s just two guys hanging out and making it in a zombie filled world
and I liked that. There isn’t any cure
or magically safe place that they need to get to for added drama or anything
like that. The acting is pretty rough
but once you get the feel for how low budget everything is, it’s ok. The only thing that I wasn’t into at all was
how Mickey was a terribly pathetic and annoying character. Made a few things hard to watch. If you are one of the people who say things
like “I’m done with the zombie genre” then you probably won’t like this. If the zombie world is still cool like it is
to me, than it’s worth a one-time watch.
Favorite Scene: Although there is nothing particularly well
done about their time stuck in the car, I just like the whole scenario of it.
Memorable Lines: Not in this one.
What I would do if I were the main character: Find a better friend than Mickey.
What happens in the sequel: Ben does and Mickey is so
forgettable that he doesn’t remember to get revenge for him.
Not enough joking around in zombie movies
Its like a reverse of the titanic scene. Sweaty hands on the outside.
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