Quarantine L.A.

When people talk about the "good old days" of film they are referring to one of two periods in film history. The first is the classic era of black and white where lighting and shadows were the draw. The second is the time period of the 1960's- late 1970's when movies had you use your imagination to decode what the camera didn't show you, allowing you to draw your own conclusions to what was happening (Think Texas Chainsaw Massacre). What Infected brings to the table is along the lines of the second period of film. We are told little of the infection and are open to draw the conclusion on whether it was truly man made or a natural event from that was harnessed for mass scale testing.

In today's market where the "zombie" genre has been so diluted by over marketing and goreification (Walking Dead, George Romero remakes) that most films of the genre almost forget to focus on the people and the personal aspects of the survivors. What Infection does is almost make the virus an afterthought to bring the perspective of the survivors to the forefront. The survivors do fall into the stereotype roles, soldier, child, medic, shady stranger, fool, but the writing does the roles justice. Each character is written for their role wonderfully and the writing does not stray from these types. In the homeopathic era of the 'monster' film it is always good to see that people remember what the genre should be and are still willing to take risks to keep it as fresh as possible.

If I had to give a comparison to other movies I would have to say it falls into the area of the Steven King TV movies where a lot of what was going on was done through imagination and dialogue.

It felt like you were watching it play out in real time.Good for some things,not this. They want me too say more It was as boring as watching Paint dry. Had no real connection to the characters Nor did I care about them. William F looked an acted like a crazy old coot,not a surgeon. The Boobs,well they were boobs for no reason. The infected looked like a bunch of fools at a backyard Halloween party looking for something to do. Have I said enough,it wasted our time,don't let it waste yours. It was a story idea that would've been something,Had the story more meat. I was hoping for it to be better than the M.M. show. If there were only something good to say about it I would,but I can't think of...oh wait it ended.

Good idea for soryline but writing and acting let it down. I noticed on one of the military officers he had medals and insignia on wrong side surely they worn on left and not on the right. Film is low budget so won't expect it to be like others in the genre but this film is a let down.

My team watched this over Zoom one day, and I've gotta tell you, I was ready to un-mute myself and just start going full MST3K on it! It is just that absurd! The only way it could be watchable is if the folks at Rifftrax did commentary on it.

Really just a waste of time. The acting is incredibly stiff, I even found myself prompting the actors with their lines, it's so predictable. The score is incredibly cheesy and obviously put together by a student filmmaker. The timing is horrible, the actors lines being delivered too soon or too late in almost every scene. Glaringly obvious mistakes and bloopers throughout. I was going to point some out but I'd be here all day. The story did not flow, make any sense or engage the audience. I actually found myself rooting for the 'infected' just to kill off some of the more disappointing leads. I honestly think that the positive reviews on here are planted by the friends/relatives of the actors and producers because it's just that bad. Wooden acting. Poor score. Mediocre story. Don't bother.