{"id":5671,"date":"2012-11-08T14:00:08","date_gmt":"2012-11-08T19:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=5671"},"modified":"2012-11-08T14:00:08","modified_gmt":"2012-11-08T19:00:08","slug":"br-exit-humanity-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=5671","title":{"rendered":"BR: Exit Humanity (2011)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"<\/a>Film: Weak\/ BR Transfer: Very Good\/ BR Extras: Good<\/p>\n

Label: Anchor Bay Entertainment Canada\/ Region: 1 (NTSC) \/\u00a0Released: June 19, 2012<\/p>\n

Genre: Horror \/ Zombies<\/p>\n

Synopsis: A Civil War vet searches for sanctuary when the countryside is sodden with zombies.<\/p>\n

Special Features: \u00a0Audio Commentary #1: director John Geddes and actors Adam Seybold and Mark Gibson \/ Audio Commentary #2: director John Geddes and producers Jesse T. Cook and Matt Wiele \/ Making-of featurette (10:12)<\/p>\n

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Review:<\/p>\n

John Geddes\u2019 concept of a zombie outbreak during the American Civil War is genuinely provocative \u2013 certainly in its conjecture as to how an agrarian locale would defend itself against such a primal, unstoppable force \u2013 but in spite of the superb period detail and great atmosphere, Exit Humanity<\/strong> is victimized by Geddes\u2019 decision to labour almost interminably on the ongoing personal suffering of hero Edward Young (Mark Gibson).<\/p>\n

Young\u2019s dilemma is severe \u2013 he shot both his wife and son, two horrible soul-scarring events \u2013 but within the zombie genre such tragedy isn\u2019t novel, which is why spending nearly 20 minutes on Young going through montages of drunkenness, hallucinations, heavier boozing, and temper tantrums is more than labored. Although heavy drinking during and after the Civil War is factual, the prolonged montages ultimately render Young\u2019s suffering into near bathos, adding little depth to a generally uninteresting central character.<\/p>\n

Young\u2019s travails through the woods and itinerant rest stops also don\u2019t bring him into contact with charismatic or unique characters, although the only exception is local \u2018witch\u2019 Eve (Dee Wallace), a hermit woman whose prior life being expelled from town is shown in a compelling and detailed flashback.<\/p>\n

The story eventually tightens and brings Young into contact with General Williams (Bill Moseley), a corrupt leader known for rounding up passersby and offering them to his medic (underused Stephen McHattie) for crude bio experiments that (ideally) will find a cure and weapon, but the film has a meandering style, and the zombie appearances are too few and generic in spite of some effectively wet gore.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s also the strange conceit that Young is frequently able to sleep or rest without any<\/em> midnight zombie attack; he even manages to enjoy a contemplative session by a large fire that none of the wandering zombie troupes manage to see.<\/p>\n

Geddes\u2019 use of animated sequences to frame the film\u2019s diary chapters (read by an older Edward Young, played by Brian Cox) are effective and give the film a comic book feel (if not keep the budget tight), and Brendan Uegama\u2019s Red cinematography is gorgeous, maximizing the beauty of the Beaver Creek, Ontario location. Equally vital are the costumes and grubby sets, which evoke a dingy, remote valley where lurking, zombified inhabitants could leap out from anywhere. (One crafty zombie in fact bursts out from a river as Young is poised to bathe \u2013 a discrete homage, if intended, to the \u2018swimming dead\u2019 creature in Lucio Fulci\u2019s Zombi <\/strong>that bites a shark.)<\/p>\n

Anchor Bay\u2019s Blu-ray sports a decent transfer of the film with slight compression visible during fadeouts. The extras include dual commentary tracks, and a detailed making-of featurette that covers the ambitious production and its rustic location, plus a nod to the evocative score by composers Jeff Graville, Nate Kreiswirth and Ben Nudds.<\/p>\n

Geddes has frequently collaborated as writer, director, producer, and actor on several Anchor Bay releases including Monster Brawl<\/strong> (2011) and Scarce<\/strong> (2008).<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 2012 Mark R. Hasan<\/p>\n

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External References<\/em>:<\/p>\n

IMDB <\/a>— Official Website<\/a><\/p>\n

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