State of Emergency (2012)
Chaos consumes a small town when a chemical facility explodes releasing a deadly toxin. Moments after the leak, the town's residents show signs of mutation, causing the military to quarantine the area leaving any survivors helpless and trapped inside. The story follows Jim, a young man isolated within the red zone, as he eludes flesh eating zombies in an attempt to win back his freedom.
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Sorry, this movie sucks
It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional
It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.
The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.
an explosion at a chemical factory causes a toxic cloud that infects the inhabitants of a small town, and turns them homicidal with a taste for human flesh. anyone that turns out to be immune now has to survive until the military sweeps in and takes care of the problem.bear in mind, we are not talking full scale zombie apocalypse here, the incident only affects one small town, but it does make a nice change from the usual zombie fareadmittedly there is very little zombie action, with the movie concentrating more on story and characterization, so gorehounds should probably steer clear of this one, otherwise, why not give it a try? it held my attention for the entire 90 mins run time
I Netflixed this one last night just as a quick "go to bed" movie since Im such a sucker for cheesy zombie films. That being said, Ill have to give kudos to the movie. It felt very 28 Days Later-ish. It had some really good and suspenseful, sometimes very dark scenes at the beginning which pulled me right in and surprisingly held my attention the whole way through. The acting by some of the characters is not necessarily top notch, but Jim in the movie really makes up for it. I thought the plot was well done for this genre - I mean how unique does a good zombie movie need to be? The cinematography was really good for a lower budget film I thought, even for a movie with limited sets - it still had me all the way through.Clean-cut zombie fun! I give it 7 stars.
This is a pretty decent movie. People keep comparing it to a zombie movie, and the set-up is similar to that of a zombie movie, but this is NOT a zombie movie. A chemical explosion causes people in a town to go mad. Someone complained that they can speak. Yeah, they can speak, and reason at times. Because they're not zombies.I thought a few scenes were pretty creepy. The scene when the main character remembers the morning the explosion happens, for one. I have always been freaked out by movies with nuclear blasts or bombs, and even though this has neither, the explosion caught my attention, and the military being there...I believe this is a pretty realistic portrayal of what would happen in a situation like the one the characters face.This isn't an action movie. It's more like a study of what people would go through if something like this happened. They're not out of food, they're in a pretty safe place, but they're stuck, and they're waiting for rescue. It's interesting. If you're looking for a zombie movie, you're not going to like this. But if you're just looking for a decent, creepy thriller to watch one night, I don't think you'll be disappointed.
In Montgomery County, the couple Jim (Jay Hayden) and his fiancée Emilie (McKenna Jones) is ready to go to work when there is an explosion of a chemical plant in the outskirts of the town. Soon Montgomery County is in quarantine and under siege by the army and people turn into zombies. Jim and Emilie escape from the town, but they have a car accident and Emilie is deadly wounded. They arrive in a farmhouse, but Emilie dies. Jim receives a phone call and a man named Scott (Scott Lilly) invites him to move to the tobacco warehouse close to the house where he is. Jim meets Scott and he introduces his wife Julie (Kathryn Todd Norman) and the unfriendly and weird Alex "Ix" (Tori White). Along the days, they become friends while they wait to be rescued by the marines. Will they survive?"State of Emergency" is a surprisingly good and dramatic low-budget horror movie. The plot has great character development, good story of sympathy and friendship, but very few zombies; therefore fans of zombies will certainly be disappointed. My vote is seven.Title (Brazil): "Código Vermelho" ("Red Code")