The Plague (2006)

Pretty Good

It is a performances centric movie

It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

First of all i want to tell it is not for those who are the hardcore fan of zombie or supernatural horror movies which are easy going and don't make you think at the end. The plague is surely not one of such horror movies.It is different in every sense.It has not so much gore,killings as we usually see in other horror movies.The most distinct part of the movie is those lines in the diary which will make you think. Now its on you how you analyze. I contemplated and came to a conclusion that if you fear and live life of a slavery(being a slave to anyone) and convey your thoughts and fears to the children shown as antagonists they will just extract your thoughts and soul. Now what protagonist says to his wife at the end which saves her?He tells her not to look at them and think about the good times they had when they got married.Thus they were unable to rip her soul apart from her body as she did'nt let her fear and thought of going to die come out at the end. Now why suddenly children became stable and non violent in the end?As tom's soul was their last target,what he was thinking at the end changed the whole scenario.He had no fear and had peaceful,cheerful days of love and not to forget 'The hope' in his mind which led to that state of children in the end.

Ten years after a weird plague, a recently-released ex-con and his ex-wife find that the formerly comatose children afflicted with a strange plague have suddenly awakened and gone on a vicious killing streak across town, forcing them to find a way to survive.While it did have some problems, there were some good points with it. One of the best ones is that this one really gets a lot out of the initial stages of the plague and the reactions here, from their comatose appearance and the daily grind of their preparations for the seizures, carries quite an impactful tone here as at times, it's pretty suspenseful. When the plague is wearing off and all the chaos starts, this is golden as there's plenty to like about those scenes with the abandoned high-school trying to overcome the massive influx of kids running around the hallways and into the different rooms here with the fantastic action encounters in the laundry room and out in the hallways leading to the first escape attempt. They're creepy, unnerving and quite unpredictable whenever they'll appear out of nowhere as it does manage to provide some nice gore while the film has a really impressive body count. There's a large number of kills in here, including a fantastic-looking broken leg that comes out of nowhere and the after-effects of many victims are often found with missing flesh and blood splattering the location very heavily, making them all entertaining. These, though, are the only good factors about it while this here did have a few pretty major problems. The film's biggest problem is that the film makes no sense at all as there's nothing at all offered here as to why the plague started or what the intent was. The consequences that apply are brought up in this, but none of them are officially given as to why this was going on, as well as why that particular target was affected by this plague. None of these areas or issues are ever explained in here, and they make the film seem like a slapdash effort with nothing important about it and not really that well thought-out. There's also a big explanation problem with the ending as this one simply ends with one of the most confusing moves possible. There's no way this is taken any way other than confusion, and this is one of the most upsetting aspects of the film. There are several other areas in here that don't work. The fact that this is simply a zombie movie without the fact that they're actually called zombies in the film. This has all the trappings of a zombie film through and through, with the same type of clichés that these films offer, as giving this as a zombie threat and made more sense. The last big problem was that the plot line about the two teens being mistaken for the children doesn't really come off that well. As it's a major plot-point, this really needed some big payoff to make it work and instead, it's a really weak one that doesn't serve the film any purpose other than to add to the body count. This here really had some big problems with it.Rated R: Graphic Violence and Graphic Language.

Every child under the age of nine has fallen asleep and won't wake up. Until now.Starring James Van Der Beek and Ivana Milicevik.Written by Hal Masonberg and Teal Minton. A production by Clive Barker's Midnight Picture Show.Directed by Hal Masonberg.This started off so well and grabbed my interest from the first second but after about half an hour it just turned into another zombie flick.How many times can you watch a zombie invasion movie? The acting is average. The plot has been done (ironically) to death and the production is okay. But what could have been something amazing and original became boring. Plenty of blood, gore and scares but sadly a lack of anything original or entertaining. The ending was unusual and unconvincing.6/10

All the children in the world suddenly convulse and fall into comas. Nobody can have any more kids. Ten years later, all the coma kids suddenly wake up and attack.That's the premise. Lots of possibilities here but each one is somehow squandered. The religious angle of 'Laying of Hands' could be interesting. The ending could definitely be better explained. The act of 'Laying of Hands' is too cheap and where did that little kid come from? The generational angle is done the best. How do you expect the parents to fight against their own kids? Even here, the emotional punch is limited by 2nd rate filmmaking. The most disappointing are the chases. Like '28 Days Later', these guys are fast. That is great but it's shot with such lethargy. None of it is exciting or scary. This has so much potential, but delivers nothing. Letting them fire weapons is giving the coma kids too much power. Also it makes no sense when you consider they're trying to 'Lay Hands' on you.