The Plague (2006) (V)

Director:

Hal Masonberg

Writers (WGA):

Hal Masonberg (written by) &
Teal Minton (written by)

Release Date:

24 October 2006 (France)

Genre:

Horror

Plot:

Ten years have passed since the world's children have fallen into a coma. Tonight they're waking up and all hell is breaking loose. An un-holy battle between the generations is being waged against all adults, and time is not on their side.

Plot Keywords:

Children | Coma | Prison | Ex Wife | Child Uses Gun

Cast

James Van Der Beek	...	Tom Russell
Ivana Milicevic	...	Jean Raynor
Brad Hunt	...	Sam Raynor
Joshua Close	...	Kip (as Josh Close)
John P. Connolly	...	Sheriff Cal Stewart (as John Connolly)
Dee Wallace	...	Nora
Brittany Scobie	...	Claire
Bradley Sawatzky	...	deputy Nathan Burgandy
Jon Ted Wynne	...	Dr. Jenkins
Arne MacPherson	...	David
Gene Pyrz	...	Jim
Genevieve Pelletier	...	Nurse Daniels
Chad Panting	...	Eric Russell
David Stuart Evans	...	Intern (as David Evans)
Jan Skene	...	Nurse Hansen

Also Known As:

Clive Barker's The Plague (Australia) (DVD box title)

MPAA:

Rated R for horror violence/gore and language.

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

USA:R | Australia:MA | Singapore:NC-16 | Finland:K-15 | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R16 | South Korea:15 | Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada

Company:

Armada Pictures

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When the four are standing at the bridge and the woman fires a final round into the "zombie" on the ground, there is clearly another person standing behind the couple by the truck when there shouldn't be anybody.

Movie Connections:

References Night of the Living Dead (1968)

Zombie movie with a twist. Pretty good.

This movie started really well and, as others noticed in their comments, ended rather obscurely. One could say that if you mix Children of the Damned with Night of the Living Dead, you get this movie, which would have made a reasonably scary and interesting film. However, they added a bit of Steinbeck leftism, a bit of obscure clerical writings, probably Catholic only, and crashed into an uninteresting and meaningless ending.

That doesn't mean it wasn't good. The start has that nice feel of Night of the Living Dead (the black and white version, the good one). The characters are presented and developed rather well. However, after a while, they all start dying stupidly and only show that using emotions in time of crisis is plain idiotic. After all, this is the only moral in this movie.

Bottom line: a film with a great potential turns out to be an average movie.