A Mike Leigh movie with gore. This ultra-low budget British zombie picture, by writer-producer-director Andrew Parkinson actually feels more subversive that art-house veteran Claire Denis' revisionist vampire picture TROUBLE EVERY DAY (2002), which works a similar mix of mundane, kitchen-sink-style action and grotesquely intimate gore. Set against the backdrop of decaying London neighborhoods and depressing council flats, the film posits cannibal zombieism as a kind of plague — perhaps drug related, maybe sexually transmitted, or even part of some clandestine government experiment... who knows? — that takes an inordinate toll on the young and the poor. Unem...
Released:
2001
Rated:
NR
Length:
90 mins