French with subtitles.
But don’t let that dissuade you. Because if you like this type of movie, it’s actually pretty good. Pretty gory, but if you can deal with that, worth watching.
It’s an infection movie that’s much more akin to ’28 Days Later’ and “Rage” than anything zombie-ish. Not only for the behavior of the infected, but because it’s shot in a way that’s fairly reminiscent of ’28 Days Later’, and actually almost as well.
Other similiarities: believable characters (some), a love story (of sorts) amidst the carnage, and lots of interesting visuals: some disturbing, some pretty. I’m not saying it’s as good…it’s not. Part of that has to do with the budget (a full evacuation of large parts of a major city costs money) and part with the mediocrity of some of the supporting cast.
But the two main actors are quite good, especially the female lead, who conveys a fairly wide range of emotions/nuances of character, along with great warmth and dedication towards the…being…she loves.
Maybe I’m getting too artsy here, but it seems to me that with the mostly cold/blue/icy images, the director was attempting to portray the bleakness and lack of feeling or mercy of the world and most of its characters, to which the leads stand in stark contrast.
One of the infected is actually more decent than some of the humans. Why does it seem I’m ALWAYS saying that regarding non-human life forms???
Grade: B-