In the snow-bound town of Harmony, three survivors of a zombie plague—Patrick (Matthew Fox), Jack (Jeffrey Donovan), and Lu (Quinn McColgan)—live a day-to-day existence, convinced that the infected have long since gone (wiped out by the cold), and that they are now alone on the planet. They are wrong.
Director Miguel Ángel Vivas attempts to distinguish Extinction from the average zombie film by focusing on a small-scale drama that unfolds within a familiar apocalyptic setting. But after an hour or so of maudlin, plot-hole-ridden dreck guaranteed to have the eyelids drooping, Vivas ultimately resorts to the same bag of tricks used for so many other modern zombie movies—wobbly camera-work, rapid editing, growling sound effects to make the zombies seem more threatening, and CGI to 'enhance' the appearance of the undead—all in a desperate bid to wake up his audience.
The last twenty minutes or so of Extinction admittedly provides a few solid scares, but nothing that we haven't seen many times over. So much for taking a different approach. In the end, his film is just one more forgettable entry in a very overcrowded sub-genre.
Director Miguel Ángel Vivas attempts to distinguish Extinction from the average zombie film by focusing on a small-scale drama that unfolds within a familiar apocalyptic setting. But after an hour or so of maudlin, plot-hole-ridden dreck guaranteed to have the eyelids drooping, Vivas ultimately resorts to the same bag of tricks used for so many other modern zombie movies—wobbly camera-work, rapid editing, growling sound effects to make the zombies seem more threatening, and CGI to 'enhance' the appearance of the undead—all in a desperate bid to wake up his audience.
The last twenty minutes or so of Extinction admittedly provides a few solid scares, but nothing that we haven't seen many times over. So much for taking a different approach. In the end, his film is just one more forgettable entry in a very overcrowded sub-genre.