Review of Extinction

Extinction (2015)
7/10
Spanish/US apocalyptic action thriller with chills , terror and enjoyable father-child relationship
18 January 2021
Two men , Patrick : Matthew Fox, and Jack: Jeffrey Donovan and a little girl : Quinn McColgan are the only survivors of a plague of Zombies that has killed most of humanity and transformed the rest into monsters , the sole survivors struggle valiently against the bloody and rabid creatures . They have been surviving at a peaceful and snow-covered location of Harmony . While , Patrick has faithfully sent out radio messages , desperate to find any other survivors might be out there . Mutants victims of the plague -the infected- lurk in the shadows watching every move . The two men developed a strong hatred that separated them , but when the infected show up , Patrick and Jack will have to join forces , leaving behind the past rancor. Perhaps , they are mankind's last people . Besieged and attacked , they know they are outnumbered and quickly running out the time. When the undead can evolve ...no one is safe ! They are the last !

This spooky picture displays terror , shocks , high doses of violence but also contains a sensitive family story in which two enemy men join themselves to protect the one being who means more to them than anything else . This international co-production manages to convey an eerie and creepy atmosphere to dismay . The film contains terrifying and hair-raising frames when the Zombies-alike attack , including lots of blood and gore . It blends Sci-Fi from Francis Lawrence's "I Am Legend" along with "George Romero's Zombies" , taking parts here and there.

It packs suspenseful and frightening musical score by Sergio Moure . As well as colorful and adequate cinematography by cameraman Josu Inchaustegui , showing shining and brilliant color when dawn and sun rises . Being shot on various locations in Vielha , Lleida, Spain and Budapest, Hungary . The motion picture was competently written and directed by the Spanish filmmaker Miguel Angel Vivas . He is an expert on rare atmosphere and creepy, horror flicks . Vivas is a good professional who has made some nice films as his first great hit "Secuestrados" or Kidnapped 2010, furthermore: "Reflejos" or Reflection 2002 and " Tu Hijo" or Your son 2018 . In addition , directing popular TV series as "Vis a Vis" , "Desaparecidos" , "Vivir sin Permiso", "Mar de Plastico" and "La Casa de Papel" . The picture will appeal to terror thriller enthusiasts .
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