Exit Humanity

A Experience Features production. (Worldwide sales: Experience Features, Toronto.) Produced by Jesse Thomas Prepare, Matt Wiele, John Geddes. Co-producer, Cody Calahan. Directed, written, edited by John Geddes.With: Mark Gibson, Dee Wallace, Bill Moseley, Stephen McHattie, John Cox, Adam Seybold, Jordan Hayes, Ari Millen, Jason Brown, Sarah Stunt, Christian Martyn.Due to the drastically overcrowded section of zombie movies, "Exit Humanity" merits appreciation for really trying various things: It's a Civil War-era piece that, poor aside, is in several ways closer in feel to "Cold Mountain" as opposed to the typical George Romero-derived splatfest. John Geddes' Canadian feature now is easier to love inside the abstract, however: While it's handsomely shot and (every once in awhile) animated, its humorless, sometimes ponderous progress doesn't ultimately make complete sense of the timeOrimmortal combo. Already offered having a areas, it'll draw but furthermore divide curious genre fans mainly via home formats. Heavy on narration (by John Cox), onscreen text in elaborate cursive script and ominously titled partitioning ("Chapter VII: Retribution"), Geddes' script opens getting a prologue through which Confederate soldier Edward Youthful (Mark Gibson) is nonplussed to discover themselves faced within a forest skirmish by one ashen-faced Yankee who's unable to die. Six years later, this outbreak of "dead-alives" has mentioned Edward's wife, while his boy is missing. Getting determined the best way to kill these creatures (yes, it's the brains), he sets by helping cover their his musket to the affected countryside to discover his boy. He finds another survivor in likewise ginger root root-bearded Isaac (Adam Seybold), who strong-arms the reluctant hero into helping him save his sister (Jordan Hayes) within the clutches of Gen. Williams (Bill Moseley). The general supplies a bunker with two goons (Ari Millen, Jason Brown) and tippling Doc Manley (Stephen McHattie) where they turn kidnap sufferers into guinea pigs, permitting these to get bitten with the undead to have the ability to test Doc's dubious cure. Later, the truly amazing males shelter with old medicine lady Eve (Dee Wallace), a purported witch who props up supernatural secret behind this abnormal situation. Eventually it's around Edward alone, however, to remain scores while using megalomaniacal general. Ontario's Beaver Valley stands in ably for Tennessee in Brendan Uegama's attractive outdoors lensing, and good use includes Snezhan Bodurov's graphic-novel-style animation in many explanatory flashbacks. But because the odd match looks after a modicum of curiosity, the horror and dramatic elements are not successful. Fans will undoubtedly complain in regards to the relatively modest gore, but more dangerous might be the pic's deficiency if this involves scares, tension and exciting setpieces, beyond an OK climactic raid. Worse, the intense, even tragic tenor throughout isn't according to any depth inside the character writing nor do situations and dialogue exceed cliche. Rather boring fanatic Gen. Williams & Co. recall similar figures much like "Cold Mountain" and "Ride While using Demon." Referred to as upon to become sad and lament lots of occasions, Williams is not in a position to escape the inevitable shaking-fist-at-God scream "Noooooooo!" Still, for people choosing their zombies (a factor never spoken here) in the novel package instead of the identical "Evening" or "Take advantage of in the Dead"-derived forms, "Exit" might have some intrigue. Design and tech contributions are solid, perfs serious if your little variable.Camera (color, HD), Brendan Uegama music, Nate Kreiswirth, Rob Graville, Ben Nudds music supervisor, Kreiswirth production designer/art director, Jason David Brown costume designer, Alex Brown supervisory appear editors, Kirill Belousov, Cody Calahan effects makeup, the Brothers and sisters Gore visual effects managers, Joe Raasch, Colin Berry animation, Snezhan Bodurov assistant director, Calahan casting, Marjorie Lecker. Examined on DVD, San Francisco Bay Area, November. 4, 2011. (In Sitges, Toronto During The Night film festivals.) Running time: 113 MIN. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com