TL;DR – A serviceable if somewhat frustrating zombie flick that does at least land the moments that count.  

Post-Credit Scene – There is no post-credit scene.

Disclosure – I was sent a screener of this film.

Silent Zone Review –

Well, the zombie film is back in vogue, and I am always interested to see how these concepts get translated across the world. Today’s film makes the most of its location work to explore a world that has fallen apart and the people trying to survive it.  

So, to set the scene, at the start of a zombie outbreak, Abby had the misfortune of watching her family get killed and try to turn on her. She would have joined the dead if it was not for a police officer, Cassius (Matt Devere), who killed her reanimated family. Ten years later, society has completely collapsed, and few survivors exist to live out a life of shrinking resources and constant threats of ferals. Abigal (Luca Papp) and Cassius live in the woods, two weeks away from an island of security. But when a scout from a herd finds them, they know time is not on their side.

Tonally, you get a sense of what this film will be like in the opening sequences, which details the death of this particular civilization, and we do something that films rarely do: they kill off the kids. While nothing that followed quite hit that opening scene, it was a good tone-setter for a sort of bleakness that you will find here. You understand why people act the way that they do. Matt Devere & Luca Papp make a good team, and you can see how their different perspectives came to be. I liked that the zombies in this film are semi-intelligent, which gives a good reason why the horde keeps hunting them down. Also, they have some good zombie attack sequences, and the stunt work in this film is fantastic. I especially liked the small fight in this stairwell, which was without railings, which made it quite tense. Also, there is a fascinating plane sequence. On that front, a shout out to the location scouts because they really helped nail the vibe of this film.

While there were a lot of intense moments, there were also some aspects where you could feel that they were hamstrung a bit by their budget. Some of the destructive and destroyed world effects needed a little bit more time to be composed. Also, something didn’t quite sit right with the dialogue a lot of the time. I am not sure if it was a mixing or dubbing issue, but it meant that a lot of the performances didn’t quite land. The narrative is a set of vignettes, some of which work and some that don’t. The film did start to feel like it was running a bit long, and some aspects, like the scientist, probably didn’t need to be there. Also, there was a point in the ending where I audibly groaned at a narrative choice.           

In the end, do we recommend Silent Zone? Look, it is not the strongest film I have watched, but it is not the worst either. While it did have its issues, you could feel that it was more down to budget than anything else. Have you watched Silent Zone? Let us know what you thought in the comments below. If you liked Silent Zone, we would recommend to you Cargo.

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Credits – All images were created by the cast, crew, and production companies of Silent Zone
Directed by – Peter Deak   
Written by – Viktor Csák & Krisztián Illés
Music by – Arthur Valentin Grósz
Cinematography by – Balázs Dobóczi
Edited by – Attila Lecza
Production/Distribution Companies – Saban Films, Filmfinity & Sysplex Media
Starring – Matt Devere, Luca Papp, Nikolett Barabas, Declan Hannigan & Alexis Latham with Márk Palla, Caroline Boulton, Roderick Hill, Harry Szovik, Katia Bokor, Julien Krenn, David Fox, Katalin Krenn, Aniek Jacobes & Niels Jacobs    
Rating – Around an Australia: MA15+;