Blood Quantum (2019)

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   Siskoid

   If you're going to give the world another zombie movie, you need to give it a new spin. Blood Quantum posits a rage zombie plague that only Canadian Natives are immune to, and though the opener is more traditional, and even sluggish, things pick up when society has more or less fallen. The acting can be uneven, not every moment works (the animated interludes for example), and the metaphor of white culture as devourer pretty on the nose, but director Jeff Barnaby's gore moments pull no punches and there's actually some historical depth to his story. Purposefully set in the early 80s and shot in very specific communities, it's a fantastical reimagining of riots and government raids that happened in those same communities at the time. One of these is in my home province of New Brunswick (and the characters are of the principal First Nation here), which of course endears me to the film further. I feel like that topsy-turvy credits sequences is the wormhole that takes us to that other reality. The reason for the plague is ambiguously left up to us (scientific or supernatural?). And the samurai grandpa is truly the best. 2 years 6 months ago
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   pegs404

   A solid, no-holds-barred film that deviates from most other zombie movies I've seen.
   There were a couple moments where acting fell short, but I'm more than willing to overlook these in exchange for a cast with such stellar Indigenous representation - I was especially taken with performances by Brandon Oakes and Kiowa Gordon, and I can say that I'm greatly looking forward to seeing more films from Jeff Barnaby. I highly recommend it, especially for Canadian horror fans. 3 years 4 months ago
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   Todolojodo

   One of the worst zombie movies I've ever watch.
   And fucking boring. 2 years 6 months ago

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