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The Abandoned (2008) |
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Not to be confused with the 2007 Nacho Cerda film of the same title, this movie, also called The Abandoned, is a low-budget, post apocalyptic film shot in New York by writer, director, producer Matthew A. Peters. The story takes place in a frozen future where temperatures are so cold at night that no one can survive. The protagonist is a young man named Nate (played by Mark Joseph Peek) who had been raised by a fatherly old guy that let Nate believe that the rest of the world's population was all dead. However, the old guy actually knew that there were still a handful of people alive in the cities who lived in constant fear of a group of zombie-like, genetically mutated flesh eaters known as Creepers. When Nate convinces the old guy to let him tag along into the city, he comes face to face with both a lovely young girl and the horrendous Creepers that plague the remaining humans. Nate decides to stay with the survivors and help them make the dangerous journey to a city believed to be harboring the rest of the surviving humans are living. |
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I don't mean to sound like the film was without merit. The story was relatively interesting and there were a lot of fight scenes with a lot of blood. The fight scenes weren't choreographed well (assuming they were choreographed at all), but they did keep things moving. Plus, there was a snowmobile chase scene. That was cool. I mean how often to you see a snowmobile chase scene?! Also, despite the numerous problems with believability of the post apocalyptic details, they actually did a much better job than I would have expected of making the film look like it was set in a city that had been destroyed years ago. That was impressive for a film of this budget. Matthew A. Peters' The Abandoned has some problems, but it's not the worst low budget, homemade films that I see. For more information, check out the website here: madangelfilms.com/the-abandoned.html
Skin-o-meter: 0 out of 5 (no nudity)
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