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Movie Review: “Sick: Survive The Night” Is Conflicting In Its Narrative

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Two years into the outbreak, the remaining people struggle day to day for survival. With the infected more active at night, three people seek shelter in an empty home, but with supplies scarce, they’ll be lucky to make it out alive.

I always appreciate a good zombie flick, even if it’s a goofy tongue-in-cheek spoof, but I’m not really sure what direction “Sick: Survive the Night” was angling for. The movie opens with a teary eyed Leigh Rozetta saying goodbye to her parents as she is escorted to a government facility to assist with research on the crazy zombie pandemic that has attacked Earth. Flash forward a few years and Leigh has left the confines of the area to visit her parents. This time, however, she is escorted by a military officer who promptly loses her which leaves Leigh to fend for herself in the big bad zombie apocalypse. Meanwhile, two rogue groups are out and about foraging for supplies when they are attacked by zombies leaving only the crusty McKay and the F-bomb dropping Seph alive in the aftermath.

So it’s twenty minutes in when we see our first zombie ambush which I always enjoy. Leigh eventually finds the two men and they decide to hole up in her parents house for the night. This is where I take issue. Is this a spoof of some sort because who takes the time in a zombie infested world to strip naked so we’re staring at Seph’s back end for 90 seconds? And Leigh leisurely changes into a hot blue dress while Seph stares her down and compliments her on how hot she is. I mean really hot. According to McKay they are in a super big rush to secure the house yet the two are now settling in to share a bottle of wine. Don’t even get me started on Seph casually slipping his hand up a dead zombie’s dress. Not cool, Man! She’s a dead zombie for Pete’s sake!

Thankfully, scary movie kicks in and he is startled out of his romanticism by undead zombie’s banging on the outside of the house. “Sick: Survive the Night” was mildly entertaining with nice performances from the lead actors. Some of the characters were weakly developed and had time been invested to more strongly develop them it would have been a stronger movie. This movie did not achieve heart-stopping zombie scares and it certainly is not a full on spoof but the characters were relatable and the ending was surprisingly original. “Sick: Survive the Night” will not be remembered as a classic by any stretch but if you’re a zombie connoisseur you may find this to be the diamond in the rough of zombie movies.

Available now on DVD and Video On Demand

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