When it's hard to come up with something new. The theme of zombie movies has long become so popular that in this direction every year removed from the good sex hundreds of films.
Little-known American director Tom Wadlow, for whom “The Wasteland” is the first full-length picture in the track record, decided to try to start his professional path with this genre, or rather even a subgenre, since “the walking dead” has long been attributed to the main directions of horror films.
At the output, the viewer gets a typical result for many novice directors, in the form of a rather mediocre movie.
Let’s take a look at it in order.
1) First the plot. It is classic and does not carry any innovation. A black man who is left alone with a zombie at night is on the air to look for other survivors. Stop. Black man, apocalypse, airings... No, Will Smith doesn't play here, and I'm sure even he wouldn't make it to a more or less average level. There are few zombies in the film, as well as actors. A large amount of timekeeping is given to the monologues of the hero, which in turn do not carry any semantic load, and the storyline associated with his bride is generally illogical and a little absurd.
(2) Acting. It's pretty good here. There aren’t many actors and for everyone, “The Wasteland” is one of the first roles in movies, but everyone tries, and I assume that gives the maximum on the set. Another thing is that artists are always a director’s tool and much of their play depends on his efforts. In general, the guys in the movie are pretty good.
(3) Special effects, camera game, makeup. Weak, frankly weak. Explosions, fires. It seems that in this film they were created using mediocre applications from the Internet. This is of course a “minus” in the treasury of the credibility of the film. The makeup is not so bad, but it also catches the eye, as “zombies” do not cause great confidence because of their appearance. The operator of the film, personally in my opinion, should also go into the “minus”, since the angles that we see in the film are not optimal, in terms of conveying the atmosphere of the film itself.
As a result, for a one-time viewing can and will do, but there are much better representatives of this subgenre.
3 out of 10