Surprisingly, this series, which is positioned as a series about zombies, is not about them at all. No, fans of the genre, of course, will be given an almost classic scene of eating a girl in the supermarket - she, consider, the first, and pale skin with faded eyes, and a couple of brains flying out in all directions. But these are all sets for a story about ordinary people: frightened, lost, angry and suffering. Different, in general, as in the ordinary world without such a misfortune as the living dead.
The plot itself is interesting. In the midst of the zombie apocalypse, doctors find a drug that can either return the soul to those who are hungry running around supermarkets (guys, this is not about those who like sales), or stop the process of decomposition. In a word, those who were zombies yesterday, today ... no, still not human in the eyes of survivors. And this is perhaps the main and most obvious conflict of the series.
Ex-predators return to their homes for rehabilitation and ordinary life. They're not on trial for murder, they were crazy. Victims of the disease. But it's only the law that doesn't judge them. Here are all the others.
The main character is exactly the same zombie Kiren. And since history is first seen with his glazed eyes, it is impossible not to sympathize with him. A man who, in his lifetime, apparently, did not offend flies and was generally, to put it mildly, not very aggressive, now remembers tearing people apart. Not just some people, but a particular neighbor. The girl that her parents are still looking for, and leaflets about it hang everywhere. The man who bequeathed himself to be cremated looks with surprise at his own gravestone. Finally, a man who was clearly not very close to his family during his lifetime is now forced to live with them in a confined space, locked up in a small house. Because the family is the only one who accepts it in any way.
However, it is the acceptance of the new state of Cyrene that does not smell here. Parents pretend that nothing happened, and the sister-heroine of the resistance sleeps with a gun under the pillow.
But to drown in the vision of the world of one character writers do not give. Honestly, in the construction of the plot, this series claims not that for a television award, but for a Pulitzer, Nobel or what else they give good people.
In episodes, nuances, random phrases, each character in the village of Roarton looms as a surprisingly difficult person. The story is not revealed immediately, but in portions. And with each new word, you are clutching your own hair more and more, because suddenly everything becomes very logical and very sad.
For example, we don’t know at the beginning how the protagonist died: was he bitten? Is he dead? Why are his parents so diligently pretending that everything is fine and not wanting to leave him at home alone? What is the cave near the village to which he always returns, one way or another?
And when we explain how the main character died, the same string of questions arise, why?
This is a tangle that unravels all 9 episodes, and in the process it is no longer possible to hate someone, but to fear someone. Everyone has their own truth. And the zombies who don’t understand why they even now have to put on makeup at home and how much more you can choke on the endless feeling of guilt. And the fanatical priest, who demands almost to burn the people who returned from the dead. And the parents of the protagonist, who stubbornly do not want to see an elephant in the room. And his sister is like a cool girl and already quite alcoholic. And the categorical head of the resistance, who only yesterday was a hero and knew what was bad and what was good, and now he himself is forced to live in a house with his son suddenly resurrected.
The story, in general, is not about the dead and the living, but about a million complex things that everyone faces. To look at it all hard and sad - rot literal and metaphorical climbs not only from conditionally dead zombies.
But infinitely glad that in difficult, disgusting, hopeless situations there is always a place for beauty. Where you don’t expect to find it.
The British series about the rebellious dead, trying to adjust to normal life in a not too friendly town, lived for two seasons, but even during this short time managed to show itself in all its glory. He is slow, dramatic (sometimes very much), makes you think about important things. Amazingly, the theme, which in horror is considered entertaining, and acquires depth only from the master George Romero, is shown here from such an unexpected side that canons and stereotypes collapse, giving way to a non-trivial look and a cold, measured tragedy.
If the first season kind of brings us up to date (because three episodes are hardly difficult to “swallow” at a time), then in the second the plot expands a little, and the intensity makes itself felt. A good allegory was the introduction of the homosexual line, which was hardly implied initially. The so-called “rots” who have returned to a ruthless civilization and are attacked by “civilians” are quite suitable for comparison with gays in today’s environment, when part of the world, despite everything, opposes “wrong” love. Or, if you will, you can draw parallels with racial intolerance. There are a lot of boundaries to the semantic relevance of the series.
I also liked the fact that the finale, no matter how open, only very carefully hints at the continuation, while the story of the characters we love logically ends. But at this point in time, there's no hope for the next seasons, even if you're a fan signing endless renewal petitions. “In the flesh” has ended, and is pleased with the fact that this is not another variation on the theme of mad zombies, but worthy of all praise “life drama”, capable of touching to the depths of the soul.
8 out of 10
Awesome show! Incredibly deep (not surprisingly the BBC, Britain, European cinema). And brutal. And cruelty is not on the part of zombies, but on the part of people. This is silence, indifference to violence against people with SES, non-tolerance, and in most cases outright aggression. In the "in the flesh" in all its glory and depth shows the problem of xenophobia, the whole essence and baseness. Stiffness of narrow views, fears, misunderstanding. The world has already turned over, the apocalypse has come, passed, the dead have risen, change, merge into life – they try to live, live... and “normal” people do not want to change.
And the other thing that's always amazed me, and here it's right in the forehead, is how different we accept faith. The Bible is one, the word of God is one, the text is one, the words are one, but people understand everything in their own way: Simon is a revolutionary, convinced that words are addressed to him - this is the future. Henry is a volunteer fighter who knows for sure that these words are for him to destroy the abomination. Maxine, the counsellor, is an ardent opponent of everyone and everything else; he hears hope in words, etc. The words are one and the meaning is heard by each other. And it is really scary when these words are carried like a banner.
I advise all those who appreciate extraordinary cinema with deep subtext and good acting. only 9 episodes.
10 out of 10
I'll explain the title later, in order. With most of the positive reviews I can agree, and therefore to describe the same point does not see. I am writing a review after watching the last two seasons, for now. I just want to emphasize that this is really something new... in the genre of zombie movies.
Remembering favorites of this topic 28 weeks later or for example comedy Zombieland and finally The Walking Dead, I did not think after some time (a little irony will not hurt) that I will be able to turn my attention to this genre in new colors!
And voila, this picture appears quite by chance to my eyes (a multi-part film from the BBC, but you can not call it a series, not the essence).
What I liked (talking about 2 seasons)imho: the main characters were selected for a hurrah (charismatic Emmy, Kieren's sexual look and not only ... in each hero, in its own way, enough of this with more than one); then the gray-green tones of the picture (here there can not be bright and saturated colors, well, just can not be); to the chills of the exhilarating eyes of the partially dead, zombies, more simply put (camely, it is better not to look at the picture, having sat down behind the meal, for example, gives us a special atmosphere between the whole family, for example, that is described earlier). How the general mood of the family changes after the above period of time; how the opponents of the partially dead do not go unpunished for the development of the story (look only at the head of the council, and I wanted to think that the writer will not hit the mud with his face).
Looking at the picture says about the main characters they say they are special, but in season 2 it gradually becomes clear who is “special” and why. I understand everything (" the first stood up - you and the crown), but I did not think that the director would add such a laurel to the main character as "Homosexuality". Again, how to look, gay zombie, heh-heh, quite comes down to a comedy case, but pancake is not in the same picture, where they reveal the cards in a completely new way (of course, this series does not become less dramatic), and in this case I do not understand it at all. Why tie young people another background with a curved path, sorry I call it that; Further, in places you can see the obvious mistakes of shooting partially dead, for example, with the lenses of “normal pupils” in the light, the lens does not allow the iris to shine through, but this is all small things. I want to say bravo for the bold idea to the author(s) and the 8 hours with a little “In the flesh” given to us so far. A multi-part film would have put more, but the stars in the sky did not come together, the budget of the film is not so big (unfortunately or fortunately), we will see what happens next.
7 out of 10
Oddly enough, the series took to life. There’s something about it that doesn’t exist in The Walkers, Z Nation, or any other zombie-themed series/movies. The story of the main character is simple and interesting at the same time. The viewer, along with him, plunges into a cruel post-apocalyptic world, where former zombies are absolutely not favored.
But what do we see? Kieran is no longer a zombie, as many residents of his town still think, he knows how to love and regret, wants to help those who hate him, but meets only pain and disappointment.
There's more homosexuality in season two, but you know what? This is not disgusting (at least for me). The relationship between Kieran and Simon captivates the viewer, making him feel their love as his own.
The end of Season 2 was both shocking and encouraging. He gave hope for the continuation of the series, which we have. The creators confirmed that season 3 to be, moreover, there is confirmation that it will be released in the spring of 2015. And everyone, as one, will be watching Kieran and his family closely, Simon and his storyline.
I came across this series by accident and was able to come off only after watching the first season.
The film can be called horror with a great stretch, first of all it is a drama.
Throughout the film, you have to worry about one side or the other. It is impossible not to sympathize ' partially alive', it is impossible not to sympathize with all the others.
And all this is seasoned with an atmosphere of despair. Tension is in the air for every minute. It's a great show.
Without watching the second season, I’m really looking forward to the third, I hope it will be.
I came across the series purely by accident, at first sight I was not particularly interested, but after watching several episodes I got involved and could not break away from such a beautiful story.
The subject of zombies was disgusting to me, but not this time. There's not a typical murder, a bunch of brains lying around under your feet that people like to cram into different movies.
In my opinion, the story is quite unusual and makes you think about your life. It seems to me that Kieren does not show, but deep down regrets that he committed suicide. And now everyone gets a second chance. The chance to start a new life, you only need to have iron willpower to return to our world. It is also worth noting that no matter what, it is worth accepting people as they are.
It is a pity that such an interesting series went unnoticed among the general audience.
It has become a common place of late to praise British TV series in opposition to the sort of American - and, as a too common place, it's not too true. But here ' In the flesh' a kind of calling card - for comparison, for example, with ' The Walking Dead' - may appear. I judge exclusively on a three-part imaginary series (where the second season will lead, who knows, while not watching).
In my opinion, the first season is a perfect fusion of serious film on the themes of social adaptation with an unconventional interpretation of the commercial theme of the resurrection of zombies. The last topic is a mere convention, and I am even convinced that without frame memories of eating the brain, the film did not get worse. A convincing demonstration of how the techniques of serious traditional and authorial cinema, which played out xenophobia, are developed creatively using the assumption of a conditionally invented premise. Saramago was so fond of coming up with a device like mass blindness or cancellation of death and watching the public reaction to the event, carefully dissecting mass psychosis. The main thing here is to observe psychological reliability. In this, the creators of In the Flesh & #39 have succeeded, and the image of the central fighter against zombies, crippled by the syndrome to such an extent that he is not able to adapt to a peaceful life, is beyond praise.
Appropriate casting, reasonable load distribution between types. Without a girl, the movie would be missing something. The last five minutes with the family idyll are somewhat sweet, but the tar is definitely not up to a spoon.
The topic is not exhausted, the world is worthy, there is a place to develop. 'In the hope of glory and goodness' I look forward to watching the second season without fear.
By the quality of the script, the faithfulness of the rhythm, the reliability of psychological moves, the unconventional approach to the topic, this mini-series impressed me as few of its competitors. Therefore, the final assessment is the same as 'Fargo' and 'True Detective'.
What I love about British cinematography is that the views of their directors, which seem to be already on common themes, are completely different. They are full of all this pseudo-scientific fiction.
With the theme of the zombie apocalypse immediately comes to mind the famous series, shot on no less well-known comics - 'The Walking Dead'. But if in this show, the audience’s sympathies are clearly on the side of living people, and walkers are presented in accordance with all the rules that were invented by filmmakers in the 70-80s, then in this TV series you clearly want to go to the side of the so-called “live creatures” '.
The plot unfolds in a small town in Lancashire, the landscape of which played into the hands of this series, showing its deep tragedy and grim hopelessness of existence. People who have risen from the dead, in the literal sense of this phrase, are given a chance for a new life. But does everyone want to live biologically dead?
Not Kirin Walker. Returning home, this guy faces challenges that make him doubt even more than in a previous life. He has to relive the death of his best friend (in fact, more than a friend, in the first season, a fairly transparent hint of the orientation of the guy is given), he has to re-learn to live in society, learning all its sharp edges.
I don’t want to go into the story because nobody likes spoilers. But I’d like to say that the first season, with its three episodes (how little for a show, right?), can be pretty boring if you expect to see blood, guts, and other zombie stuff. This is not the purpose of the series, its purpose is to show the soul of those who should have lost it (doesn’t it paradox?).
As for the sore spot of all low-budget series - actors, then the BBC's talent to find young and promising guys can be seen. Acting does not deserve an Oscar (it does not even deserve, according to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts, Leonardo DiCaprio, who was just born to be an actor), but the caring audience will be overwhelmed with emotions from the realism of the game.
I really liked this alternate universe, created by the British, with shades of dystopia and fiction.
It is better to love and lose than to know that I will never love.
Recently, the second season, which tells about the life of Roarton, a lovely English village in which there was a zombie uprising, in short, as you have already understood, not everyone survived this event, but not this is the main thing, the main thing that the authorities decided after the rehabilitation of people who turned into zombies ate other people, and sometimes even neighbors, to return to the place of habitual dislocation, and here without conflicts can not do.
The first season was an incredibly bold, ambitious experiment, it may not be absolute innovation, but, nevertheless, innovation, such series have not yet been, I just fell in love with this gloomy joyless and hopeless world, in which people are so desperately looking for some kind of protection, shoulder, and I, frankly, it touched, it was shown that people who are afraid to act in two ways, either give fear to subjugate themselves, or submit to fear themselves and it does not matter whether they did it or someone close to them. The first season was very bright and on high emotions.
The second season became more meaningful, and gave answers to questions that were not disclosed in the first season. The second season, in which 6 episodes, and not 3 as in the first, managed to surprise, first of all surprised some of the features of the main character, who watched, they were hinted at in the first, but it was so subtle that it was difficult to guess, but in any case, the rating of the series after that grew. The end of the season leaves hope for a sequel, which I will be happy to watch if there is one.
Actors in British cinema are not bad, this series is no exception. Luke Newberry coped perfectly with his role and perfectly felt all the burdens that fell on the fate of his hero. Emily Bevan is also an absolutely charming girl who cannot help but cause sympathy. An excellent addition to the second season was Emmett Scanlan, in his game and in himself there is something fascinating.
British TV shows are something special, living in a world of its own, in which there are no ratings, fans, some marketing tinsel, it is not a giant like Game of Thrones, but it has its own charm, you look and forget about everything and stick your heart to this atmosphere. I recommend it to all film lovers.
Half human, half dead. I will be like a wolf among the sheep. (c)
TV series and films about the resurrection of people and their subsequent invasion of the world of the living, in my opinion, will never outlive themselves. The topic of zombies has already been revealed and re-exposed hundreds of times - it would seem that there is more to come up with? But British filmmakers were able to surprise. They return to the world of living not just zombies, but cured people, calling the zombie apocalypse “partial death syndrome”.
Now these returnees, partially alive, have re-entered society, with minor modifications and reservations. First, they are always wanted by people who had to protect their families during the uprising. Second, they have to hide their true face and make up as a person. They're kind of part of society again, but they're so hopelessly rejected even by their own people. “In the flesh” is not an action and disorderly “zombak urine”. This is a full-fledged drama that will once again touch upon such eternal issues as life and death, love and faith, war and sympathy.
There are only three episodes in the first season. I have always appreciated the compactness of the series with the incompatibility of the storylines. Here we will be told very quickly about the re-socialization of Kieren Walker (Luke Newberry), give a subtle hint of unusual love relationships and end with a powerful frank dialogue between father and son. The second season will be longer than the first. It already has five episodes and precisely shapes its concept – there is a goal. Now the task of the creators is not only to reveal the theme of tolerance, family values and cruelty of society, but also to create some kind of pivot for the series, so that in the future (if it is successful) it can safely develop. I hope that the mini-series will not one day grow into something more and absolutely unnecessary.
"In the flesh" managed to surprise, sometimes even touch. It is worth watching for undoubted fans of the genre and those who are never averse to starting new series, especially since it promises to be fleeting.
7 out of 10
The state town of Roarton still did not really peel off from the uprising of the dead, terrorizing the village, devouring real people, as the news came that the zombies captured during the sweep of the territory, having cured themselves in hospital, begin to be released to the homes of their former pre-death life, so that they continue peaceful coexistence with relatives in a close social environment, which, in fact, determines the nature of the inevitable conflict between half-humans and ordinary civil society, waiting for the return of “normal people” with fear and hatred.
It is this conflict that becomes the basis of the plot, which uses non-fiction stories about the dead who rose from the graves as a generator of analogies, which allows extending its approaches to the relationship of the traditional population with renegades, mysterious minorities and specific national groups, avoiding a head-on blow with prejudice, under the mystical sauce presenting a complex set of humanitarian problems of a personal and mass nature, where collective and individual consciousness encounters phenomena of a private nature, which are interpreted here through the arguments of a fantastic story based on the motivation of real consciousness, determining the steps and decisions of specific participants whose fates are dramatically mold.
Thus, cinema, projecting artificial relations on real ones, generates the energy of psychotherapeutic influence on viewers involved in the analysis of the contradictory relations of “ours” and “aliens”, deciphering their past and present through the collective mentality and the selectivity that falls out of it, expressing the same confusion of feelings, wandering among mistakes and delusions, giving way to instincts acting on some in a good way, and on others with evil.
Bringing the main character closer to the locals, cinema turns the supernatural into a component of traditional contradictions, exacerbated by the play of truth and lies, hypocrisy and perjury, self-identification and self-deception, accompanied by emotional explosions that eventually occur in the fully alive and alive partially, coloring the nominal horror with the horror of real alienation, harassing families, neighbors, fathers and children, when the chance to correct the mistake lies next to the risk of breaking firewood, zombie romance borders on infanticide, morality with sin, doubt with the horror, as everyone should decide for himself.
What if those who have left us forever came back to us?
This mini-series tells about events clearly fantastic, but despite this, the film is completely realistic. In this picture there are real feelings and emotions. Far-reaching conclusions...
What if those who have left us forever came back to us? But not in white angelic shrouds, but in the terrible guise of classic zombies. There was a war that claimed many lives, but humanity has learned to bring these rebels back to life. After a short rehabilitation period, the government is returning former killers to their families. Sounds like a nightmare! But the returnees are simple people and they are filled with feelings. On the one hand, the feeling of guilt for what was done in that state of zombies, and on the other - not understanding why they were resurrected.
A young guy, such an ex-zombie, returns to a small town against his will. In this town, the population refuses to put up with the measures taken by the state to socialize the returned.
In my opinion, the film is about those people who do not want to put up with the changes occurring not only in their neighbors, but also in their own lives. The drama, played out in front of the viewer, tells about the clash of retrograde and conservatism in the minds and hearts of people who do not understand that the great tragedy that befell the world after the uprising from the dead is the price for an equally great gift - to regain truly dear people.
Now every self-respecting studio is trying to join the success of "The Walking Dead" & #39; and zombie themes.
BBC Drama Productions was no exception, but in a well-known British tradition decided to go its own way. Show not the zombie apocalypse itself, but life after it, and even with the second resurrected people who remember what they did as zombies and are now trying to somehow live with it.
The topic is interesting, although in the series it was not fully disclosed, focusing on the personal problems of the main character.
The first season seems to end with a lead to something bigger, but what will happen in the second season and whether it will be at all is not yet known.
So ' In the Flesh' except for zombies, a pretty typical drama about the problems of living in small cities of people who are different from most. It will be interesting for both fans of zombie movies and fans of stories about growing up and becoming a person.
I'm not too fond of zombie stories. That doesn’t mean I never watch them. I watch and sometimes even find them quite interesting, but in my list of genre preferences, zombie movies definitely do not enter the top ten. However, in the case of In the flesh, the situation is somewhat different. Largely because this series was presented to me in a friendly atmosphere, completely disposed to the fact that what I saw will be good. And it was really good and, hopefully, the second season will also be good, but I have very serious concerns about this, but we will not run ahead of the engine.
In addition to the fact that I was hooked on this series by a person who largely formed my film preferences, whom I completely trust in this regard, this project is also decorated with a modest logo BBC - an invariable sign of quality for me with rare exceptions.
One of the most important and fattest advantages of this story is that, taking on the horribly beaten theme, the creators of the series managed to say something completely new, fresh, original. Changing the angle of view, redistributing accents, director Johnny Campbell and screenwriter Dominic Mitchell not only found another pearl in the dung pile, but created their own fertile soil, giving space for new research in this field.
Usually with movies about dead people. There's an infected site. There's a superhero who kills zombies in packs. Blood fountains, brain rubbish. Adrenaline and horror. "In the flesh" does not completely depart from this scheme, but changes it significantly. Zombies here are not stupid bloodthirsty creatures, but sick people (closer to the finale you understand that in general these zombies are a metaphor for “rogue”, for special and different people). And these “sick people” are not exterminated, as is customary on movie screens for centuries, but are treated and tried to return to society. And here the dog is buried, here and begin the main clashes on the basis of rejection of society or even relatives of these ex-zombies (" others).
In addition to the unusual presentation of the usual theme, it is also possible to note the very well maintained style of gloomy and cold Britain, mysterious landscapes. It is also worth praising makeup artists. Neat and spot makeup ex-zombie works perfectly on the overall idea.
There is, of course, a religious theme in this series, but it does not paralyze all the action, does not subordinate the plot to itself, it, like an additional paint, paints this very talented canvas and gives a start for the second season.
I know I'm getting ragged slippers right now, but this project is much more interesting than The Walking Dead, which I left with a light heart after the first season.
I have one (not one) weakness: I often imagine that some unknown people or actors are very similar to people or actors I know. That was the case. From the very first frames, I thought that Luke Newberry is a hell of a hybrid of Chelsea footballers – Fernando Torres and Oscar, and Torres is clearly more in this hybrid. That's it. I could not get rid of that thought for a second. In general, it did not bother me at all, on the contrary, it gave a special piquancy to the story, because the film about zombies with Fernando Torres in the title role is fire. I'm sure football fans will understand me. Well, it's worth keeping an eye on Newberry. Very interesting actor, it seems.
10 out of 10
P.S. The first season finale is good. Very strong pronounced monologues, very harsh and dramatic.
The problem is, how will ordinary people react? This is the question I asked when I watched. I didn't think I'd ever feel for zombies, but I did. The plot of the film obliges, because the film clearly shows a problem that could arise if scientists still could somehow more or less cure zombies.
Of course, from the outside it seems crazy, the idea itself is quite strange, as strange as the very existence of zombies. But for me, this is a revolution in the genre zombie-movie, so to speak, the view is completely different. Once upon a time, a very, very long time ago, people invented zombies and movies about them, but this is what zombies can be cured and what can come out of this only now. The idea is of course paradoxical, but at the same time it is really not bad, and this is very clearly shown in the film, and shows what difficulties follow from this. In fact, the film is good that you can see the pros and cons of this so-called rehabilitation. Particular attention is paid to the problems that may arise.
The actors involved in this mini-series, although I do not know at all, but played quite well, almost all the images are revealed. The main character - the guy Kiran once a former zombie, and now already on rehabilitation half-zombie played convincingly. His experiences and problems are mainly shown in the film.
This theme has already been shown in another film 'The Warmth of Our Bodies', although in a slightly different context, but it seems that the genre of zombie films has found a new branch of development, and I must say quite peculiar and interesting, although it is not yet clear how this will relate to the mass audience. But maybe it's not that important! Maybe it's just good that the genre is developing?
Result. The film is very ambiguous, not everyone will like it, or rather not everyone will understand it. I really liked it, but I just realized that I was not quite ready to accept and love him, well, very unusual to look at a zombie who knows how to love, appreciate, respect and suffer. And most importantly, the most unusual and strange thing is that you believe the movie, believe everything that happens, believe zombies. Believe it at the same time scary, amazing and defies logic. For me, this is too new and not familiar. It was a bit boring in some places, but maybe it was because of too much time? But the film is worth watching for anyone who loves zombie movies or rather unusual interpretations of long-known genres.
6 out of 10.
And indeed, we have been told about zombies many times and it is difficult to show something new here, but the creators of the series succeeded.
So what's the movie about? The film is about infected people who are trying to return to normal life and the problems that arise in this regard. But in fact, the zombie epidemic is just the background, which develops quite normal for our world phenomena. Intolerance, hatred of each other, bigotry - all these problems exist in everyday reality and the apocalypse has just exacerbated them.
Despite the fact that the events of the epidemic are practically not shown, the atmosphere prevailing after the disaster is transmitted magnificently, there is no doubt that all this happened. And here it is worth mentioning the writers and actors, they managed to create characters that you really believe and empathize with.
The series is certainly worth the attention of film lovers and it is a pity that it passed quite unnoticed.
9 out of 10
A miracle happened - a cure for the zombie virus was found. The former dead, now called Partial Death Syndrome, return home to their families. But not everyone is happy to see the neighbors who returned from the other world.
A simple kid Kieren, who recently ecstatically devoured human brains, completes a rehabilitation course and goes to his native provincial town. But it just so happened that it was in Roarton that volunteer squads were first formed, engaged in shooting down rotten people. The situation is complicated by the fact that the leader of the local squad has a long-standing tooth on Cyrene.
The new British series “In the Flesh” exploits the popular theme of the living dead. But this is by no means a film about the zombie apocalypse and the survival of people among walking corpses. The creators dug deeper and created a drama about the survival of yesterday’s dead among people, asking the question: “Which of them is more human?”
Kiren, tormented by remorse for the murders he committed, tries to reconnect with his parents, who fear him and try to behave as if nothing had happened, and his sister, who was in the squad. He tries to prove to the rest of the town that he, like the rest of the healed, is not at all dangerous unreasonable beasts, which they are represented by vigilantes.
Thanks to the work of the director and cameraman, the series came out with a slight touch of “documentary”, which only adds credibility to what is happening on the screen. Contributes to this and casting – among the cast of not a single person with Hollywood appearance, all “ordinary people”.
Events unfold slowly, but leave room for heat, sympathy, and unexpected turns. And in all three episodes, the main idea of the series is: how to live if you are not like everyone else? What if when you return home you meet only hatred and contempt that you do not deserve? If even for close people you are a stranger, a monster in makeup.
8 out of 10
I remember how impressed I was with the announcement of this series, immediately decided – I will watch. In fact, I hate modern zombie movies and TV shows, they somehow do not impress and do not touch. Another thing is stories like this.
Alternative view of people from the universe ' In the flesh' on the resurrection from the dead. The very idea makes one wonder: what if the person I love, who once left me, returned to this world, what if I were resurrected, etc.? Of course, there are two sides of the coin – either it is a gift of God for those who left this world against their will, or it is something that returned your miserable soul to the mortal body so that you would return to the world that you hated so much. A lot of reflection on this topic comes, the authors perfectly revealed it on the story of the main character.
Despite the fact that I am an ardent amateur ' justifying' (like, for example, my friends of zombies, who like to reproach me with explanations ' Why zombies can not have minds' from their favorite titles), the film is fascinating with its human story, and you do not have to entertain yourself by looking for shoals in the phenomenon presented to us.
I always celebrate the work of the cameraman, the color of the film. Here, however, did not surprise with something special, but also did not disappoint. That's five.
Acting. The main character rocked towards the end of the film, very pleased Rick. The rest were not very hooked, the recoil was exactly as much as necessary so as not to lie to the camera.
I’ll put nine because there’s nothing that spoiled my impression, and it did. He made me cry.