The End?

Usually i don't write reviews about movies because in my very little free time I prefer to watch them instead of writing about them, but this time I felt it was the case to write something. This is an italian movie, an italian television (RAI) production. I'm italian too and I know what I'm saying when it comes to italian movies, especially RAI productions: these usually are very mediocre and propagandistic products from Rome. Tourists think about Rome as the romantic city of lovers, of eternal beauty and sunlight, but its soul is made of darkness. It is a peculiar one because it is not just a city of power but the city of powers (italian state bureaucracy, catholic church, mafia, masonry etc.), that is a city of lies, violence and corruption. Movies from Rome reflect this situation: they are an hypocritical and laughable facade of a rotten building, made by mediocre actors (they aren't even able to speak italian, they only speak roman dialect) and mediocre directors. I gave this film a chance in the hope it would have been different but it wasn't. The acting of the main character is very poor and the zombies aren't funny neither terrifying, they are just poor stupid actors. The director tries to create suspense by suddenly zooming on objects and by a questionable music selection, but there is no suspense at all, just a bad B-movie stink. If you are looking for a very interesting zombie movie, I suggest a french film that I enjoyed recently: "La nuit a dévoré le monde" (2018). P.S. Just a word for the fans of movie mistakes: the protagonist used a disposable wheel lighter to light a cigarette but, when turning off the lighter, you could hear the typical clanging sound of a Zippo lighter.

I anticipate she will be "unsweetened" next time we see her. He looks a little like Matt Bonner if he died his hair. This guy loves to say his own name. He's gonna have to push that out of view. At least know he'll remember which is the business end. I hope he has a backup. Save your bullets and use the pole. Use your pole to reach it. It's way to soon for that. Eventually it'll become white zombie noise.

This was pleasant surprise. The lead was perfect for carrying this movie along, The plot been used in many movies but not a the added stress of Zombies. Man trapped in an elevator. Throughout it becomes his nuisance, anger, fear, place of safety, portal to the outbreak and more things ( no spoilers ). Does he make it well remember the Title The End? Oh and there is a reason for 28 days later references I've seen. The soundtrack has subtle musical melodies that even in their key changes harken to 28 days later, not a bad thing but definitely there.

Even in Italian and not being able to understand much dialogue (watched it on Amazon Prime) this movie was 10 times better than many American zombie movies I've seen. Maybe because I couldn't understand much of the dialogue, I couldn't get the same gist as so many other reviews where people said the dialogue was boring. The only real downside to this movie was no subtitles. It's pure laziness to make a movie in another language other than English and yet offer it with no English subtitles... especially when you're going to offer it on Amazon Prime US.

The first twenty minutes are entertaining and I wanted to see what's next. Unfortunately there's nothing next. Main character (not at his best) speaks to many people on the phone and most of them get killed, then some zombies arrives to him but he's stuck in the elevator and he's able to stay safe. Then Marcello the policeman pop up and he's like the most italian (roman) guy in the world, but he acts like he just escaped from an american horror movie (and this pretending to be american is one of the most common errors in italian movies). And so on, nothing is really developed in this movie and it's the same from start to end. Like always: it could have be a decent italian horror movie, but not this time.

There are several movies that feature an elevator as the primary setting, from "Devil" to the aptly named "Elevator." This is the worst of the lot. The protagonist is a cookie-cutter shallow businessman who sleeps around on his wife and treats everyone like his minions. Since the movie doggedly stays with him, 85% of the scenes do take place in the elevator. And man, does it get old. The first half of the movie depicts him calling the building engineer, the elevator repairman, his wife, his assistant and his secretary in a series of conversations that proceed as follows: Businessman: "I'm stuck in the elevator, please help me!" Other Person: (nonchalantly) "Oh, I'm sure everything will be fine. I am just casually stuck in traffic/watching TV/checking the generator. Hmm, what's that I see?" (pause) "Oh no! HELPPPPP!" (screaming) (Call disconnects) This would make a fabulous SNL sketch for the end of the world, but a terrible movie. The End? can't come soon enough.

The story concept was interesting..... But when the show run...... very slow and no any development on THAT trapped MAN! It turned out to be that he was not capable on doing anything to survive indeed! He couldn't even control himself! The story line said that "he was trapped in the metal cage" .... I'd say that "the guy was lucky to be in that metal cage" If he was not trapped, he would have been killed in seconds! Boring

Wow, what a waste of time. I fell asleep for 30 minutes halfway through and had apparently missed nothing - the main character, a total jerk, was still stuck in the elevator, yapping on the phone and intercom. Random people and zombies die when they stick their head through the half-open elevator doors. Nothing else seems to happen. More blabbing on the phone, more random zombies bashed in the head... booooooring.

It's the usual outbreak story, made way worse by the fact that the main character is unbereably detestable, selfish and stupid, from beginning to end. You don't find yourself rooting for him AT ALL. On the contrary, you end up hoping he's gonna be taken by the zombies.

For a movie that uses minimal setting and settings, it is not necessarily something to watch purely as a zombie-gore flick. It's not a movie that really caters to viewers who are watching purely for entertainment or something on the side. What the movie really excels in is its development of the main character ,as it progressively erodes his previous personality and perspective of the world and values. I found it a fascinating watch in the sense for this reason, similar to other movies that have tried the same, (Phone booth or whatever that movie was again), It really manages to do it in a believable and engrossing way, that has you re-evaluate the character as it progresses. TLDR: A movie about personality and perspective more then zombie action and exploration.