We just saw this movie on DVD. It's got shades of Resident Evil (people get infected and turn into red-eyed, ravenous zombies-things) and Lord of the Flies (except the boys are army men, have weapons and want women).
Don't read on if you haven't watched it yet and plan to...
It gets off to a slow start, with a mild-mannered bicycle courier named Jim waking up in hospital to find place deserted. He's taken in by a man and a woman (Selena); eventually it's him and Selena and a middle-aged guy and his teen daughter Hannah. Things become a little more exciting once the heroes meet up with the army boys (the ones with the weapons and the hormones).
It turns out that the army boys have been trying to lure women to their fortress (something about the men not being able to see any future unless they can impregnate someone).
It's pretty bloodthirsty, with plenty of machete-ing and bloody vomit. Jim the nice-guy ends up saving the females from rape - ironically, the way he kills all the bad guys makes him look as depraved as the zombies. Thank goodness it doesn't make his eyes go all bloodshot, or Selina would have machete-d him in mistaken self-defense.
Not a bad movie, but not worth the overnight rental.
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