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 Automaton
Transfusion (2006)
R1 / NTSC DVD
Dimension Extreme / 2008
Director: Steven C. Miller
Writer: Steven C. Miller
Cast: Garrett Jones, Juliet Reeves, William Howard Bowman &
Ashley Elizabeth Pierce
Review by Brian Harris
Zombies attack…and…that’s about it. Ah, sorry, you want
more, right? Well, how about a bunch of high school rejects
are forced to weapon up and fight off a horde of zombies
after their small town is overrun by the rampaging flesh
eaters. The party responsible for this outbreak is none
other than…THE GOVERNMENT. *gasp* Yeah, like you didn’t
see that coming. Anyhow, the rag tag survivors are on a
quest to reach the town morgue in order to retrieve a
magical, and convenient, serum that will make them immune to
the bite of a zombie. I’m not sure how this anti-bite serum
is going to keep their innards from being torn from their
abdomens but the whole “serum” angle probably sounded great
on paper so...*shrugs*
Lemme just jump right into this review with a good old
fashioned parade pissing by letting you all know that
Automaton Transfusion was, in my opinion, a major let down;
just more of the same old hype we’ve all become accustomed
to and let down by.
Folks, this film delivers absolutely no resolution to what
little story it offers. I can’t even begin to describe how
robbed I felt when the words “TO BE CONTINUED” flashed on
the screen. Some may consider it ingenious and that’s great
if it works for them but I felt this was one of the worst
ways to segue a sequel that I’ve ever come across. The
“cliffhanger” combined with the flimsy, unoriginal story and
uninteresting characters left me with a bad taste in my
mouth. That taste was only worsened by the played out metal
score, the interlaced artifacting in the transfer, the
noticeably visible “film look” filter and the overused hand
held shakey cam. The one and only thing that I found
impressive about this production was the gore factor, which
was through the roof.
I know this was low budget so some things you just have to
be willing to accept, like bad acting, but this could have
really benefited from a tighter script that did less aping
of better films (28 Days Later). |
