The Terror Experiment (2010)
Director: George Mendeluk
Where to get it: Anchor Bay
In a shocking act of domestic terrorism, a deranged veteran detonates a biological weapon inside a crowded Federal Building. His purpose: To expose the government’s secret development of a toxic gas that instantly affects the human adrenal system, causing men, women and children to become inhumanly aggressive and violent. Now the virus is spreading. The building is quarantined. And on the upper floors, a small group of uninfected survivors must band together to get out alive. But how do you escape a raging nightmare that cannot be stopped? Jason London (Dazed and Confused), C. Thomas Howell (The Outsiders), Alicia Leigh Willis (”The L Word”), Lochlyn Munro (”Charmed”), Alexander Mendeluk (The Twilight Saga: New Moon), Robert Carradine and Judd Nelson star in this explosive horror/action thriller where fear is the trigger when madmen unleash THE TERROR EXPERIMENT.
The latest offering from Anchor Bay is a bit of a mixed bag in a lot of areas. On one hand, we have another zombie/infected film where a group of people (some not so nice) are grouped together in a bad situation trying to survive. On the other hand, well, stop me if you’ve heard that plot before. Still, it has it’s moments and it has acting that you can’t sleep on. Some of the cast (like Nelson) might not jump out at the person going into seeing the film as a big deal, but I do believe he holds his own when it comes to acting. And also, for what it’s worth, you can tell that people were at least trying. But when you get in a film like this with some sketchy CGI moments, you just know things aren’t going to be going well all the time. And things don’t, not with some of the film’s effects and not with some of the cast in the film. As none-perfect as the film can be, I do still thing it has it’s moments. How could it not with the content?
Probably a little more 28 Days Later than Dawn of the Dead, the film also manages to pack a laugh or two that is mixed in with your typical “zombie” stuff. Pretty soon while watching, the characters start to act like you’d expect. Things start to unravel like you expect, but it still at least remains watchable up until the very end. I’d be selling the movie a little short if I didn’t mention that along with your typical horror comparisons. this film also at times seems to drop in a little Resident Evil with it’s plot and those elements. It also takes time to drop in a little social commentary, some may appreciate that more than others. However, still can’t say that it’s anything really new. But at the same time, I won’t say it’s unwatchable either. Going back to the what I said before, this one is a mixed bag.
(6/10)
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