Daylight's End
Years after a mysterious plague has devastated the planet and turned most of humanity into blood-hungry creatures, a rogue drifter on a vengeful hunt stumbles across a band of survivors in an abandoned police station and reluctantly agrees to try to help them defend themselves and escape to the sanctuary they so desperately need.
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- Cast:
- Johnny Strong , Lance Henriksen , Louis Mandylor , Hakeem Kae-Kazim , Farah White , Gary Cairns , Heather Kafka
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Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.
Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.
Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.
By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.
The entire thing was predictable... The acting was just bad. I love the films but this should not have been made. Watched it on Starz...
Johnny Strong (Black Hawk Down, Sinners and Saints) plays uberhero Rourke from New York who finds himself down in Texas in a post- apocalyptic zombie infested wild west. Roaming the desert highways in a big block V8 1970 Plymouth Road Runner - Mad Maxed out - Rourke rescues the damsel in distress (Texas Style of course) and joins a group of survivors. Zombie hunting ensues with epic gun action. Surprisingly engaging for a Sunday afternoon action flick.
This film is only a B-movie because it wasn't in theaters. It's the Boondock Saints of zombie movies. I was expecting a garbage movie to learn what not to do in filmography but ended up being pleasantly surprised by both the story, set, acting, etc. If you're into zombie movies I would highly recommend it.
I usually avoid zombie movies because they seem silly, (I am more interested in fictional portrayals of possible real life villains, both civilian and government in origin), but this one was worth it for a U-verse rental. It has an excellent musical score that heightens the suspense and tension, surprisingly good to excellent acting, decent direction, and an interesting plot line (once you accept the premise of the sci-fi zombies and their mysterious origins There is quite a bit of gore. Some good people die, and they are not red shirts, so the movie is not for the faint-heart-ed.There are a few potholes and inconsistencies (e.g., why did they only have two of the women shooting and serving as armed defenders, whereas I would imagine Texas cops three years into the apocalypse, if not before, would have trained all of their physically able wives and girlfriends in their sanctuary in basic handgun, shotgun, and rifle use, given they had no ammo shortages, even if they would not have become SWAT-like tactical fighters, or perhaps the ladies could have helped with some shooting and rifle hand-offs to keep the zombies at bay). Some of the battle scenes are a bit repetitive and a little like a video game. At the beginning, it was also unclear to me how the main character, played by Johnny Strong, was finding gasoline as he Mad-Maxed it across the U.S. (especially 3 years out, when most car gas would have started degrading)Overall, however, a very good job for a low budget movie.