The Battery (2012)

It's hard to understand why anyone would give this movie a positive review. Every positive review must come from a cast member, crew member, or investor.

NOTHING happens in this movie. When 45 minutes had passed with absolutely nothing happening, I began to realize that this movie is hopeless. But I had already paid to see it and hoped in vain that there would be at least one interesting scene. That hope was dashed.

This movie shouldn't have been made at all. If someone decided it had to be made, it should have been a 20 minute short.

Do yourself a favor and stay away. FAR away. Unless you want to be bored to death.

Fmovies: This is an independent, low budget movie that focuses not that much on fighting zombies but on two guys who wander around the post-apocalyptic world. It's a cross between a road movie and a character study and I welcome that angle, rarely seen in a zombie movie - but however it fails to deliver.

The main characters are not very interesting and most of the movie is spent on showing them arguing and doing mundane stuff like playing catch, fishing, eating, brushing teeth, smoking. Playing catch and actual zombies are given roughly the same screen time! There are a few funny scenes but they are not worth the effort of enduring such a slow and cheap movie.

Gardner is brilliant. Never met the man, not related, but the comment stands. Brilliant. It is easy to get distracted by the fact that this movie was produced for the approximate cost of a weekend catering budget for a typical Hollywood film. So we won't go there. Where we will go is to the notion that Gardner took THE EXTREMELY OVERDONE ZOMBIE FORMULA (overdone because the current culture Gestalt is a sense of impotence as the Masters of Our World, the 1%ers, work their will on us lesser mortals) and turned it inside out. Is it a zombie movie? Is it a buddy movie? Is it a Road Movie? Is just a darn good movie? Garner not only wrote, directed and produced but in fact his performance is the best in the film. He is a natural actor. He also has a flair for music videos, as attested to by the ANTHEM FOR THE ALREADY DEFEATED bit, just a few minutes, but it haunts you for days. The camera work in the last scene will be discussed in film classes for years. This is both entertainment and also a cautionary tale for the over-bloated Hollywood where, as always, films are made based on who you know, and who owes you what. See it. Seriously. See it.

The Battery fmovies. At last a good zombie flick. Since a long time now. Since 2007 and the rebirth of the zombie genre with 28 WEEKS LATER - a terrific experience as a viewer - we found legion of not only zombies but zombie movies, and not necessarily the best ones. Most of them worth the garbage can. I love this kind of small production, made among pals for six thousand bucks, with a total freedom, and without f...executive to watch every move you make, evaluate how much toilet paper you bring to the men's room. All those jerks who know sh...about movie production, who hardly know how a set is made and who only watch the dol register. Those clerk pricks. Yes, I like this little feature, but I agree with another viewer, it could have been shorter, for instance seventy minutes. It would have been far enough. Sure, the character study is OK. Well done for such a tiny budget. A good little gem.

A true Less is More film. The characters are both very well acted and how their relationship develops is a great insight into human nature. The film leaves you with wanting to know more about what happened to them before you are introduced to them and what happens after the ending. If you want something a little different, a film that warms your heart, intrigues you into wanting to know more about the characters while all the time the threat of having their face eaten off by zombies then this is the film for you. Amazingly the budget for the film was just $6,000 which gains an extra star from me. It Puts Movies like World war Z to shame, and shows all you need is a great script a vision and a couple of good actors.

I will admit that there were a few memorable and clever scenes.

Despite this, as a whole the movie was a too-long series of montages set to too many hipster tracks leading to the final act, which actually displayed the potential for a story.

I understand the budget was small, but that doesn't excuse the lack of story. Shouldn't a good film be story and character-driven? I don't really feel that enough time was spent on either. I felt nothing for the characters. Why resort to musical montage filler that doesn't actually contribute anything?

If the intent for this film was to be an artsy vehicle for the writer / director/ producer's musical interests, well then good job!

Nice effort, but I struggled to stay awake.