Following in the vein of 28 Days Later and it's sequel, Evilution is a much weaker form of those two films. It also threw in some elements of Rec., where the people and zombies are holed up in a building.Here we have a microscopic alien life form that can resurrect the dead and possess them. One lone scientist steals
the last specimen in a little vial from the U.S. Army, so he can study it and reverse the process. When a local tenant is mortally wounded, he uses some of the liquid specimen to try and cure him. Obviously, it didn't work. One by one, the tenants in the building he is hiding out in are being possessed by the life form and turning into flesh-eating zombies. This is what happens when you try and play hero.It's obvious they're running out of ideas for zombie films, but I think they could of came up with a better one than a flesh-eating alien parasite. It just doesn't have that creepy factor like a zombie film is supposed to have. Even the characters come off as idiotic. There's something about the "gangsta" theme in a horror film that doesn't seem right. It just throws the whole thing off for me. I do give this film one thing, though, the adding of the beautiful Sandra Ramirez. I wouldn't mind seeing more roles from her.
February 9, 2010
