The opening scene is almost breathtaking: a boy rides through a wasted town on his BMX, the sun is shining and everything is quiet, he’s carrying bow and arrows on his back. Of course I already know this is a zombie movie and the scenery indicates that he’s not on his way to practice.
By the typical zombie conventions, he’s probably on a food run or something – but no. He arrives at his friends’ house where a zombie has been tied on the lawn. They’re taunting it, threatening it, slapping it as it growls helplessly back at them.
The film is really thoughtful; in stead of focusing on zombies and the danger/horror they’re able to instigate, it comments on humanity and (as I see it) the development of trans-apocalyptic cultures by focusing on a group of kids: This is a world where (most) kids grow up fast.
Blue-Tongue Films‘ I Love Sarah Jane was written by Spencer Susser & David Michôd and directed by Spencer Susser.
Big up to the acting!
Via Jonathan Miles (Twitter)
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