"Outside: Ruined by its Crawl"

"Outside: Ruined by its Crawl"

by:

Virgilio F. De leon Jr.MD

On the outside the Netflix Zombie film Outside should have been an interesting movie.

Isolated family in the middle of nowhere. Check

Zombies Aplenty. Check

However what it actually turns out to be is a slow paced , uninteresting story that simply boils down to one party wanting to leave and one party wanting to stay. Something I don't think is quite helpful when you are in the middle of a zombie apocalypse.

What I can say is noteworthy however are the zombies in this movie and how they can invoke sadness from you.

There are several takes on zombies in modern cinema. In Train to Busan , the zombies become honest and say something from their innermost being , may that be anger or sadness or fear.

And then becomes mindless.

In Outside , you hear the zombies utter their last words.

And like a creepy pokemon they repeat those words again and again as they try to turn you into a zombie as well.

"Nay..."

"Umalis ka na mahal."

"Mauna na kayo"

"Sorry"

"Sa Ngalan ng Ama at anak.

Words of concern , of love , crying out for a loved one or even a last prayer. These zombies invoked more emotion out of me than the plight of the family that was in the movie.

I liked these zombies and maybe given another spin they can provide a more interesting , fast paced story in the future.

Watch at your own risk of being bored.