I was stuck for movie to watch due to a streaming bait and switch. So I grabbed Dead Zone (2022), the nearest action film with a recognizable name. It was Michael Jai White, and it was all downhill from there.
Time: The Future. Dystopia: Zombified. Living humanity has kept the zombie hordes at bay by dropping A-bombs on infected areas. Large swaths of the country (? world?) are now radioactive and also zombified.
Our intrepid team must go into one such dead zone to retrieve the MacGuffin serum, etc. Leading the team is Jai White. They will be going in with armor and opaque helmets, which makes the stunt doubles' job easier. Instead we get close-ups with HUD interface.
Once in zone, after a few zombie fights, one or two guys bit, they run into a civilian, a woman who for reasons I didn't get, has been living in the zombie zone for months, with makeshift protection. With her help, they will find the serum and "get to the choppa." Oh, and find love?
This was pretty bad. Having close-ups of (and some fighting by) Jai White made it better, but he was a part of the ensemble. The rest of the ensemble is fine, but nothing special. Without White, it would be worse, but still a fun bad movie. Well, I was desperate, and Michael Jai White was in it.
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