State of Emergency starts off strong. A man (Jim) and his wife fleeing until her injuries make them pause. Jim watches as his wife passes away. He’s in shock. Something horrible is happening, and while he knows he needs to hole up, he doesn’t yet know how bad it is.

Jim finds a barn, and after pulling his dead wife into a stall, Jim proceeds to explore, only to hear something moving somewhere. He thinks everything is okay when he sees a cat, but the relief is short lived. When he returns to the main hallway he sees muddy foot prints.

There are a few things I really liked about State of Emergency. One of them was that they never pulled the “wife” card. It would have been expected, and would have made the movie less enjoyable for me. The other was the quality of Jim’s character, and the suspense around surviving as he comes to grips with a world with new dangers, and new rules.

This is not a zombie hordes movie. This is a zombie suspense movie with just a few zombies that drive the story, and that part well well done. The honest truth is that until we meet the 2nd group of survivors that Jim pairs up with, the movie was on its way to getting a score in the 90’s.

What happened? The acting once Jim meets the second group of survivors goes down hill fast. Scott (played by Scot Lilly) was really rough around the edges. I’m guessing this was really early in his career and he didn’t have much screen time before this? His scenes really feel like he reading cue cards above the cameraman’s head.

How much did that bad acting hurt the movie? Well, it was still enjoyable and I watched it until the end, and actually liked it. The story was well written and the characters themselves were well rounded, which earned State of Emergency a 73/100.

Review	Year	Score	Type
Night Of The Living Dead	1968	100	Action / Horror
Train To Busan	2016	100	Action / Infection
28 Days Later	2002	100	Action / Infection
World War Z	2013	100	Action / Infection
Zombieland	2010	100	Comedy / Action
Flesh And Blood	2018	99	Action / Infection
Serenity	2005	99	Action / Sci-Fi
The Girl With All The Gifts	2016	95	Action / Infection
Resident Evil: Apocalypse	2004	93	Action / Infection
Resident Evil	2002	92	Action / Infection
Rampant	2018	91	Action / Infection / Mid Evil
Day of the Dead	2008	90	Action / Infection
Night of the Comet	1984	85	Comedy / Action
The Return of the Living Dead	1985	85	Comedy / Action
Zombieland: Double Tap	2019	83	Comedy / Action
Fido	2006	82	Comedy / Action
Shaun Of The Dead	2004	81	Comedy / Action
I Am Legend (2007)	2007	80	Action / Infection
28 Weeks Later	2007	80	Action / Infection
The Evil Dead	1981	80	Classic / Action
It Stains The Sands Red	2016	79	Action / Infection 90
Overlord	2018	79	Action / Horror
Plan Z	2016	78	Action / Infection
Dead Rising: Endgame	2016	77	Action / Infection
Freaks of Nature	2015	76	Comedy / Action
The Dead	2010	76	Action / Infection
Cockneys Vs. Zombies	2012	75	Comedy / Action
Here Alone	2016	75	Suspense / Infection
Shed of the Dead	2019	74	Comedy / Action
State of Emergency	2011	73	Action / Infection
The Rezort	2015	72	Action / Infection
Dawning of the Dead	2017	72	Action / Infection
Dance of the Dead	2008	72	Comedy / Action
Daylight's End	2016	71	Action / Infection
Night of the Living Deb	2015	70	Comedy / Romance
Zombie Night	2013	70	Action / Infection
Dead Rising: Watchtower	2015	70	Action / Infection
Resident Evil: Afterlife	2010	70	Action / Infection
The Dead 2: India	2015	70	Action / Infection
For A Few Zombies More	2015	70	Action / Infection
Zombie Hunter	2013	70	Action / Infection
Bird Box	2018	69	Action / Horror / Possession
Exit Humanity	2011	69	Action / Infection
Ravenous	2017	68	Action / Infection
The Night Eats The World	2018	67	Suspense / Infection
Trench 11	2017	66	Action / Horror
Zoombies	2016	65	Awesomely Bad
Zombie Apocalypse	2011	64	Action / Infection
Red Spring	2017	63	Action / Infection
Resident Evil: Extinction	2007	62	Action / Infection
Resident Evil Retribution	2012	61	Action / Infection
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter	2016	60	Action / Infection
Life After Beth	2014	59	Comedy / Action
My Mates vs. The Zombie Apocalypse	2015	56	Comedy / Action
Anna And The Apocalypse	2017	55	Musical / Infection
Bong of the Living Dead	2017	54	Action / Infection
The Dead Undead	2010	53	Action / Infection
Deadheads	2011	52	Comedy / Romance
Day of the Dead: Bloodline	2018	51	Action / Infection
Dead Don't Die in Dallas	2019	51	Action / Infection / LGBTQ
Disaster L.A.	2014	50	Action
Within the Woods of Undead County	2016	49	Action / Infection
I Am Alone	2015	48	Action / Infection
Valentine DayZ	2018	47	Action / Infection / Awesomely Bad
Savageland	2015	46	Horror / Drama
Hostile	2017	40	Action / Infection
Gangs Of The Dead	2006	38	Action / Infection
Zombies	2017	37	Action / Infection
American Zombieland	2020	36	Comedy / Infection
Another World	2014	35	Action / Infection
KL24: Zombies	2017	34	Action / Infection
Antisocial 2	2015	33	Action / Infection
Antisocial	2013	32	Action / Infection
Dead 7	2016	31	Action / Infection
Pandemic	2016	30	Action / Infection
Attack of the Southern Fried Zombies	2017	29	Comedy / Action
Zombie Hood	2013	28	Action / Infection
The Dustwalker	2019	27	Action / Parasite
Day of the Dead 2: Contagium	2005	26	Action / Infection
Last Rites Of The Dead	2019	20	Drama / Thriller
The Mad	2007	19	Comedy / Infection
The Horde	2016	11	Action / Gore
Rise of the Zombie	2013	9	Drama / Action
Flu	2013	8	Infection / Not Zombies
Red Days	2016	7	Action / Infection
The Returned	2013	6	Drama / Romance
Apocalypse Nerds	2012	5	Comedy / Action
Zombie with a Shotgun	2019	4	Infection / Drama
Soon Enough	2018	3	Action / Drama
Range 15	2016	2	Comedy / Action
Eyes Of The Dead	2015	1	Action / Infection
Dead End	2003	0	Horror / Thriller
Broadcast Dead	2018	0	Horror / Thriller