Virus:32 follows a well trodden path, with a small twist. A virus is flooding the streets of Montevideo with fast, violent Zombies. The twist? After they attack the Zombies need 32 seconds to recover their stamina.
Virus:32 has two main characters. The mother, Iris, is played by Paula Silva, and the tween daughter, Tata, is played by Pilar Garcia Ayala. On the day the outbreak begins, Iris brings Tata to work, which is apparently watching over an abandoned school. She might be a security guard, but not one who is supplied a firearm.
Iris sees her first signs that something isn’t right around the 17 minute mark when she looks out a window to see one man beating another violently. Her response is perfect, as she calls the police to report it, instead of going to investigate it herself.
Virus:32 has excellent cinematography. It has a minimalistic style that often enhances the movie. One of my favorite moments is when the camera pans to the security monitors and we see someone enter the school.
Its just after this, at around the 21:30 mark that things start to get good. The Zombies are in the building, and Iris has a mission. She has to get to her daughter, and then save both them if she can.
Scoring
Virus:32 has excellent production values. The whole 32 second delay, which is a core of the movie is shown to us, instead of being told to us, which earned it points in my book.
Overall, the movie earned a 62/100, making it a perfect Rainy Day Movie. The main drivers are how much the movie feels like a mix up of some truly great movies. It has a bit of 28 Day Later, then Dawn of the Dead (2004) as the middle of the movie really focuses on the whole Zombie Momma and baby. The ending was okay, but felt like it tried to hard to get an emotional rise out of me.
Let me know in the comments if you agree.
Review | Year | Score | Type |
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#Alive | 2020 | 100 | Action / Infection |
Dawn Of The Dead | 1978 | 100 | Action / Horror / Classics |
Night Of The Living Dead | 1968 | 100 | Action / Horror / Classics |
World War Z | 2013 | 100 | Action / Infection |
28 Days Later | 2002 | 100 | Action / Infection |
Train To Busan | 2016 | 100 | Action / Infection |
Zombieland | 2010 | 100 | Comedy / Action |
Flesh And Blood | 2018 | 99 | Shorts |
Serenity | 2005 | 99 | Action / Sci-Fi |
The Girl With All The Gifts | 2016 | 95 | Action / Infection |
Land Of The Dead | 2005 | 94 | Action / Horror |
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 |
Cooties | 2014 | 89 | Comedy / Action |
The Return of the Living Dead | 1985 | 85 | Comedy / Action |
Night of the Comet | 1984 | 85 | Comedy / Action |
Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula | 2020 | 84 | Action / Infection |
Zombieland: Double Tap | 2019 | 83 | Comedy / Action |
Fido | 2006 | 82 | Comedy / Action |
Shaun Of The Dead | 2004 | 81 | Comedy / Action |
Zombie | 1979 | 80 | Action / Horror |
The Evil Dead | 1981 | 80 | Classic / Action |
I Am Legend (2007) | 2007 | 80 | Action / Infection |
28 Weeks Later | 2007 | 80 | Action / Infection |
Infection | 2019 | 79 | Action / Infection |
It Stains The Sands Red | 2016 | 79 | Action / Infection |
Overlord | 2018 | 79 | Action / Horror |
A Little Bit Zombie | 2012 | 78 | Comedy / Action |
Plan Z | 2016 | 78 | Action / Infection |
Wyrmwood: Apocalypse | 2021 | 77 | Action / Infection |
Day of the Dead | 1985 | 77 | Action / Horror / Classics |
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 |
The Battery | 2012 | 74 | Drama / Infection |
Shed of the Dead | 2019 | 74 | Comedy / Action |
Alone | 2020 | 73 | Action / Infection |
Survival Of The Dead | 2009 | 73 | Action / Horror |
State of Emergency | 2011 | 73 | Action / Infection |
Remains | 2011 | 72 | Action / Infection |
Dawning of the Dead | 2017 | 72 | Action / Infection |
Dance of the Dead | 2008 | 72 | Comedy / Action |
The Rezort | 2015 | 72 | Action / Infection |
The Army of the Dead | 2021 | 71 | Action / Infection |
Witness Infection | 2021 | 71 | Comedy / Action |
Daylight's End | 2016 | 71 | Action / Infection |
The Valley Of The Dead | 2021 | 70 | Horror / Infection |
Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead | 2014 | 70 | Action / Infection |
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse | 2015 | 70 | Comedy / Action |
Resident Evil: Afterlife | 2010 | 70 | Action / Infection |
Night of the Living Deb | 2015 | 70 | Comedy / Romance |
For A Few Zombies More | 2015 | 70 | Action / Infection |
Zombie Night | 2013 | 70 | Action / Infection |
Dead Rising: Watchtower | 2015 | 70 | Action / Infection |
Zombie Hunter | 2013 | 70 | Action / Infection |
The Dead 2: India | 2015 | 70 | Action / Infection |
Among The Living | 2022 | 69 | Suspense / Horror |
Exit Humanity | 2011 | 69 | Action / Infection |
Bird Box | 2018 | 69 | Action / Horror / Possession |
Republic Z | 2018 | 68 | Action / Comedy |
Blood Quantum | 2019 | 68 | Action / Infection |
Ravenous | 2017 | 68 | Action / Infection |
Quarantine | 2008 | 67 | Infection / Horror |
Forget Everything And Run (F.E.A.R.) | 2021 | 67 | Suspense / Horror |
The Night Eats The World | 2018 | 67 | Suspense / Infection |
Ultimate Zombie Feast | 2020 | 66 | Shorts/ Action |
How To Kill A Zombie | 2014 | 66 | Action / Comedy |
Cargo | 2017 | 66 | Suspense / Infection |
Trench 11 | 2017 | 66 | Action / Horror |
Dead County | 2021 | 65 | Drama / Horror |
Zombie Town | 2007 | 65 | Action / Horror |
Zoombies | 2016 | 65 | Awesomely Bad |
The End? | 2017 | 64 | Horror / Infection |
Quarantine 2 | 2011 | 64 | Action / Infection |
Zombie Apocalypse | 2011 | 64 | Action / Infection |
Red Spring | 2017 | 63 | Action / Infection |
Virus:32 | 2022 | 62 | Horror / Infection |
Resident Evil: Extinction | 2007 | 62 | Action / Infection |
Resident Evil Retribution | 2012 | 61 | Action / Infection |
Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead | 2023 | 60 | Comedy / Action |
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter | 2016 | 60 | Action / Infection |
Life After Beth | 2014 | 59 | Comedy / Action |
Diary Of The Dead | 2007 | 58 | Action / Horror |
Revelation Trail | 2013 | 57 | Action / Horror |
Eat Brains Love | 2019 | 56 | Comedy / Horror |
My Mates vs. The Zombie Apocalypse | 2015 | 56 | Comedy / Action |
Deadsight | 2018 | 55 | Suspense / Infection |
Anna And The Apocalypse | 2017 | 55 | Musical / Infection |
Amigo Undead | 2015 | 54 | Comedy / Horror |
Bong of the Living Dead | 2017 | 54 | Action / Infection |
Black Friday | 2021 | 53 | Action / Horror |
The Dead Undead | 2010 | 53 | Action / Infection |
Redcon-1 | 2018 | 52 | Action / Horror |
Deadheads | 2011 | 52 | Comedy / Romance |
Dead Don't Die in Dallas | 2019 | 51 | Action / Infection / LGBTQ |
Day of the Dead: Bloodline | 2018 | 51 | Action / Infection |
Road Wars | 2015 | 50 | Action / Infection |
Disaster L.A. | 2014 | 50 | Action |
Zombie Strippers! | 2008 | 49 | Horror / Comedy |
Within the Woods of Undead County | 2016 | 49 | Action / Infection |
Day Zero | 2023 | 48 | Horror / Infection |
Rise of The Zombies | 2012 | 48 | Action / Infection |
I Am Alone | 2015 | 48 | Action / Infection |
Valentine DayZ | 2018 | 47 | Action / Infection / Awesomely Bad |
Lethal Virus | 2021 | 46 | Action / Horror |
Savageland | 2015 | 46 | Horror / Drama |
Zombie Warz: Falls The Shadow | 2011 | 45 | Action / Horror |
Infected | 2019 | 45 | Shorts |
Bridge of the Doomed | 2022 | 44 | Horror / Infection |
Block Z | 2020 | 44 | Action / Infection |
Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City | 2021 | 43 | Action / Horror |
The Dead Don't Die | 2019 | 43 | Spoof / Drama |
The Plague | 2006 | 42 | Action / Horror |
Strain 100 | 2020 | 42 | Action / Infection |
Infected | 2021 | 41 | Action / Horror |
Before Dawn | 2013 | 41 | Drama / Action |
When the Fever Breaks | 2019 | 41 | Suspense / Infection |
Zombie Undead | 2010 | 40 | Action / Infection |
Hostile | 2017 | 40 | Action / Infection |
Dead Before Down | 2012 | 39 | Horror / Supernatural |
Gangs Of The Dead | 2006 | 38 | Action / Infection |
Zombies | 2017 | 37 | Action / Infection |
American Zombieland | 2020 | 36 | Comedy / Infection |
Cannon Fodder / Battle Of The Undead | 2013 | 35 | Action / Horror |
Zombie Diaries 2 | 2011 | 35 | Action / Infection |
Dead Trigger | 2017 | 35 | Action / Infection |
Deadlocked | 2020 | 35 | Action / Infection |
Another World | 2014 | 35 | Action / Infection |
Evilution | 2009 | 34 | Action / Horror |
KL24: Zombies | 2017 | 34 | Action / Infection |
Re-Elected | 2020 | 33 | Comedy / Suspense |
Antisocial 2 | 2015 | 33 | Action / Infection |
Aquarium of the Dead | 2021 | 32 | Comedy / Horror |
Antisocial | 2013 | 32 | Action / Infection |
By Day's End | 2020 | 31 | Suspense / 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 |
Solar Impact | 2019 | 25 | Action / Horror |
Anger Of The Dead | 2015 | 25 | Action / Infection |
The Last Hope | 2017 | 24 | Action / Infection |
The Day of the Living Dead | 2014 | 23 | Drama / Detective |
Zombie Road | 2018 | 22 | Shorts |
Zombie Wars | 2007 | 21 | Action / Infection |
Army of Thieves | 2021 | 20 | Heist / Horror |
Last Rites Of The Dead | 2019 | 20 | Drama / Thriller |
The Mad | 2007 | 19 | Comedy / Infection |
The Living Dead | 2020 | 18 | Horror / Drama |
Zone of the Dead | 2009 | 17 | Action / Infection |
Killer Weekend | 2018 | 16 | Comedy / Not Zombies |
G Zombie | 2021 | 15 | Drama / Infection |
Quarantine L.A. | 2013 | 14 | Action / Infection |
Driven | 2020 | 13 | Drama / Suspense |
The Hive | 2014 | 12 | Demonic Possession / Horror |
The Horde | 2016 | 11 | Action / Gore |
Rebirth | 2020 | 10 | Action / Horror |
The Last Starship | 2017 | 10 | Action / Infection |
Rising Undead / Rise of the Undead | 2005 | 9 | Action / Horror |
Rise of the Zombie | 2013 | 9 | Drama / Action |
Plague | 2014 | 8 | Suspense / Drama |
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 |
Army of the Dead | 2008 | 2 | Action / Horror |
Range 15 | 2016 | 2 | Comedy / Action |
Nazi Undead | 2018 | 1 | Paranormal / Horror |
Pandemic | 2009 | 1 | Drama / Action |
Eyes Of The Dead | 2015 | 1 | Action / Infection |
All My Friends Are Dead | 2021 | 0 | Horror / Not Zombies |
Curse of the Blind Dead | 2020 | 0 | Horror / Not Zombies |
Carriers | 2009 | 0 | Drama / Not Zombies |
Afflicted | 2013 | 0 | Drama / Infection |
Broadcast Dead | 2018 | 0 | Horror / Thriller |
Dead End | 2003 | 0 | Horror / Thriller |