I sat down to watch "By Day's End" because it was a zombie movie, of course I did. I love the zombie genre, and given a chance I will sit down to watch any zombie I can. So I stumbled upon this 2020 addition to the zombie genre. I hadn't heard about it, but still decided to sit down and watch it.
Well, first of all I will say that "By Day's End" feels like a very ambitious amateur project. And hats off to the crew for that, because if that was the case, then they definitely managed to pull it off well enough.
I, however, wasn't expecting to see a movie like that, so I can't really claim that I could find much entertainment in "By Day's End". I watched the movie to the end, but I can't claim to say that this was an outstanding movie, not in any way.
The story was just way too generic, and it was essentially something you've seen done countless times before in other movies. However, "By Day's End" just didn't have the budget to make it visually astounding, nor memorable.
The acting in the movie, well it was okay, taking into consideration the context of the movie and the budget they had to work with. But again, it felt like something that was made by people with the right intentions and the hearts and spirits in the right places.
The infected - or the zombies - were not my kind of zombies. They were fast and agile, making very odd sounds, and seemed to display some level of intellect. All things that are a no-go in my view on the zombie genre. So this is where the movie lost me entirely.
I am rating "By Day's End" a three out of ten stars rarting. I've seen it, and can check it off of the zombie movie list, but this is not a movie that I will be returning to watch a second time.
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