We have two city-dwelling women at the centre of the story who are in a relationship, Jamie and Alex. Jamie has suffered some previous trauma which is coming between them and threatening their life together. So they go on a canoeing camping trip to try and patch things up. Whilst they are out there, squabbling, unhappy, Alex overturns the canoe, they end up in the drink and Alex breaks her leg.
They're in the middle of nowhere so start hobbling together along a road towards civilisation. As they, do it becomes obvious that the 'virus' which they thought they had left behind in the city, turning people into zombies, is much more rampant out in the sticks. They stumble into some aggressive hillbilly men, who look willing to shoot Alex on sight, assuming she has the virus. They wriggle out of it, explaining about the broken leg and end up being welcomed to the makeshift home/centre these folk have thrown together.
They are heavily guarding their centre as there's another bunch of militia types who seem to be wanting to invoke martial law and are equally threatening, wanting a share of the goods that our hillbilly types have lifted from various local outlets. Plenty of standoffs, then, and aggressive, threatening posturing between groups. Turns out that the ex-leader of this group (who is now dead as he got infected and shot himself) was Jamie's dad - who abused her as a child, so she wanted revenge. Bit late, really! Oh, then there's the fact that the girls don't dare tell the hillbilly types that they are 'together' because what's liberal in the city, isn't out here. (I told you there were far too many plot-threads!)
Anyway, during a skirmish with some fairly unconvincing zombies - who seem to leave you alone if you don't threaten them and stay still, Alex gets 'infected' and, only known to Jamie, starts to show signs of 'turning' into a zombie. They both try to keep it hidden, which becomes more difficult the more it progresses. In the end they try to make a run for it which brings even more chaos and posturing between the groups, as we head towards the feeble finale and laughable story outcomes.
It's not a bad little film, I guess - and passes and hour and a half nicely enough - though you'll forget all about it ten minutes after the credits roll! It'll certainly not win any awards for anything, though the two girls in the leads do a decent-enough job. I guess. I don't know any of the people involved in this from director Steven Pierce down to any of the actors - though depending on what kind of American TV shows and middling films you watch, you might. It's available on a few streaming services but I wouldn't suggest paying anything - wait 'til it's 'included' somewhere if you fancy a go!
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