The Sadness
After a year of combating a relatively mild pandemic, known as the Alvin virus, citizens are skeptical and become careless in taking precautions. Kat (Regina Lei) and Jim (Berant Zhu) had planned a week-long get-away, and Kat becomes upset when Jim tells her he has to work a shoot that week. He is sorry, but work is hard to get. A discontented Kat heads to work.
Thanks to people's negligence, the virus unexpectedly mutates, and the result is catastrophic. Blood and
violence erupt as those who are infected begin to rampage, the virus escalating the need for violence, including sexual assault.
While riding the subway, Kat is harassed by a businessman who won't leave her alone. And as the virus begins to affect those around them, he becomes one of the casualties, releasing inner demons. And he is determined to have Kat. After great bloodshed, Kat escapes the subway and heads to the nearest hospital with a wounded young woman, Molly (Ying-Ru Chen). It's closed but the two women are admitted so Molly can get treatment.
Jim and Kat text one another, and Kat gives Jim her location. He vows to get to her, to protect her. The question is, will she survive until he can arrive? And can he reach her in one piece with blood and mayhem everywhere?
The Sadness is a different take on a zombie film, with the infected having their limbic system invaded, crossing violence and sexuality in a horrific way. I have to warn you, this is not for everyone. There is a great deal of blood and sexual violence. Some may be triggered. It is riveting, as you wonder how it will turn out, and will this couple find their way to one another? Also, how will this carnage end? I think it was worth watching. I'll give this film 4 Stars.
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