Extreme Post-Apocalyptic Thriller Will Make or Break You

Written by Robert Scucci | Published 18 seconds ago

One of the common pitfalls of post-apocalyptic viewers is trying to do too much at once, because there are so many angles to consider. I Max is crazy The franchise works because there’s dense, mythology-driven world-building that we’re introduced to as a small group of people wandering the desert in search of answers. I 28 days later movies handle this well too. We are informed about what is happening around the world, and then things are handled locally.

in 2025 It does not containdespite the fact that you have a lot to do, it is difficult to balance this. The result is a tone-deaf film that I wish had a better grip, because the potential is clearly there.

Found by the Family in the End Times

Billed as a zombie horror drama, It does not contain tells a very personal story through the eyes of Dan (portrayed by writer-director Morley Nelson). Dan is a villain who seems immune to the zombie virus that has destroyed society, and he ends up in a smart house where two children live, Jack (Jack Nelson) and Brooke (Brooke Nelson).

Their mother, who happens to be called The Woman (Nicole Nelson), works for Homeland Security and is desperate for a cure, because Jack is carrying a latent form of the virus.

Dan, at first just looking for shelter, gradually becomes a father to Jack and Brooke. The woman is also a pleasure to have with him, especially because he can spend a frightening amount of time on the treadmill that doubles as the house’s power source.

Jack handcuffs himself to the bed before going to bed, because he occasionally turns into a bloodthirsty zombie in his sleep and needs to wait out his episodes so he doesn’t harm his family. He also sets up elaborate traps in the backyard and spends his time studying captured zombies, which initially annoys Dan, who hasn’t realized that he and Jack have more in common than either of them would like to admit.

Story B

Currently, It does not contain introduces more conflict in the form of militia leader Brett Carson (Peter O’Meara), who refuses to leave the area because he’s searching for his missing daughter, Melanie (Courtney Blythe Turk). This whole plot line feels very unnecessary, as it doesn’t help or meaningfully detract from the dynamic within the house that Dan and family live in.

The limited value these scenes provide comes mostly from comic relief, especially when Brett is talking to a police officer who grows more concerned with each exchange, as if silently thinking, “dude, you need to go home before you get killed.”

Speaking of comic relief, It does not contain scores real points for the creative dynamic between Dan, Jack, and Brooke, and The Woman. Dan has a rough exterior and doesn’t look like the kind of guy who enjoys screwing around. But when Brooke offers her hair clips, she immediately takes them just to be kind. These subtle moments are both funny and disarming, and they say a lot about Dan’s character. The world ends successfully, and no one is obliged to be happy if they don’t want to be happy.

It does not contain it ultimately leaves a lot on the table, and that’s because it tries to think globally and locally at the same time. If the film had committed itself to being a bottle story centered around a house and the people who live in it, I think it would have come across cleanly. It just tries to do too much at once, when the original story of survival is already compelling in itself. The moments I enjoyed the most came directly from this central dynamic. The idea that an infected child could be the key to a cure while a family is battered and weathered by the proverbial storm is strong enough without a side story that draws attention to it.

It does not contain is streaming for free on Tubi.