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Produced by master of horror Clive Barker (Hellbound: Hellraiser II, Candyman), The Plague is an intense horror film starring James Van Der Beek and Dee Wallace Stone. All hell breaks loose when the children of the world, who had mysteriously fallen into a coma, awaken ten years later possessing otherworldly powers to wage an unholy battle against all adults.

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Actors:	James Van Der Beek, Ivana Milicevic, Brad Hunt, Joshua Close, John P. Connolly
Director:	Hal Masonberg
Format:	AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Language:	English
Subtitle:	English, French
Number of Discs:	1
Studio:	Sony Pictures
Run Time:	88 minutes
DVD Release Date:	September 05, 2006
Average Customer Rating:	based on 28 reviews

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Average Customer Review: 2.5

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A decent 'Creepy Kid' movie. Dec 09, 2008
THE PLAGUE is about all the children of the world suddenly and simultaneously going into a coma. From then on, every child that is born is born into a comatose state, without fail. During the time that the kids are in a coma, they all have seizures simultaneously twice a day like clockwork. Ten years later, out of nowhere the kids (most of them now teenagers or young adults) awaken from their coma and go on a rampage, killing every adult in sight. Once the stage is set and the group of protagonists are introduced (a nurse, a couple of police officers, an ex con and his buddy, and two teenagers who were only a handful of kids who did not succumb to the coma years earlier), the movie revolves around a few things: the creepy kid scenario, WHY the kids are doing what they're doing, and survival.

I actually enjoyed THE PLAGUE more than the average straight to video, low budget Horror film. The visuals and photography were slightly above average for a low budget Horror movie and the overall product is a bit more aspirational than your typical low budget Horror movie. I appreciated a few things about the movie: the film took itself seriously and didn't get silly and the kids in the movie almost resemble Zombies in that they're extremely pale and have blank looks on their faces, but they don't resort to "Zombie violence", meaning they don't eat brains or have an overwhelming urge to cannibalize their victims. They usually prefer to snap people's necks and break bones. The violence in the film is actually surprising because there is a lot more than you would think and it does get pretty brutal at times, but not OVERLY brutal. The actors in the film aren't bad either. I thought pretty much everyone in the cast was either really good or decent. Most low budget movies usually never fail to cast at least ONE actor or actress I can't stand, but not this one (well, James Van Der Beek kind of gets on my nerves a little). There are also a lot of creepy moments in the movie. Normally I find the whole "Creepy Kid" genre to be stupid, but this movie actually pulled it off to a certain degree. Some of the Extras who played the kids were a little goofy or ridiculous, but for the most part it was OK. Overall I liked the movie, but I did have some problems with it. My problems were mainly the plot holes. For example:
**Where was the Police Department?
**How can a group of 100 or so unarmed (and outnumbered) kids completely take over a town? From the time they wake up to within a 24 hour period, their town is basically reduced to a ghost town. Granted, the kids eventually figured out how to use firearms but it wasn't until the end of the movie. And the fact that they knew how to even operate firearms, let alone even still have the ability to WALK, after being in a coma for ten years is pretty ridiculous.
**The ending made no sense. It started to get biblical in explaining the origin of the coma kids but did not really elaborate on it.

The verdict: Don't expect a Zombie movie and don't expect a total gore-fest. The premise is great but wasn't really executed that well due to the script and probably due to budget constraints. THE PLAGUE is not a great movie by any means, but it's decent and worth checking out.

3 stars

cheesy "zombie" movie Dec 01, 2008
One day, a virus puts all children, 9 and under, in a coma. Twice a day, at 10 o'clock, the coma-induced children, go through a seizure. This continues routinely for 10 years. Then, after 10 years, they wake up from the coma.

However, immediately, you'll start to see that they are not the same people as before. There's something sinister about them and they're zombie-like. When they start to show who they really are, they're out grabbing their hands on every living being.

The zombie victims get everyone except this group of people. It seems that their survival strategies are interrupted by the zombies. We soon learn that, like the Borgs in Star Trek, they have a hive mind. What's learned from one is learned by all.

While running around to survive, the surviving gang must decipher a priest's cryptic message that holds the key to this whole mess.

The story is simplistic but extremely cheesy. And the survivors are extremely idiotic. I mean, c'mon, give humans some credit that they won't do some stuff because that would just endanger their own lives and others as well. *The Plague* paints humans like moths to a fire...unable to break away from the hypnotic trance.

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Shoot me - I liked it! Jun 27, 2008
Boy, am I crawling out on a limb? I just watched this movie last night for the first time, and I enjoyed it! I'm not saying it's a great movie, I wouldn't even say it was above average - it's not as disturbing as "Hellraiser", or as scary as watching "Candyman" alone, in the dark, late at night, for the first time. But I also don't think it is nearly as bad as some of these reviews seem to indicate. One person said it was "predictable" - perhaps to them, but for me - I had to watch it until the very end before I knew what was going on. I thought there were enough "herrings" thrown into the mix to keep the audience off guard, but again, that is MY opinion. All I can say is the usual "safe" piece of advise to the potential viewer - use your own brain, make up your own mind, and never rely on somebody else's opinion as far as whether you will or won't give something new a chance. If it happens to be shown on TV, watch it, if you don't like it - turn it off! Personally, I think I've "discovered" more pleasant surprises by ignoring majority opinion and going my own way. I enjoyed it, so have others - you might, too! And if you end up not liking it - so what, not like it's the end of the world or anything.

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It is impossible to accurately describe how bad this movie is !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Jun 08, 2008
Other reviewers have done a better job than I can to describe and warn you away from this film.
- No real gore, this isn't a showcase of gore technology or anything that is state of the art, it seems like a PG-13 rating that was aspiring for a G rating.

- No plot, intrigue or explanation of why all the children fall into a coma to wake up on the same day 10 years later and attack all non coma afflicted in a coordinated manner.

- No t&a, the actresses aren't even extraordinarily appealing, all the zombie comatodes are pale and ashen and the heroines weren't in any danger of winning Homecoming Queen even at Skankville High School !

- This movie is a travesty and should just be burned, it is the poster child for censorship for lack of quality.

Right before this movie came on Cinemax, Jodi Foster's Contact was before it and in contact Jay Leno joked how disappointed aliens who recieve our TV broadcasts 26 years after we send them because of the vast distances, would be let down if the aliens are Cubs fans.

Well, if any aliens are peaceful or ambivalent about contacting us ---they'll feel compelled to annihilate us if they see this movie which a member of humanity produced !!!

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Smart And Consistent May 06, 2008
Disregard the "pointless" reviews - it's simply an apocalyptic tale that stays true to its premise. All children fall comatose for ten years, then come back with sinister intentions. Yes, more survival horror, but with a good creepy build-up. You can tell an intelligent person designed the story. The film falls a little flat, but is surely watchable. It looks a little tv-movie fake, nothing serious. Hey - it's better than that pile Lord of Illusions...