Nerds That Geek Movie Review: ‘Condemned’ (2015)

Written by Scott Edwards

With so many people living comfortably in their own ways, you might be surprised by how they are able to do it. Money can provide a nice, healthy way of living, but with real-estate prices being what they are and rents starting to skyrocket, there are very few alternatives to finding a safe place to live. No matter how or where you live, your home will be what you make of it and many people have figured this out since sometimes there does not seem to be enough money to make your dreams come true.

Maya has had enough of her parents fighting and needs a change in her life. Running away from home to live with her boyfriend Dante, she is about to get a rude awakening of how people get by without money. Rolling up to his apartment building, she sees that the man in her life has been living rent free in a condemned building. Thinking that it is a sty, she gives it a chance and finds out that the only thing that makes a home livable is what is on the inside, or so she thinks.

With no maintenance being done on the building, everything that is flushed down the drains is not filtered. This normally would not be a problem since the building is condemned, but when the people living there are adding pieces of their lives to it, the cocktail being created in the septic system is becoming very strong. As the water is recirculated into the building, the tenants are being contaminated with everything that their friends have been tossing out. Everything is well and good until the drug dealer of the building leaves for a delivery and locks everyone inside. As the fear of being trapped takes over, the fight or flight drive takes over for the infected tenants and all hell breaks loose.
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Not a bad little story and with so many different types of residents in the building, you are left to question how they all arrived there. Everyone is connected by the old pipes that run throughout the building and when the first tenant gets sick, it is a domino effect that overtakes the building in a fantastic manner. Watching the reactions of the residents as the infected start to turn on their loved ones has to be best part of the movie as nobody is safe from what is happening. Being locked in just adds the scares to this film, with no chance of getting out, everyone is forced to wait and see what happens, but time is a luxury that they cannot afford to waste. Stay Scared.

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