Nerds That Geek Movie Review: ‘Exit Humanity’

Written by Scott Edwards 

One thing that people worry about when they are gone for an extended amount of time is coming home to nothing. Things happen regardless if you are there or not, but if you are not there when it happens you feel much worse, thinking you could have done something to prevent it. The worst thing is having to sit all alone and think about it, day after day, replaying the images in your head that you were not even there to witness. That is enough to cause a person to go crazy. Keeping your mind on other things is the only way to keep your sanity and slowly time will play its part and help you forget.

Edward Young is off fighting in the civil war, on the confederate side. On the battlefield, he is next to unshakable until one day he comes across a man that seems to have no soul and cannot be stopped. He shoots this solider a couple times in the chest, but the man still keeps coming. The lifeless eyes do not care about the imminent danger in front of him, only the meat that is on the bones of the men surrounding him. The man eventually dies, but not before infecting more soldiers with a bite that will change them forever.

The war ends, and Edward arrives home to see that his wife has been eaten by the same man/thing that he had witnessed on the battlefield. Not being able to locate his boy, Edward takes to the mountains, searching for his son and killing many of the undead that cross his path. Their numbers never seem to diminish and when Edward finally discovers that his son was inducted into the zombie band, an unfortunate choice has to be made. One picture that always calmed Edward down when he was on the killing field during the war was of a waterfall, and he promised his son that he would be taken to this waterfall one day and a good father never breaks a promise. 

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On his trek, Edward runs into another drifter, Isaac. Another war veteran, the two travel together until Edward is captured by the remaining Confederate powers. They are trying to work on a cure for the strange outbreak that is taking over the nation. With only one doctor running the tests on survivors, the testing is cruel and not effective at all. General Williams is at the end of his rope, since he needs to bring peace back to the area, and there has to be a cure and if the good doctor is not going to find it, the General will just have to relieve him of his services. Isaac is able to rescue his new companion, along with his wife, Emma, before either are infected by the plague. In the process however, Edward is shot in the chest and the couple has no other alternative than to take him to the local witch to be healed up.

Exit Humanity is a zombie tale that takes place at the end of the civil war. With the Confederate Army backed down, some of their leadership still thinks that the fighting is still going on, and the zombies are a trick sent down from the north. Edward, Isaac and Emma are all able to find shelter in the witch’s cabin, but not everything is as happy as it should be. Edward and Isaac protect the grounds around the cabin, the witch and Emma keep them fed, but they are being hunted by more than the undead. For Emma was bitten while in the Confederate prison and has not changed yet. She is immune and the doctor could possibly do something with her, meaning that General Williams will do anything to get her back and save his troops.

It is fun watching zombie movies based in a different time period. Sometimes the filmmakers get it right with the lack of technology being presented in the film. I might have a couple complaints about the firearms that were utilized in this movie being off by a couple of years, but the rest of it seemed right on. With a crazed general battling against two ex-military men, the story makes for a fun romp through the woods until one or the other finally gets shot. There are lots of head shots in this movie, not too much gore, but there shouldn’t be because you are following highly trained men surviving and doing what they are good at, killing. Stay Scared.

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