Outside (2024)

This film of Philippine origin, is a sample on mixtures dosed in its course through a family that seeks shelter from the chaos outside, but with an uncertain future between confinement and claustrophobia.

Ledesma makes a truly broken couple that works perfectly in the frame, with latent and fundamental antecedents towards the derangement, which drags the children to the inconceivable.

The film manages to create a tense and claustrophobic atmosphere that keeps you on edge.

The isolated farmhouse setting and the constant threat of zombies contribute to a sense of constant danger.

The performances are convincing, especially that of the lead actress, who manages to convey her character's fear and desperation effectively.

The film does not limit itself to being a simple zombie survival story, but also explores themes such as family trauma, abuse and resilience.

This gives added depth and complexity to the plot.

The work convinces with a simple production, which complies at the script level, by the very coherent construction on the events and psychic traits of its characters, who drag to their present antecedents that play between the primordial to generate an internal chaos from which there is not much escape given the external conditions.

Its unexpected twists in its climax go for the change of roles, making us as viewers go in the same direction of those permutations.

It is a film that has its interesting moments, but it does not end up exploiting its full potential. The atmosphere and the performances are its strong points, but the slow pace and clichés detract from it.