The breakout hit of this years SXSW, Gareth Edwards’
groundbreaking new film is as much a poignant contemporary romance as it
is an epic science fiction adventure.
Shot with just a five person crew and a cast of two,
Gareth Edwards’ team traveled through Guatemala, Belize and Mexico,
finding and utilizing their locations and supporting actors as they went.
The result is a film as cutting edge as it is classically composed, as
emotionally satisfying as it is visually stunning, and the bold
announcement of a major new talent.
Six years ago NASA discovered the possibility of
alien life within our solar system. A probe was launched to collect
samples, but crashed upon re-entry over Central America. Soon after, new
life forms began to appear and grow. In an effort to stem the destruction
that resulted, half of Mexico was quarantined as an INFECTED ZONE. Today,
the American and Mexican military still struggle to contain the massive
creatures . . .
Our story begins when a jaded US journalist (McNairy)
begrudgingly agrees to find his boss’s daughter, a shaken American tourist
(Able) and escort her through the infected zone to the safety of the US