ATOMIC APOCOLYPSE aka BLACK FLOWER

☆☆ FULL MOVIE DOUBLE FEATURE ☆☆
FOR EDUCATIONAL/RESEARCH PURPOSES ONLY
NOT FOR PROFIT
- PLOT:
Following a cataclysmic nuclear holocaust, a family of three sets out to find refuge. When they enlist the help of a rogue soldier, they follow his lead to a secure bunker full of food and supplies. However, the soldier has ulterior motives up his sleeve that threaten to undermine the family’s lasting bond.

REVIEW: Irradiating from High Octane Pictures via Shudder on February 13th is ATOMIC APOCALYPSE, better yet BLACK FLOWERS, a sprawling yet over-striving episodic outdoor-set nuclear holocaust movie made on the cheap from British director Martin Gooch (THE GATEHOUSE). While the performances and dialogue cast a whiff of rank amateurism across the board, there’s still plenty to enjoy about a movie this ambitious made with such dire little resources. The laudability begins with the two strong female leads, played by Krista DeMille and Andrea Sweeney-Blanco, and carries over to an unpredictably plotted story that goes in directions we do not expect from a flick of this ilk. While it may take a minute to get over the movie’s glaring technical and aesthetic shortcomings, not to mention gauche doses of misplaced humor, anyone interested in checking out the chintzy but entertaining lovechild of BEYOND THUNDERDOME and SyFy’s Z-Nation, or C-Nation if the zombies were swapped for cannibals, by all means ought to take the risk of sniffing BLACK FLOWERS come this Valentine’s Day. It won’t kill you.