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  • Episode aired Apr 11, 2019
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  • 44m
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7.1/10
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Jaime King and Ty Olsson in Black Summer (2019)
Zombie HorrorActionDramaHorrorThriller

At the onset of a zombie apocalypse, chaos descends as Rose loses her family, Ryan tries to get his bearings, and a desperate man finds a new guise.At the onset of a zombie apocalypse, chaos descends as Rose loses her family, Ryan tries to get his bearings, and a desperate man finds a new guise.At the onset of a zombie apocalypse, chaos descends as Rose loses her family, Ryan tries to get his bearings, and a desperate man finds a new guise.

  • Director
    • John Hyams
  • Writers
    • Karl Schaefer
    • John Hyams
    • Craig Engler
  • Stars
    • Jaime King
    • Justin Chu Cary
    • Christine Lee
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    7.1/10
    1.9K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • John Hyams
    • Writers
      • Karl Schaefer
      • John Hyams
      • Craig Engler
    • Stars
      • Jaime King
      • Justin Chu Cary
      • Christine Lee
    • 14User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
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    Jaime King
    Jaime King
    • Rose
    Justin Chu Cary
    Justin Chu Cary
    • Spears
    Christine Lee
    Christine Lee
    • Sun
    Kelsey Flower
    Kelsey Flower
    • Lance
    Sal Velez Jr.
    Sal Velez Jr.
    • William Velez
    Ty Olsson
    Ty Olsson
    • Patrick
    Gwynyth Walsh
    Gwynyth Walsh
    • Barbara Watson
    • (as Gwyneth Walsh)
    Mustafa Alabssi
    • Ryan
    Nathaniel Arcand
    Nathaniel Arcand
    • Governale
    Brianna Johnston
    Brianna Johnston
    Megan Reneau
    Megan Reneau
    Alex Fellowes Smith
    Alex Fellowes Smith
    David Haysom
    David Haysom
    • Young Soldier
    Jayson Therrien
    Jayson Therrien
    • Panicked Soldier
    Jerod Blake
    Jerod Blake
    • Man with AR15 Rifle
    Tom Carey
    Tom Carey
    • Bronk
    Joel Jackshaw
    Joel Jackshaw
    • Large Man
    Ryan Luhning
    Ryan Luhning
    • Liston
    • Director
      • John Hyams
    • Writers
      • Karl Schaefer
      • John Hyams
      • Craig Engler
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    8ammodias

    A solid start

    I found this to be a solid start, well paced and introduced the main characters in a different way to most programs. There werea few things that irked me such as the army coming across as powerhungry idiots from the start and they all seemed to be the same age no signs of seniority but that's a small thing that doesn't really detract from the solidity of the premiere.
    8ronen-peleg

    Really good

    Not sure what others are moaning about. Thought the first episode was fantastic and really clever in how it was set up - reminded me a bit of Memento
    5jimhaney-12224

    Whats with the fake Army?

    No name tape on the back of their PC (hats) full beards on half of them. PFCs and PVTs that look 35 years old?
    6adamcomito

    pretty good. Feels like early ' the walking dead'

    Only one other guy commented so far so I thought i'd add some information. I only finished the first episode so far but it's decent. Has that early 'the walking dead' feel about it.

    If you watch lots of zombie stuff you know they are mostly quite poor in the execution. But this one seems promising, looks like a decent budget and pretty fast-moving so far. Also not too heavy on the dialogue /drama which dragged down 'the walking dead' in the later episodes.

    Edit* I've sat through the whole season and sadly it gets worse as the show progresses. It's still worth a watch for a zombie fix but it's like a poor man's walking dead. Has some really bad plot holes like why is the power still on after All this time. Why is every shop and house unlocked. No one has weapons for about half the show and when they finally do get guns they all shoot at the same time all over the body wasting soo many bullets. Surely everyone knows by now only head shots work on zombies. And also how quickly society seems to go into crazy marauding factions, weeks like its only been a week so far and everyone has gone mad Max out there.

    By the last two episodes I didn't really care who or what the characters were doing I just wanted to see the end. It's fine it's just not that good. Could of been half decent with a bit more attention to detail.
    2LaverneandShirleysucks

    Boring

    I was surprised how boring this was. You'd think a first episode of a zombie series would be compelling and draw the viewer in to want to see more, but after this episode was over, I had no desire to go any further.

    The characters are uninteresting which is a huge strike against it. I didn't care what happened to any of them and a first episode needs to make the viewer relate or care for the characters being introduced.

    There's a whole lot of running around in the same 2 block radius of some cookie cutter neighborhood. The survivors were supposed to have walked a lot of miles, but you can see the same burnt out police car in the background sitting in the same position as the neighborhood they were supposedly in earlier. At least TRY and make the background scenery look different when they go to a new place!

    Then there's a girl who gets hit by a car and turns into a zombie LOL. No one bit her so how did she turn all zombie just from getting hit by a minivan?! It made no sense. Everyone knows you have to be bitten by a zombie to turn into one. Not get hit by cars in the street!

    There's a guy being held hostage with his hands in cuffs in front of him, yet he needs help lifting a toilet seat and his idiot captor walks over to oblige instead of saying " You can open it yourself"....or better yet, just let him pee in his pants. He's a hostage, what do you care if his pants get wet?!

    Of course it's just ridiculous setup for the hostage to overcome the captor when he walks over to lift the toilet seat.

    I know it's a zombie show and I shouldn't expect realism, but I expect a little common sense from the characters and not to see people turn into zombies just from getting hit by cars. Dumb dumb dumb.

    I see it's been cancelled after the second season so it's already been put out of it's misery. I'll give it 2 stars for the laughs it supplied.

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      Some might question the presence of beards and a lack of uniform devices on the soldiers as a factual error. However, this could theoretically be explained as inactive ready reserve members, or veterans being activated to provide additional manpower in the face of overwhelming need. Additionally, the Army does not wear the collar fastened, except in extreme cold weather, however, it could be fastened in a protective measure against zombie bites.
    • Goofs
      During the "Spears" segment, the uniformed Spears uses the term "brig" for a confinement facility and the captive uses the term "use the head" to describe going to the bathroom. These are decidedly Navy terms. Army would use "stockade" and "latrine".
    • Connections
      Referenced in Diminishing Returns Diminisodes: Sol Recommends Zombies III (2019)

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    • Release date
      • April 11, 2019 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Canada
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Beiseker, Alberta, Canada
    • Production company
      • The Asylum
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