A young man who buys stolen stuff and collects bugs brings a deadly spider to his apartment building, which multiplies rapidly.
The next best thing after Arachnophobia (1990). Right off the bat, you get to see who is who and the fragmented relationships with one another. White, black, and brown people are all connected by the one thing that unfortunately unites the vast majority of the population of this earth: poverty! The poor people of a titanic block from all over the world are the protagonists of this captivating, yet flawed horror created by writer/director Sébastien Vanicek.
From a cinematic point of view, all departments work like a Swiss watch. Well shot and edited, Infested offers thrilling entertainment for a couple of hours. Out of those couple of hours, approximately up to the second part of the second act, the script is solid and tight. Then, the spiders grow too big, the decisions made are beyond understanding, and the climax and resolution defy logic even more.
Vanicek initially named the film Vermines. It was his way of cinematically translating the way ethnic minorities are seen in France. Just like the bugs, black and Arab or Arab-looking people are treated like beings that need to be put down or alienated at best. His intentions are noble and understandable. My objection, though, is that his characters make some questionable choices that don’t do them any favours. Yet, the film is worth your time despite its flaws.
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