Yep, you read that headline right. Colin was filmed in the UK for £45. And to give it it's dues, it's a lot better than movies that cost a lot, lot more (Dinocroc, I'm talking about you!) For a film with such small resources there are inevitable technical issues such as poor sound, unsophisticated natural lighting and a group of inexperienced extras (probably a load of mates called in for a big favor), but Colin rises above them. There's an experimental tone to the editing, there's great use of music and the bleached out photography lends to the apocalyptic nature of a zombie outbreak.
It's basically a zombie's eye view of a disintegrating Britain as the dead raising plague takes hold of an urban city. As zombie Colin roams the streets he intersects various stories of people trying to survive, along with his sister who refuses to destroy her flesh eating bother. It can be quite touching at times, there's a streak of black humour and a general competency that raises this above the level of a cheap, knockoff student home movie. It's not all perfects as the story is just as meandering as our hapless hero and sometimes the editor needs a firm kick to move the audience on from a particular shot or scene (it can drag on sometimes).
But based on the talents of director Marc price and his forty five quid investment, he should be getting paid on his next flick.
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Colin was a good movie. But judging it purely on its budget vs what it achieved it's bloody wonderful and puts many a massive budgeted blockbuster to shame. See Asylum & Syfy? There is no excuse for your badly made rubbish.
I agree, though, that it could have used more editing.
For what it was, Colin was probably about 15 mins too long with plenty of opportunity to trim down scenes and shots that just went on for far too long.
But for a no budget film made by friends then this is a pretty great achievment and shows the director has real talent.
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