In
The Flesh: Season 2
(2014/BBC DVD Set)
Picture:
B- Sound: C Extras: D Episodes: C
In
the Flesh is a BAFTA award-winning BBC supernatural drama series
starring Luke Newberry as the protagonist. During The Rising
(which is the show's take on the Zombie takeover D-Day so to speak),
deceased teenager Kieren Walker (Luke Newberry) and thousands of
other people who died in 2009 were re-animated as rabid zombies. The
re-animated people were hunted down during The Pale Wars by
armed militias in hopes of wiping them out. A medication was found
to bring consciousness back to the undead, returning their minds to
who they were before dying. A pretty clever concept but is more
about the social aspects of being a rotter than my personal
preferred zombie status which is rabid brain eating Romero-style
zombie. In more ways then one this show reminds me of the recent box
office disaster Warm Bodies.
The
undead that were not killed by the militias were then rounded up and
were given medication and rehabilitation by the government in a plan
to reintroduce them to society. They are given contact lenses,
cosmetics, and daily injections of medication to help them conceal
their partially deceased status. They are officially referred to as
survivors of Partially Deceased Syndrome (PDS), and pejoratively
known as "rotters". Many are haunted by returning memories
of the atrocities they committed while rabid. In the extremist
village of Roarton, PDS sufferers face prejudice from the villagers
upon their return.
Season
2 starts with Kieren Walker, in the now seemingly PDS-friendly
world of Roarton, is keeping his head down, working soul destroying
shifts in the Legion pub and squirreling money into his 'escape
fund'. The only problem is that he can't escape himself. In the
wider world, tensions are re-igniting. The radical pro-living party,
Victus, is whipping up hatred and the Undead Liberation Army is
retaliating violently. Can he survive or be laid to rest in this
messed up society?
The
season is comprised of six one hour long episodes spanning two discs
in this release.
The
show is decently shot and acted yet leans a bit too heavy on drama
for my tastes. It is presented on DVD in standard definition,
anamorphically enhanced with a widescreen aspect ratio of 1.78 X 1.
The sound mix is a lossy Dolby 2.0 Stereo track that fails to
impress. Subtitles are also on the disc in English SDH.
Total
running time for the season is 342 minutes, but there are no extras
on the discs.
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James Harland Lockhart V
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