Netflix Review: What We Become (2016)

"Infection Apocalypse: Family Style."

When it comes to newer Euro Horror movies, like this one, for instance, I tend to dig them more than most of their American counterparts for some reason.

I don't know what it is that makes the average Euro Horror flick seem "better" than the average American effort, but I never feel the need to bash on them when they're lacking as much as I do the flicks that come out of the U.S.

Maybe it's a cultural thing. Maybe the average Euro genre movie is made with more love and skill. Or maybe I'm just crazy. I don't know.

Whatever the reason is for my recent Euro Horror bias, What We Become is a movie that I really enjoyed a lot, even though I know that it's nothing new or exciting.

As a sudden viral sickness sweeps through their Danish town, a family of four must band together to face a sweeping viral contagion that threatens to destroy them all! Of course none of them make smart decisions at all, which is par for the course for this type of film, but hey, it's hard to keep your head as viral zombie apocalypse is unfolding all around you.

WHATEVER THOSE MASKED GUYS TELL YOU TO DO, DO EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE!

Mom and Dad try their best to keep their kids safe, but with the government forcing them to stay in their house under penalty of death, and with strangers showing up to complicate matters in various ways, there's not much they can really do.

THEY'RE MORE DANGEROUS THAN THE INFECTED THAT ARE ROAMING THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

Son Gustav at least has the hot neighbor chick to keep him occupied. Sure, maybe he would spy on her from across the street while she was changing clothes, but it's basically the end of the world, so it's not like she's going to find a better boyfriend than him anyway. And then there's adorable daughter Maj and her damned rabbit, which you just know is going to make her do something stupid which will no doubt doom them all.

FORGET THE RABBIT, KID. STAY INSIDE!

What We Become was a solid infected flick that felt a lot like the AMC show, Fear the Walking Dead in that it shows us the start of the "Zombie Apocalypse" by way of the plight of an everyday ordinary family, and their neighbors who must band together to survive. It's more of a containment movie really, as most of it involves a mysterious sickness sweeping through town, the military moving in and quarantining everyone, and then everything going to hell in a hand basket from there.

It's well-made, and it has some pretty intense infected thrills, but they come a bit too late in the movie to make it truly exciting overall. It really felt like just as the movie got going, it ended. And that ending was a fairly bleak one, with a final shot that left us wanting to see more.

SHE'S HAD BETTER DAYS.

You get some typical Infected messiness throughout this one, but it's not overtly gory.

THAT INFECTED DUDE KINDA LOOKS LIKE JOHN SNOW.

No nudity in this one, but Marie Hammer Boda sure does look good in her skivvies.

SASSY.

For a newer Infected flick, What We Become is a solid little effort that gets a lot right, even if it does little more than re-tread familiar ground. It's like eating a decent pizza even though you know that you've had better; it's still pretty tasty, because it's pizza, and you like pizza. So, yum. But you've had better.

It's well worth your time to watch this one if you've got Netflix, and if not, then you could do way worse than to rent it or buy the Blu-ray, if you need an infected fix.

B

What We Become is available now on VOD and Blu-ray.

Marie Hammer Boda is in this. She's kinda like the Danish Anna Paquin.