Two anti-corporate activist break into a Nat-Tech HQ on a mission to prove the company is up to nefariously corporately evilly things. Luckily for the two activists, who come prepare for corporate espionage with a keycard, black clothes and face masks that they take off in plain sight of cameras, the HQ is only protected by a keycard door and unmonitored cameras. Quickly finding what they need, a vial of red coloured liquid in what appears to be a college dorm type refrigerator, the leader makes the ultimate sacrifice by injecting himself with the unknown liquid so that he can be the living proof of the corporation's misdeeds.
Nat-Tech is not one to take things lying down and uses the security footage of the intrepid activists to proclaim to police and the local media how dangerous the activists are. They also hire a clandestine organization headed by Mr Johnson to tackle the problem. It's the type of organization that handles all problems the same way, by putting a bullet in its head. Mr Johnson's crew easily track down the activists and their cronies to an apartment complex safe house and forces them at gunpoint to an abandoned industrial plant and applies the remedy, a bullet to the head of each of the activists. The clean up crew is then called in; Jairus (Mike Langer) & Greer (Sahna Foley) are the best at bagging the bodies and cleaning up any evidence of murderous wrong doing. Even though they are under a time crunch to get the job done there's still plenty of time for the expected witty banter between partners and sips of an energy drink and angry phone calls from Jairus's wife. Although he has his top crew in the field Mr. Johnson also sends along two bumbling Lord of the Rings quoting back up cleaners, Jeff (D.L. Walker) and Ted (Chris Harvey). The back up cleaners serve the film by providing humour and two supporting actors who can be killed off to up the body count for the plot twist...
The activist injected himself with a drug that turns people into zombies! It's never explained why a high tech bio firm invented such a drug, but it is kinda, sorta, try squinting, explained how the activist can return as a zombie after being killed by a bullet to the head. The newly risen zombie proceeds to bite and infect Jeff, interrupting his Sylvester Stallone impersonation, and the four cleaners must now deal with being at ground zero of a zombie infestation.
Ground Zero is a micro budget shot on digital video (and it shows) feature that I cannot recommend. I had to fast forward through great chunks due to boredom and the tendency of scenes to drag on. It's not that the film is deliberately paced, it's the lack of camera coverage and editing that tends to make the film feel like it's playing out in real time. Some of the interaction between actors Langer and Foley is nice and Walker's schtick is funny although predictable, but it's just not enough to have kept my interest.
*1/2 out of ****
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