Here is another arguable exception to the idea of the time of the zombie film having passed, The Battery from 2012. It does fresh things with the zombie premise. Ballplayers Ben (Jeremy Gardner) and Mickey (Adam Cronheim) are thrust together due to the zombie apocalypse breaking out during the middle of their baseball game. Ben is a catcher. Mickey is a pitcher. The odd couple must survive together, traveling in quietude and deserted campgrounds, Gardner's bearded survivalist is a great foil to Mickey's sensitive and introspective character. It's a quite post-apocalyptic trip whose environs include deserted vineyards and endless empty domiciles. It is also an indie flick, sort of a low-rent hipster zombie movie and a character study, at that. Imagine a beat writers' zombie novel, and you would get something like this. Credit goes to Pete at Movies 'n Stuff for ordering it.
Trailer is here.
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