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New Life

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Jess is a woman on the run, desperate to cross the Canadian border to escape her past. On her tail is Elsa, a resourceful agent, whose recent life-altering diagnosis leaves her one step behind. As their chase narrows to the mountains of the Pacific Northwest, holes in Elsa's investigation begin to fill with fresh bodies. Soon the pursuit spirals toward its harrowing confrontation between the two women, in search of meaning and redemption, on the razor's edge of catastrophe.
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Breathing New Life to the genre, this excellently acted brooding horror thriller marks a propitious debut for John Rosman.

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Phil Hoad Guardian Amid the dumper-truck of post-Covid lockdown-inspired films, very few take disease and pandemics themselves as their central focus. So John Rosman’s stripped-back but effective debut is a sobering flashback to those incubative early days. Rated: 3/5 May 29, 2024 Full Review Sergio Burstein Los Angeles Times Lovers of hard-core horror with elements of science fiction and allusions to body horror, rejoice. [Full review in Spanish] May 7, 2024 Full Review Meagan Navarro Bloody Disgusting It’s not just the complexities of its characters that are compelling, but Rosman’s ability to drop narrative bombs that cataclysmically alter the genre and narrative direction. Rated: 3.5/5 Aug 10, 2023 Full Review Noah Berlatsky Everything is Horrible (Substack) It’s not a must see. But it’s determination to explore its new skin, with all its wounds, is worth watching if you are interested in zombies, disability, or their ugly, possibly enlightening intersection. Oct 4, 2024 Full Review Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana What a Scream Podcast ... isn’t anything wildly invigorating in the pandemic subgenre of horror, character study of a patient zero and the ailing woman tasked to hunt her down does vastly set it apart from its contemporaries. Rated: 4/5 Sep 3, 2024 Full Review Aaron Murray Loud and Clear Reviews New Life is a terrific directorial debut from John Rosman with outstanding performances and a narrative that grips you from the start and never lets go. Rated: 4.5/5 Aug 4, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews

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Bruno S Intelligent, intriguing and pandemic Rated 4 out of 5 stars 11/04/24 Full Review Andrew R A nothingburger with a fancy presentation. Correlation and symbolism does not mean that a movie has any value or anything to say. It's tonally all over the place, and action is as rare as Ebola. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 10/31/24 Full Review Derek D If you gave this movie over 1 start you’re an idiot. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 10/31/24 Full Review Audience Member I can understand why critics can praise it but was disappointed. Although I overall think it’s a good film, in this day and age it would be a great pilot to a series. Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler As a zombie movie fan I wish there would have been more of that, they just tell you that other people are quarantined. Also, no ‘zombie’ ever converts another person to one. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 10/23/24 Full Review Will P This film breathes nothing but death into the genre. The concept is straight out of 28 Days Later but the execution is like an even more boring, joyless Into The Wild. Imagine Christopher McCandless killing everyone he met with a virus, in a really boring way. That's the film. God, it's boring. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 10/23/24 Full Review Julian V Must see, incredible. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/17/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Jess is a woman on the run, desperate to cross the Canadian border to escape her past. On her tail is Elsa, a resourceful agent, whose recent life-altering diagnosis leaves her one step behind. As their chase narrows to the mountains of the Pacific Northwest, holes in Elsa's investigation begin to fill with fresh bodies. Soon the pursuit spirals toward its harrowing confrontation between the two women, in search of meaning and redemption, on the razor's edge of catastrophe.
Director
John Rosman
Producer
Mike Marchlewski, T. Justin Ross
Screenwriter
John Rosman
Distributor
Brainstorm Media
Production Co
American Storyworks, Great Lakes Vacuum Supplies Unlimited
Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 3, 2024, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
May 3, 2024
Runtime
1h 25m
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