BLOCK Z (2020) Hey what's up guys. Today
I'll show you a horror-thriller film: "Block Z"! Spoiler ahead, watch out and take care!
The movie begins with a series of news headlines, detailing the epidemic of
an unknown virus in the Philippines. Meanwhile, Mario shuts off the radio after
hearing the report on the epidemic. He is driving his daughter, PJ, a senior medical student at San
Lazaro University, to campus for her first day of classes. Afterward, Mario discusses
the epidemic with his daughter, and asks if she has been vaccinated, but PJ brushes him off.
Mario had a strained relationship with PJ since her mother's death. PJ holds him responsible for
not being with them in the Philippines, when her mother suffered a fatal stroke. The fact that she
failed to save her mother also traumatized PJ. When PJ ignores his question, Mario changes the
topic, and apologizes for not being with them before her mother dies. Mario reasons that he
wanted to go home before, but being an overseas Filipino worker was hard to request leave from
work. However, PJ is still not convinced by his excuse. PJ ends their discussion, by reminding her
father to pay for her overdue tuition payment. Afterward, PJ gets out of the car, and decides
to walk to school instead because of traffic. Just then, PJ arrives at San Lazaro University.
She attends the class with her longtime friends and classmates from Block Z, medical students
Erika and Myles, and the basketball team captain, Lucas, who harbors hormone feelings for PJ.
Erika discusses the impact of the virus on junior students, which attacks and kills its victims by
destroying their brains. Then she inquires a junior student about how to avoid dying;
but he is at a loss for words. Consequently, PJ provides an alternative response,
by stating that the only way to escape death is to develop immunity to it. PJ elaborates that
there may be mutations that render certain people immune to the virus, just like a genetic lottery.
After class, Erika tries to bring PJ, Lucas, and Myles out for some after-school
fun; but they decline. Lucas excuses that he cannot go because of his basketball practice,
while PJ and Myles need to study. Meanwhile, the Chancellor and student
council committee members, BullyBoy and BullyGirl, approach the activist student group, demanding
that tuition fees be rolled back. The Chancellor suggests they bring up their issue with the
student council, but the student activist leader flatly refuses. Consequently, BullyBoy intervenes,
assuring the protesting students that he will personally represent their viewpoint to the
Chancellor. But BullyBoy's words of support don't sway them, because they know he does not carry
out the duties of a student council officer. On the other hand, Mario calls his friend while
driving. He favors borrowing some money to pay PJ's tuition, since he is currently unemployed
after completing his contract overseas. But Mario's friend could not lend it,
because he had already used the money to pay for his medical expenses.
While conversing on the phone, Mario fails to notice a youngster deliberately running
in front of his moving automobile. The whole thing is a con to stealing money;
but Mario is wise to his tricks. Instead of paying the youngster for the incident,
Mario brings him to San Lazaro's Hospital. It's training time, and PJ and Erika begin
their duty at San Lazaro's Hospital. a mother who seems to have a human bite on her leg,
has been assigned to their care. PJ then checks the woman's respiration,
and instructs her to lie down to examine the superficial wound, at which point the woman
suffers a seizure and passes away. This prompts PJ to save her while panicking, but the doctor
immediately stops her. Apparently, the woman's death causes PJ to remember her mother's passing.
Afterward, PJ comforts the woman's young daughter, who is grieving the loss of her mother.
Meanwhile, Mario spots PJ and Erika, and approaches them. He then informs his daughter
that he accidentally ran over a kid in the street, and needs to pay for his X-Ray, making PJ even
more stressed. Because of that, Erika interrupts them to excuse PJ for a little walk outside.
On the other hand, Myles and a fellow student head over to bring the woman's body to the morgue.
However, they suddenly notice waves moving on the woman's electrocardiogram, showing that she is
still alive. Eventually, the woman reanimates, and bites the fellow's neck, causing Myles to flee.
she begins attacking other people in the hospital, causing them to be infected, and
reanimate as undead. Stunned, Mario quickly takes the youngster with him, and flees together.
The undead then begins slaughtering several students and personnel around the university,
including Lucas's basketball team, wherein Lucas is the lone survivor. He manages to flee
the horde of zombies, and look for his friends; but he ends up meeting Mario and the youngster.
Lucas then ensures they are not infected; but Mario says the youngster got bitten.
Due to that, Lucas and Mario are forced to kill the youngster after witnessing his transformation.
Afterward, they decide to separate to find PJ. Meanwhile, Myles runs away from the hospital,
and ends up in his professor's office, where he encounters PJ and Erika. Myles discovers they are
also telling a theory about the woman's bizarre state. So Myles adds information to PJ and Erika's
report, about the infected woman returning to life and spreading the infection to others.
Initially skeptical of Myles' claim, PJ and Erika check their phones for confirmation.
PJ receives texts from Lucas, warning of the infection's spread throughout the university;
and Erika sees a video of a fellow student being bitten by the undead.
A student running away from the zombie outside heightens PJ and Erika's fear. Luckily,
the professor hastily closes the door, before the zombie can attack them. PJ
and Erika then use a huge cabinet to block the door, and call Myles for more support.
As they hold the door, Erika asks Myles for an escape plan, when suddenly they hear Lucas'
voice outside and quickly open it. Following this, Lucas orders his companions' evacuation,
including his professor. But he eventually discovers that their professor got bitten by
a zombie, and turned into one. Because of that, the four plot to eliminate their professor,
and then flee the school. However, the military already starts a campus quarantine,
and is forced to shoot zombies and students escaping from the front gate.
Meanwhile, BullyBoy contacts his general father for evacuation via helicopter on the hospital's
helipad. BullyBoy's father agrees, but informs BullyBoy that it will arrive tomorrow at 5 AM,
and can only carry two people. So BullyBoy tells BullyGirl not to inform anyone about the rescue,
as they are the only students chosen to be saved. Nevertheless, BullyGirl discreetly messages the
student leaders to disseminate the information. Myles received BullyGirl's message. He then tells
the rest that a rescue helicopter will come to the hospital roof at 5 AM. Because of that,
PJ quickly selects the routes they will take to get to the hospital:
the church and library as a halfway stop, followed by the pool and the actual hospital.
When BullyBoy discovers that BullyGirl has disobeyed him, he doesn't waste any time to
remove BullyGirl from being rescued. But BullyGirl shows no care about it,
and chastises BullyBoy for being selfish despite having the resources to help everyone. Eventually,
their discussion ends in a scuffle, and BullyBoy accidentally pushes BullyGirl off a staircase,
ending her bullying life. While on route to the hospital,
PJ and her pals stumble upon the scene. They race to the stairwell, and discover that BullyGirl has
fallen. In a state of panic, BullyBoy fabricates a cover story, in which he justifies killing
BullyGirl by saying that she was infected, and he had to act in self-defense. Unfortunately,
the group is convinced to believe BullyBoy's deception, and accepts him into their group.
After that, everybody packs up and heads outside. The group then continues to the church,
only to find that the path is littered with zombies. Consequently, Lucas orders his group
to sneak through the crowd of zombies one at a time. Myles and Erika go ahead,
while BullyBoy comes in second. Luckily, the zombies are rendered blind by the red light,
allowing the three to pass through safely. PJ and Lucas get separated from the three.
Shortly as they make it through the zombies, the power suddenly returns, enabling the
undead a chance to see them and chase them. PJ and Lucas head to the parking lot. They hide
under the vehicle, and crawl to escape from the zombies. Once they see an area is a safe zone,
they immediately get out, when suddenly the Chancellor, who eventually turns into a zombie,
attacks them. Both PJ and Lucas sprinted to get through the fence.
Just then, PJ and Lucas reunite with the group outside the church. They try opening its door;
but it is locked. This causes the group to freak out, because the zombies begin
to surround them. Forced to take action, the group fights against the zombies,
only to learn that they are indestructible. The group then raises their weapons in anticipation
of battle as more zombies are approaching; but Mario unexpectedly opens the church entrance,
and lets them inside. It seems that Mario and two others have managed to hide inside the chapel.
Mario and the security guard use the firearms and shoot zombies in the head,
killing them instantly. Afterward, they lock the door to keep the zombies out.
Inside the church, the group starts talking. Myles tells them that the infected people are
carrying a new virus. However, PJ disagrees, arguing that the disease may be an old-adapted
virus. PJ also claims that the rapid spread can be attributed to infected individuals,
exhibiting rabies-like symptoms. Four hours before the rescue, PJ informs the
group that they must move immediately. However, BullyBoy reveals that people must be left behind,
as the helicopter can only fit two people. This causes the group to feel angry, and PJ convinces
BullyBoy that he needs them to survive. BullyBoy hasn't agreed yet; but PJ already decides to stick
them together, until they reach the helipad. The group passes by the faculty afterward.
However, the girl sees her zombified mother, and rushes to her side, causing her to draw
the zombies' attention. The zombies devour the girl and her smelly part in the process, forcing
the others to leave, when BullyBoy unexpectedly locks them out and walks to the faculty alone.
The group temporarily rests in the dormitory, where they reminisce on their past as Mario
plays the guitar. Because of that, PJ and her father finally reconcile. PJ then stands to
find clothes in the closet, when suddenly a zombie attacks her. So Mario promptly kills
the zombie and saves PJ. However, Mario notices a bite on his right hand, indicating that the
zombie has bitten him before it gets killed. Mario gives the order to kill him, when he
realizes he is going to turn. But the security guard opts to lock him in the dormitory's storage
closet. In contrast, PJ disagrees with the group's decision, and insists that she can still cure her
father. Unfortunately, Mario has already decided, and Lucas gets PJ away from him. Because of that,
PJ has no choice but to bid goodbye to her father, and leave the dormitory room without him.
One hour before 5 AM, the group continues en route to the hospital.
While they are on their way, the group suddenly begins dwindling. Myles is the first to die,
as he is attacked and mortally injured by a wandering zombie. Next is the security guard,
who decides to stay behind, and protect them from the zombies. Then there's Erika,
who gives up her life and acts as bait, so PJ and Lucas can escape the shitty zombies. Apparently,
they soon discover the zombies' weakness is water, after jumping into the pool.
PJ and Lucas did not waste any time leaving the pool area. They quickly run their wet butts away,
and head straight to the helipad. Once they reach the hospital roof,
Lucas quickly lifts the heavy PJ to the helipad, because the zombies are
poised to destroy the door and attack. Then suddenly, Lucas decides to use himself as bait,
and leap off the building in an attempt to lure the zombies away. Because of that, a distraught
PJ suffers from the emotional strain of losing his family and friends, and then she passes out.
After some time, the sun eventually rises, and PJ awakens with no helicopter in sight.
she then gets astounded to find a bite mark on her hand, but she did not morph into a zombie.
she learns that she is immune to the infection. As a result, she resolves to return to the dormitory
halls, and eliminate the zombie threat. PJ reunites with her father later on. She
then discovers that Mario is also immune to the virus. Shortly after reuniting,
the two decide to explore an ancient tunnel underneath the church, where the girl had
previously discovered upon following a cat. Once there, they suddenly find BullyBoy,
delusional from the virus and resentful, because he believes his father has abandoned him. Mario
tries to calm him; but BullyBoy starts to bite Mario and PJ to turn them into zombies. Luckily,
Mario managed to knock BullyBoy down. Afterward, PJ and Mario escape through a smelly manhole,
and leave BullyBoy to be devoured by an oncoming horde of zombies.
The movie ends with PJ and her father fleeing the university using the ancient tunnel. However, they
soon realize that the infection has spread beyond the university into an expansive city. So they
prepare to arm themselves for another battle. It's also revealed that the security guard survived
after broadcasting her message, and a news report shares that a large typhoon will engulf the
Philippines, which can weaken the zombies as they are vulnerable to water. Then two weeks after the
storm, another survivor is revealed, wherein Lucas is found alive and badly injured by a
group of raiders. It's then shown that the leader decides to take Lucas and be part of their group.
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