Directed by: Jonny Campbell
Starring: Joe Keery, Georgina Campbell, Liam Neeson, Lesley Manville, Sosie Bacon, Vanessa Redgrave
Cold Storage is a version of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, with the snatcher being a nasty green fungus which can penetrate just about anything to attach itself to its host. As Cold Storage opens, a scientist (Bacon) and two military operatives (Neeson and Manville) travel to Australia to find this mysterious fungus which has killed numerous people and animals. The fungus manages to invade the hazmat suit of the doctor and soon it takes over her body, causing her to explode. The operatives escape with the sample of the fungus, which is kept in a government lab in the middle of nowhere.
The lab is abandoned sometime later, with the fungus still stored in a vault long forgotten and a storage facility built on top of it. One night, two employees Travis (Keery) and Naomi (Campbell) encounter strange happenings, such as a deer entering the facility, attacking them, and soon exploding. Naomi's boyfriend also shows up to confront her about Naomi dumping him and he soon begins acting weird. Travis and Naomi's boss also comes by with his biker friends and you know the drill by now.
Neeson also reappears after being called into duty to destroy the goo and keep it contained. Neeson has fun with the role with the other actors understanding that Cold Storage isn't meant to be taken too seriously. The movie itself is occasionally amusing, with lots of green goo everywhere and all of the villains getting their comeuppance, but it doesn't reach past a certain level of inspiration. It's ninety minutes that come and go, sometimes slowly, but for those who love this type of movie, you'll get what you came for.
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