Several scenes shot in the island diner cleverly evoke Hitchcock’s The Birds, as the islanders (some of them anyway) become more and more panicked about their isolation, their dwindling food supplies, and, before too long, the inexplicable and bloody deaths of some of their number. Sam, still grieving, has picked up her work and has become convinced not only that she was right but that the mysterious predator has moved up to Maine.Īlong with every other islander and a few visitors, Sam and his family are trapped on what they find out is “Island Zero” when the ferry fails to show up several days in a row and all communication with the mainland is broken off. When she disappeared, she had been working on the theory that the fish were being eaten by an apex predator that hadn’t yet been identified. His wife, also a marine biologist who vanished mysteriously at sea four years ago, had been studying fishery collapse-a phenomenon happening all along the eastern seaboard. Island Zero quickly puts us into the realm of a quite conceivable dystopian scenario as it follows a marine biologist, Sam (Adam Wade McLaughlin), who is trying to figure out why the local fish population seems to have vanished-“sudden unexplained collapse of the fishery” he calls it. There are also some powerful location shots as the director mines the Maine island of Islesboro for its bleak beauty. While undeniably low-budget, Island Zero has a lot going for it –including excellent writing and direction and some stellar performances-especially by Laila Robins as the local doctor, Maggie.
Island Zero is directed by Josh Gerritsen and written by Tess Gerritsen, the best-selling crime author of the Rizzoli and Isles series.
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