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A month passes and the Russian military is still scrambling to respond to the threat from ⦠what? Terrorism? Nuclear war? Natural disaster? Everyone outside the Moscow safe area is presumed dead. Over 99% of humanity wiped out. Oleg is sent into the quarantine zone around Moscow with an elite recon unit to gather intelligence, and joined by taxi driver reservist Yura (Pyotr Fyodorov). After passing through eerily deserted towns they are suddenly pitted against a zombified horde of people in a series unrelenting and thunderously macho action sequences.
Back at military headquarters itâs becoming increasingly clear that the cause of this cataclysm is extraterrestrial. A small number of survivors are receiving messages from a mysterious being, who is controlling the minds of the attacking hordes. The filmâs most interesting character is a female military top brass, Lieutenant Osmolovskaya (Kseniya Kutepova). She makes contact with the alien â who turns out to be the