The Battery

If you want a drama that takes its characters as seriously as its plot, The Battery is available in Australia on Amazon Prime Video and Brew, and in the US on Amazon Prime Video and Brew right now. The runtime earns every minute, with nothing here that feels like padding. With 307 viewer ratings on TMDB, this is not a title flying under the radar. Jeremy Gardner leads a cast that never overplays its hand. Put it on tonight on Amazon Prime Video and see for yourself.

Part of the current wave of titles people are actually watching, The Battery earns its spot. The Battery trusts its audience to sit with discomfort instead of resolving it too quickly. In rural Connecticut, baseball players Ben and Mickey are trying to survive a zombie plague. They are forced to form a battery: a catcher and a pitcher who work together to outwit the batter, the one who hits the ball. And the batter in this case just happens to be a zombie. Jeremy Gardner and Adam Cronheim lead a cast that treats the material with real seriousness. It was released in 2012. The performances in The Battery do a lot of work in the silences between the dialogue. It delivers reliably on what it promises, which is more than most of its competition manages.

Viewers drawn to character-driven storytelling will find plenty to sit with in The Battery. It does not lean on comparisons to make its case. It is a manageable watch, easy to fit into a single evening. Jeremy Gardner anchors a cast that never overplays its hand. The kind of drama that stays with you well after the finale.