The company learns of the zombie outbreak when a chemist examining one of Carter's samples at their lab is infected by the altered sap.
Tyler's father wishes to send an evacuation to rescue his son but is overruled by the other members of the board, who decide to set up a quarantine.
After reuniting at the logging base, Mac recovers another truck and the group decides to travel to another abandoned facility in the hopes of radioing for help.
Later, Carter becomes overwhelmed by guilt and confesses that the company had him conducting genetic experiments to grow the trees faster, leading to an increase in profit.
The next day, Carter is selected to enter the pen, but he becomes frightened and jams his gun, ending up needing to be rescued.
"[4] Brian McNail from Brutal As Hell called the film "boring and stereotypical", though he stated that the gore and acting were both good.
[5] Daniel Benson of HorrorTalk.com rated it 3.5/5 stars and called it "a fairly enjoyable zombie romp" that lacks originality.
[7] Peter Dendle called the film generic and predictable, though he wrote that the fresh setting and uniquely Canadian feel help.