Craig "Dan from Eastenders" Fairbrass and Danny "Fahkin" Dyer star in a poor mans '28 Days Later' fast moving brainless zombie film set in London. Its the standard story of science experiment gone wrong causing widespread zombie infection, a group of survivors have to find away to escape after dealing with their own personal situations. The narrative is duller than dishwater and the acting is like somebody hand made marionette puppets and flung them around in front of a camera - it is that wooden. The zombies were fast and acrobatic so you'd think there may be some empathy shown towards the survivors but in truth I didn't actually care, Danny Dyer plays the same "can't be arsed" pseudo hard man he does usually so I struggled to care for him, likewise Fairbrass. Sean Pertwee's cameo is quite amusing but it's far too short, as he 'legs it' into the boat I kept hoping to see him again but alas not. There are a few moments that made me laugh but I'm assured the film was supposed to be serious, in that department it failed, more lame duck than happy quacker. The zombies in the film are quicker and cleverer than the story, this was unoriginal, unconvincing, and unamusing. This maybe a good film to anyone new to the genre but hardened zombie fans won't be excited.

East End wide-boy Danny Dyer stars in this low-rent copy of Danny Boyle's 28 DAYS LATER, with infected zombie types racing around London and chowing down on unsuspecting passers-by. The twist in this one is that the zombies employ parkour, well in reality one or two of the same ones do, but it's hardly of the calibre seen in the likes of DISTRICT 13. In fact it's a random gimmick that adds nothing to the production whatsoever.Dyer's thunder is completely stolen here by the presence of proper hard man Craig Fairbrass (CLIFFHANGER), playing a tough, Ray Stevenson lookalike who seems to spend the entire running time hitting zombies in the head with the hammer. Well, it's a way to make money. The production values are low rent but acceptable here, and there's certainly a fast pace to keep you occupied while the clichéd storyline plays out.The supporting cast incorporates familiar faces like TV's MyAnna Buring (RIPPER STREET) playing somebody who might just hold the key to the cure for the zombie virus. Elsewhere, Sean Pertwee and Colin Salmon turn up for brief cameos early on, while DOOMSDAY villain Craig Conway bags a good guy role for a change. The production is similar in scope to the other Fairbrass starrer DEAD CERT, with the trade-off being that the humour is missing in favour of slightly better production values. Whatever way you look at it this is hardly the stuff of greatness, but it passes the time for the undemanding fan and it's certainly far from the worst zombie movie out there.

I'm a fan of horror movies, and Devil's Playground is really not as bad as to deserve less than 5 stars. It's definitely above average. I have seen a lot more worse zombie flicks. I like the storyline and most importantly, this movie managed to keep me on tenterhooks. When the new testing drug, that was made to enhance physical performance failed and turned the 29,999 testers into athletic zombies. Cole (the mercenary), under the last plead from a dying scientist has to find Angela in time. As she was the #30,000 tester unaccounted for and most likely was immune to it. Ignore the negative reviews here and watch the show for yourself (That's what i did and i have no regrets).

A zombie apocalypse happens upon London... Now stop right there do not compare this movie to 28 days later, this is certainly not as good but in my opinion not far off.It is a very entertaining movie which i enjoyed very much, the characters could have used a bit more zing in their step and the story could have had a bit more drive but you cant have everything for a low budget movie. My two problems with this movie were however, the zombies. Thet are all thin, athletic free runners! Apparently during a zombie apocalypse all the fat and old people in Britain seem to vanish. Secondly the acting talent of Danny dyer, Now i don't mind some of his movies by any means however he just looks lost and uncomfortable with this role right until the end of the movie where he displays a little spark.Howvere the positives do out-way the negatives i would recommend this for fans of the zombie horror genre and of British horror movies