Rammbock otherwise known as Berlin Dead and Siege Of The Dead is a German zombie movie which tells the very generic story of the beginning of a zombie outbreak but does it competently enough to be passable.It follows two strangers who are forced to barricade themselves inside a block of flats and try to survive. Basically your usual tropes so don't expect anything original here.It plays the realistic angle and reminded me of the 28 Days Later (2002) movies despite these actually being zombies.It looks okay, the characters are passable but it's so unoriginal it made my balls rattle. It really is paint by numbers stuff so if you like generic zombie films this may very well be what you're looking for. Sadly after countless zombie epics including the more recent Train To Busan (2016) and Wyrmwood (2014) I do find myself expecting more.The Good:Realistic approachGenerally passable stuffThe Bad:No originality at allLead bounces from annoying to patheticThings I Learnt From This Movie:Bent fork heads don't make the best projectilesFork desecration is a womans primary concern during a zombie apocalypse

My God! Sorry... German flick... Mein Gott! Let me preface this by stating I love zombie movies, and have been watching them since the 70's, so I've seen my share of them. Except for - of course - Warm Bodies, this is the first time I ever rooted for the zombies. By 20 minutes in, I was begging the Z's to put this film out of it's misery and pleeeeeease kill off the wholly unlikeable main character. It was purely morbid curiosity that kept me around for the end of this stinker. I did not check the spoiler alert box, so I will not give specifics, but I will say the ending left me shaking my head and asking, "Seriously? Are you kidding me?" Watch this movie only if you have two hours of your life you wouldn't rather spend, I don't know... painting the hall closet? getting a root canal?

After confining themselves into an apartment complex following a massive zombie outbreak, two strangers try to survive without infection while trying to help the others stranded in the complex with them stave off the encroaching undead hordes outside the building.This was a pretty enjoyable effort, though there's some rather pronounced flaws here. Most notably, the fact that this one barely lasts an hour in length doesn't allow much time to do anything in terms of getting the story developed, as we know nothing about what's going on, the start of the virus or anything else, they just show up at the start of the movie and an hour later it's over. That leaves a huge mark as to be completely unsure of what's going on, and then combined with the utterly banal human characters that aren't that interesting to follow and what we should be following them, it's really hard to get into this one. Thankfully, all the zombie scenes here are where it's at here, with the undead hordes being quite involved in the proceedings and getting lots of close calls as they swarm around the group trying to get out, the make-up isn't that atrocious and some of the gore gags are done nicely. It's nothing new we haven't seen before, but it's done well what's here so it's pretty enjoyable.Rated R: Graphic Violence and Language.

Imagine Rear Window meets 28 Days Later, in German and only 1hr and 1minute long ... I know it sound surreal and I know it sounds like wouldn't work but it does. The most thoughtful Zombie movie I've seen. Our protagonist is everyman Michael, an everyday character you only find in European movies. The production is missing that mainstream glamor and is better for it: the actors don't look like actors with dirt rubbed in their clothes and on their faces, they look and behave like real people in extraordinary circumstances. They make stupid mistakes but they aren't in a rush to die. The story is similarly small in scope although you are aware of the bigger situation without being shown much more than broad landscapes. Beyond the realism the film explores love in a non-hokey way: new, established and broken relationships and what normal people will do for the people they love. Hollywood would screw it up so I hope it doesn't get re-made - just muscle through the subtitles and see it as it's just about perfect as it is.