How dare any of you compare this to Starship Troopers, which for a long time was one of the best cult classics. Starship was one of those movies that when it was on t.v. you knew it was gonna be a good night. Anyways, Re-kill? Watch it high. My biggest gripe with this movie is, just call them zombies! You know, that term we've already branded the living dead for probably thousands of years? You don't need to invent a new term for them, and if you do, that's fine, but switch it up.
... View MoreWow This Was Very Good ... Imagine You Are Trapped At Home In A Zombie Outbreak ... Your Only Communication With The Outside World Is The New Re-kill Network ... A Kind Of 24/7 Zombie News Network ... Even The Commercial Are Outbreak Related ... The Re-kill Show Follows Special Op Teams Who Are Sent Out To Eliminate Zombies Or Rescue Survivors ... The Action Is Good, Acting Was (Under The Movie Circumstances) Not Bad, The Script Was Original And Engaging ...
... View MoreI found this among the best-ever movies of it genre. It reminded me of Network and Putney Swope and some others. Wonderfully detailed, nearly verisimilitude, great mockumentary, funny as heck, look for "wrangler" credits.Like Network, which seemed so improbable until we realized that virtually every detail of Network came to be, this movie presents huge sci-fi/horror speculation that also bears a lot of resemblance to current events.The commercials were among the best parts.Greg
... View MoreSo I've been trawling through the zombie horrors as of late. By chance I happened upon Re-Kill, which I originally bypassed on release! I can still see why, but I found myself surprised by how well-executed the action/horror was. Drop the corny REC (Spanish zombie movie) dialogue, the First Person camera angles (which caused me some motion sickness) and a few pointless scenes here and there and this movie is actually a nod to '80s Paul Verhoeven sci-fi parody and Left 4 Dead multi-player gaming.It's not there for the drama or to deliver a message, it's solely there for the experience and as zombie shoot-'em-ups go, it does a fine job when it gathers momentum. It just takes some effort to get there as a result of distracting cut-aways to scenes the movie didn't need.What surprised me first and foremost, though, was its cast. Roger R. Cross never quite made the transition from TV face to movie lead since cult sci-fi series First Wave.In Re-Kill he gets his own platoon and he kicks ass. His character is quite reminiscent of Tony Todd's performance in the 1990 Night of the Living Dead remake.Also surprising was the return of '90s rent-a-villain Bruce Payne, who takes the crazy hero slant for once. He's still creepy as hell, though. And Scott Adkins, a martial arts action hero as a meat-headed SWAT trooper? He's pretty intense and very welcome for this one.Some other actors could have done a better job, or simply not had a job. At first you won't know if Re-Kill is trying to be serious or just resemble the silly 3D movies they used to play at Alton Towers but eventually it comes into its own.I just wish they had a director's cut with the idiot cameraman voice deleted, or rewritten and performed by someone who isn't irritating.Good effort, just not a great contender!
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