Let me say, I am a big fan of zombie flicks. There are some good ones and some bad ones. This one is really bad. For a movie with some big names the acting is pretty lousy and unconvincing. The special effects are all CGI and not even good CGI. In one scene the survivors place a M-60 on a shopping cart and begin firing at a zombie horde, there is no recoil movement, the gun-cart sits perfectly still, there is no ammo belt movement, no ejected cartridges. Just a lame CGI flame at the end of the barrel. This is just one of many such examples of poor video production. It's as if the film makers didn't even try. I can't believe Ving Rhames would put his name to such a awful movie. I'm guessing the lions share of the budget went to him. I couldn't even make it to the end. I'm glad I didn't pay money to see it. Steer clear of this one.
... View MoreI found it very hard to watch this movie to the end. The acting was awful, the sfx were hilarious, the plot was paper thin.I normally like zombie flicks, but this thing was not worth the time I spent watching it. I really rather had watched some kind of romantic movie, which I actually don't like at all.In one scene, a group of zombie is blown up with a hand grenade. These zombies walk between a wall and a black car (about 1 meter apart). After the explosion the car looks fine (no dents or what ever), some flame effects suggest there was an explosion, but that is about it. No crack in the wall, no overturned or damaged car. This is only one example of the many flaws of this movie.
... View MoreAfter a zombie virus decimates and nearly destroys humanity, separate groups of survivors band together to reach a safe-haven and battle through the ravenous hordes of the undead to reach their destination.This was a decent enough zombie effort which has a lot to like. Among the best parts of this one comes from the fast-paced plot here, mostly due to the fact that this one just starts off immediately with the zombie invasion and never really lets up at all, continually going forward with a never-ending series of extremely fun, high-energy confrontations that manage to feature just a large number of action scenes. The opening attack on the trio in the abandoned ghost town is really fun as they continually appear and overwhelm the trio forcing the last-minute save which is an incredibly fun brawl, the later ambush in the sporting goods store and a fight in the school are quite fun attacks, though this one gets its best values in the later half. The big attack in the suburbs, where the group is overrun by the horde of swarming zombies that requires the save from the other roving band of survivors that also splits the group up, the rather fun encounters of each team as the main group encounters the zombies on the outskirts in several extended chase sequences as the split group gets deeper into the city on their own encounters with the zombies before finally meeting up again as the huge group dashes to the city docks away from the creatures and finally getting the all-out fun of the zombified creatures coming into play here with the final brawl to get clear in order to finally be safe. These here give this a rather large amount of action that carries throughout here that brings another big positive into play here with the high number of personnel in the groups also makes for some good times, due to the fact that it allows for more to succumb to the attacks as well as giving off more gore during those scenes, from the zombie violence and the blood and gore featured amongst it all that provide a lot of enjoyment. Along with the utterly enjoyable zombie make-up that gives the creatures a great look, that this one also features a decent enough back-story here to explain the world-wide epidemic actually coming to fruition in some decent addition action scenes, all of which give this one a lot to like that can hold off the film's few flaws. The main problem with this is the inconsistencies with the creatures as the fact that the zombies tend to fluctuate between the running kind or the slow, shambling kind all the time without any kind of merit paid to which one is used throughout the scene, and the distracting nature is somewhat off. The last problematic area is the usually typical but still noticeably bad CGI, not only utilized for the cityscapes off in the distance and all kinds of gunfire when it's noticeable that it wasn't fired at all but also gets used for the blood-splatter which occurs on both species and letting the wounds themselves appear as practical matters. Overall, it's still a lot of fun even with these flaws.Rated R: Graphic Violence, Language and violence-against-animals.
... View More****WARNING POSSIBLE SPOILER ALERT*************This Movie had really bad ratings all over. a lot of people did not like it for Various Reasons. I kinda went into watching this movie knowing not to expect much, after all it is a straight to TV movie. Or a some like to Call them "B Grade" Flicks. But I liked it, It was pretty good for those of us fans of the Genre. Pros: 1. I was truly shocked as to how well this movie did being it had a TV Movie Budget. 2. The filming of the Location was decent, or at least they tried to make the same neighborhood used throughout the Movie Apocalyptic. 3. The actors played their parts OK, their acting wasn't Academy Worthy, but definitely a lot better than most other TV (Especially SyFy Movie actors lol) 4. The overall story was written out pretty well, it wasn't a movie that was hard to follow like other Zombie Films.Cons: 1. The CGI was Horrible!, I don't want to be such a critique but my oh my it was bad. But I constantly have to remind myself that this isn't Zombieland, or 28 Days/Weeks Later. 2. They seem to have used the same extras for zombies over and over lmao. 3. The filming location was obviously the same through out the movie, They keep mentioning wanting to get to Catalina Island yet it seems they keep circling Catalina Ct. 4. The makeup on some of the extras was pretty bad, and some zombies could have apparently ran in the Olympics... 5. This list could go on.I'll end it like this, if you like the Zombie Genre, or Horror/Thriller/Comedy. Check this one out but take it with a grain of salt. I give this film an 8 for trying across all over the board, most other notable actors:when making a low budget film. Do a purposely horrible job, not this cast or crew. 8 out of 10 on a "B Grade" Scale... but on a normal big time Hollywood scale this movie deserves the 4 haha..Cheers my friends.
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