Pretty standard zombie fare.
After a virus has wiped out most of the American population a group of survivors make a hazardous journey through a country teeming with zombie hordes seeking a rumoured sanctuary.
Being a Syfy presentation/Asylum production should tell you all you need to know about this movie-budget schlock aimed at capitalising on the success of the Walking Dead. Saying that I enjoyed it well enough. It was everything I was expecting with okay scripting, passable acting, tolerable directing and just enough action to keep things going at a fair old clip.
A few things however,
Ving Rhames has star billing and yet his character comes across as somewhat of an afterthought. His character, and the actor, are not served well at all in this movie. Which is bizarre considering his billing.
Why didn't the survivors take the sniper rifle? I mean you would think that you need all the hardware you can get your hands on, right? Pretty sure there was some ammo on the floor too (not just shell casings).
CGI blood and gore. Ugh. Always looks bad no matter how much you spend on it. And this being a budget movie? Yeah. Not good.
Lesley-Ann Brandt, who despite being a survivor on the run for months in a zombie infested dystopia, looks like she has come straight from the makeup trailer. She looks fabulous and continues to do so throughout the movie, despite going all Kill Bill whenever she runs into any zombies.
Zombies in this film set ambushes for the survivors. This happens about three times and I just find it bizarre. I mean, when i think of zombies I think of animated corpses incapable of cognitive thought just shuffling about mindlessly. I dunno. Maybe it's just me.
That CGI tiger. Absolutely horrendous. And not in a good (as in terrifying) way. Just plain bad, bad, bad.
All in all however I enjoyed this movie. It was pretty much what i was expecting it to be. I've seen better zombie movies to be sure. Seen a lot worse too.
Recommended if this is your thing.
Zombie Apocalypse
2011
Action / Adventure / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Zombie Apocalypse
2011
Action / Adventure / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Plot summary
Months after a zombie plague has wiped out 90 percent of the American population, a small group of survivors fight their way cross-country to a rumored refuge on the island of Catalina.
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Just about watchable
Zombie Apocalypse? More like a writing, directing, and acting apocalypse!
What can I say about this stinker? Yet another "SyFy Channel Original Movie" - otherwise known as a poorly produced steaming pile of schlock. It actually took two writers to come up with this garbage? It isn't even good for purely mocking purposes. Makeup people - when you feature a zombie in a fight, make sure you glue down their prosthetics! Computer animation effects team - you have to animate the rounds going into the gun, not just the empty shells exiting the breach . . . Ving, what happened to your career? Whew!
How is it remotely possible that SyFy can produce such great original series, but the absolute WORST movies? For good zombie fare, check out "The Walking Dead," where you actually care about the characters and the writing, direction and acting are solid. Don't waste your time - avoid this one at all costs!