jadavix "Cannibal Apocalypse" is a tedious, pointless waste of time that offers no apocalypse and barely any cannibalism.In fact it is barely even a horror movie: there's only one scene late in the movie that registers as a possible source of tension and the violence is actually really minimal.The movie is something about a group of Vietnam vets getting a disease that makes them cannibals. The character played by John Saxon is a vet who may be going psycho himself. There is an interminable sequence early in the movie where one of these crazy veterans - named Charles Bukowski(?) - is holed up in a store he tried to rob shooting at police. So the disease makes you eat people, but also try to rob stores?The movie has this oddly distancing feeling to it. Saxon being the hero who may also be about to join the bad guys should be a source of dramatic tension, but is not explored. The movie is more like long, tedious shots of a city with the odd violent moment thrown in.

blackwolf Antonio Margheriti gave me exactly what I wanted, and more. Blood and guts? Check. Decent paced story? Check. Cool as hell camera angels? Check. If you've read into the backstory of John Saxon giving a bad performance, you'd be surprised to know his sub-par acting is miles above those who try, but fail. Plus, cannibalism as a disease? That's f*****g awesome. This movie, to me, was way better than many of the other cannibal films that recycle the whole "tribesmen getting revenge on white man" story. Who would of thought cannibalism in the big city would be so effective? If you can even get a copy of this film, give it a go.

Aaron1375 I have not seen all that many cannibal films, in fact, the only other one I have seen is the zombie/cannibal mash up, "Zombie Holocaust". I have seen previews from some of the other cannibal films and from what I have seen, I just am not all that keen on seeing them. The reason I wanted to see this one is because it sounded more interesting than those films in that it does not take place within the jungles and cannibalism in this film is transferred much like rabies. It also starred John Saxon and he does a rather good job here which is funny in that he really did not like making this film. Of course, the director was not all that happy about this one either. Nor was the one actor who played, Bob in City of the Living Dead, basically saying that this is the worst film he played in. So apparently, the way to make a good cannibal film is to bring a bunch of people together who do not want to make the film and force them too and the result ends up being a very nice Italian splatter film.The story has a Vietnam veteran who is trying to cope with nightmares he is having about the time he saved his buddies in Nam. Apparently, one of them, chomped his arm and now he has started to have cravings for meat. One of his friends goes on a rampage during what is sort of a weekend pass out of a mental institution and soon he and his buddy still locked up begin to melt down and revert to the flesh eating that they ended up turning to when in Vietnam. Turns out they also transfer this condition to others and soon the police are having to try and stop the three Nam buddies and a nurse, before they can infect the entire city with this strange virus.The film was good and fast paced as it never lingered to long on pointless plot points to pad out the film like so many lower budget horror films tend to do. There is ample gore, but never does it go overboard like other cannibal films. Granted, I have never seen ones such as Cannibal Holocaust, but I have seen the trailer and it is quite bad. I also felt sympathy for the John Saxon character and that helped the film too. The man has struggled and kept this strange urge to eat human flesh controlled, but due to a lapse of good judgment by mental health officials his buddy got to him causing him to spiral downward quickly. The film is not perfect as they could have explained the virus better, but overall it was a nice film that passed time quite well.

Vomitron_G A cannibal-movie that actually tries and succeeds to be different. This movie transcends the cannibal genre and becomes something else. You'll have to get past the silly & inept Vietnam opening-scene, but then this movie turns into an urban tale of virus-outbreak. A cannibal-virus, that is. There's some violence, there's some drama, there's some nudity, there's some very nice gore and there are four cannibal-fugitives on the run. Awesome mixture that works! Add to that a satisfying ending, and we've got a hit! A hit with John Saxon in it, no less. "Cannibal Apocalypse" indeed feels, at times, a bit like Romero's "Dawn of the Dead" (1978), but the one movie that kept coming to my mind was David Cronenberg's "Rabid" (1977). So if you're tired of all those "half naked cannibals eating human flesh and slaughtering animals in the jungle"-flicks, and if Umberto Lenzi's "Nightmare City" (1980) just made you laugh instead of anything else, then go watch Antonio Margheriti's "Cannibal Apocalypse" (aka "Invasion of the Flesh Hunters"). And make 100% sure you get a hold of the uncut version.