Michael Ledo
Zombie movies follow a basic formula because they are metaphoric of life. A group of people with brains seek out a safe utopian world free from the unthinking zombies who blindly follow the crowd trying to kill the idealists. There are 2 types of zombies. There are the foot dragging raised from the dead zombies and the faster moving viral zombies. In this regard, the film has met the basic requirements for a decent zombie film.A group of survivors are headed toward the island of Catalina. Some die along the way. Some are added along the way as in any good zombie film. Why they choose to venture on foot rather than drive a heavily shielded vehicle, I don't know. The special effects were inexpensive CG critters, fires, and blood squirts. In these types of films it is the characters and dialouge that make the production stand out from other low budget movies. In that regard, this one failed to stand out. Ving Rhames needed a personality. Lesley-Ann Brandt had dead deliveries and wore jeans that never got dirty. Like John Wayne movies, multiple zombies die when one bullet is fired. The other film that goes by this name is far worse.Parental Guide: No f-bombs, sex, or nudity
vickydanville
I thought with a few decent actors that this film held promise but sadly no. It was shocking how they can kill so many yet not a hair gets out of place or a drop of blood on weapons or clothes, one character wearing a white jacket and boots looks like she has just stepped out of the salon. Come on guys attention to detail . The characters were likable and the acting was not that bad but the story line and zombies were poor and weak the makeup was over the top. Not a film to watch even if your bored and got nothing to do. Im sure this is one film these actors would like to put behind them. Id be interested to know how much they were paid for this.
GL84
After 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.
Rickie Mozessohn
What is the purpose of a film? To entertain? Zombie apocalypse does so.Acting - 2: A few recognisable actors were unable to pull the quality of this film. Both unrealistic, and sometimes annoying, each character does such a brilliant job of being crap, that at certain points we were all wondering if the acting style was deliberate as a mockery of the a- typical zombie flick.Plot - 5: A simple uninteresting storyline, with an overly predictable plot made the film dull. But what zombie film isn't? (aside from a few, walking dead, 28 days later etc.) We felt that with some nice special effects, the boring plot could have been an advantage.Special effects/technical - 1: Swords without blood stains, bad C.G.I bosses and some incredibly avoidable goofs is what ultimately brought this film down. It was clear that the director was a complete knob, or really didn't care about making a quality film. (I won't list the obvious mistakes, but there were many!)Script - 1: Wow. Nothing else to say. I really sometimes wonder how some producers choose to create films like this!?Overall rating - 3: As I said before, this film was so unbelievably bad, that it was kind of amusing, and made it bearable to watch, simply because you were laughing so hard at the retardation of the entire cast, crew, director and producer.BRAVO - The film industry has produced a goody!