Zombie Apocalypse

Not the best zombie movie but not the worst either. Considering it's an Asylum movie, you have to be a little more forgiving in terms of...well everything. Def their best movie to date though. They even managed to snag Ving Rhames for a lead role, which helped a lot. Once you get passed "made-for-tv" vibe, you may have a OK time with it. Worth checking out if you're a fan of the zombie genre...if it's for free...and if there isn't a much better zombie flick on. 2.5/5

One thing I must say is that Taryn Manning is one of the most annoying and terrible actresses around. Even with all the lousy effects and make-up, she is still the worst part of the movie.

I have to admit that my expectations were pretty low for this movie before watching it, since it was a production by the company "The Asylum" - which has made A LOT of bad movies - and that it was made for the SyFy television network, which has commissioned A LOT of bad movies. Fortunately, this movie is better than average for those two companies. There are a few decent special effects done on a low budget, the zombie makeup is acceptable, and there is plenty of blood and gore on display.

However, I must admit that I was still kind of underwhelmed at the end. The characters are pretty weak - I don't think I even learned the names of some of them! Also, while there is plenty of scenes where blood and gore is shown, it becomes quickly monotonous - every zombie slaughter sequences looks exactly the same. The going-ons between the slaughter sequences are pretty dull as well. And the last fifteen minutes of the movie are extremely incompetent in their direction and editing.

There are a lot worse movies out there, zombie-themed or not. Still, I would only recommend this movie if (1) you get to see it for free, (2) you have a high level of patience, and (3) there is absolutely nothing else to occupy your time.

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.

I really liked the little different takes on zombies in this film, like the little air horn the dude throws out that the zombies are attracted too, the chick doing the shot and drop, shooting the furthest zombie, to attract the rest to escape, the pee buddy so they never are alone, or the zombies starting the fire, to lure the survivors in to an ambush, or the different zombies tags, like the shambles and the runners, little different takes on the zombie film, all the lots of little things it had in there I hadn't quite seen before.

But in-between the action, which is cool with mallets slamming down on heads, samurai like swords slicing people in halves, that chick looks cool the way she wields the sword, don't mess with her, loved watching it, we have the character moments, see the characters, their relationships, but you gotta love also ass frigging machine gun, wooah, loved the frigging machine bit dude! yeaaahhhh!!!

The cast, the girls looking sexy, the chick with samurai sword, what an athletic body, hot, and the little chick with the spiked up hair and bow and arrow, little pixie chick, she's hot ass, and the guys look like they can kick kick ass, especially ving rhames, when he comes charging in, like a monster ball of wrecking ball energy.

Looks pretty well shot too, obvious low budget, some visually stunning shots, it's cool to look at, things such as the city streets with buss laying idle across streets, or aircraft wreckage strewn across the ground as they sit in field working out their next move.

Yeah, I really liked it, for a zombie movie, interesting characters you could follow, good different kills, arrow, sword, mallet, pistols and machine gun lol

Cool little film that I reckon :)

It wasn't ALL bad. The Walking Dead is much better. This movie should be watched with many friends. And beer. Lots of it. Turn it into a drinking game. Every zombie that dies, drink. A person says 'zombie', drink. Etc etc.... Plus Crabman from 'My Name is Earl' is in it, he's cool. Ving wasn't bad either. They need some lore work, but not too bad. The acting wasn't bad, they won't win any awards, but it is OK.Had some fairly acted scenes. The effects were the typical crap SyFy spits out for their movies.i too, cannot understand how they make great TV like Eureka or Warehouse 13, then poop out this. I'd say if you're bored, or snowed in, sure watch this. Just do not take it too seriously.