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.

Three small groups of survivors of a zombie plague join forces to reach the ferry boat to a sanctuary that they are not sure that it does exist in the Catalina Island. Along their journey, they are hunted down by hordes of zombies and only a few of them survive.

"Zombie Apocalypse" is a lame, predictable and corny low-budget TV movie by Syfy channel. The story is poorly written based on the above storyline, with zombies that can run. The characters prefer to walk under siege of dozen of zombies instead of driving a car in the United States of America. The moralist fate of Henry was absolutely predictable. The special effects are very simple and there are many sequence errors in the edition. My vote is three.

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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.

Good story but since when do zombies drive cars, in some of the scenes there is traffic in the back ground, now this is either an error or zombies can now drive.

Scenes where zombies masks are coming off, and poor special effects gives you some laughs not that I think thats intended.

Still the movie is watchable though, nothing unique to this genre, a poor mans 28 days later is how I would describe this movie.

I would guess this would be a direct to DVD release.

Hopefully this is a first attempt by the company who made this, PRO TIP don't film this type of movie during rush hour you generally imagine after most of the population of the earth is dead and people are fighting to get to a safe haven away from a zombie plague that others are not driving to work whilst this is taking place.

Mark

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.