Kill Zombie!

If you use a title with zombie in it than you immediately will have freaks over to attend your flick but on the other hand, there are so many zombie flicks out that you really have to look out for the better ones. The norms for zombies are very high nowadays due The Walking Dead series. Zombibi id of course a low budget flick that must be filed under zombedy.

And that's were the problem lays. I didn't had to laugh that much. There are funny bits but it's more about situations (running up stairs to be remembered to run down) then gory funny parts. Naturally they looked to other flicks and some shots are really rip-offs of other flicks. The one everybody will recognize is the Pulp Fiction rip-off in a car scene. I won't go in it, you will see it without a doubt.

The problem that I had was that not everything was understandable. The acting was mediocre and the gore for a zombie flick was low. But I do must give a big cheer to the CGI. Even as I hate it it did work when they are shooting towards zombies. Watch closely to the heads...

For the Dutch horror buffs Jan Doense (Mr Horror in the Netherlands) has a very small part in this flick. The editing was rather good with some funny effects but I did miss a big laughter while attending Zombibi. It isn't bad but it wont be a Nederhorror classic

Gore 2/5 Nudity 0/5 Effects 3/5 Story 2/5 Comedy 1/5

Anything that just remotely smells like zombie and I will watch it. And I happened to fall over "Zombibi" (or "Kill Zombie!" as it was oddly enough labeled on the DVD cover) on Amazon and had to put my decaying fingers on it. And with good reason, because "Zombibi" turned out to be quite good and loads of fun actually.

Mind you that this is a Dutch movie, but you shouldn't be discouraged by that fact. The zombies don't seem to mind, why should you? A satellite crashes in downtown Amsterdam, bringing with it some kind of unidentified green slime which turns people into raging zombies with a hunger for flesh. Aziz who has just been fired from his work end up in prison with his brother and two other criminals when havoc falls upon Amsterdam from outer space. Waking up the next morning, the entire city is turned upside down. Amidst the chaos, Aziz gets a distress call from the woman he fancies, and he have to head back to his former workplace to save her, but the road there is perilous and full of obstacles.

"Zombibi" is fast paced and has a marvelous mix of comedy and horror put together and it works out quite well. Sure, it is not "Shaun of the Dead" material, but still, it is quite good. The movie will have you laughing and cheering, and for us zombie fans, there will be some nice enough gore moments too.

The characters in "Zombibi" are so stereotypical that it just makes you laugh because it is so outrageous. And it works out well that it is done this way, bringing some self-irony to the movie. And the people they cast for the roles were doing great jobs. I have only seen one or two other Dutch movies prior to this one, so I can't claim to be familiar with anyone in the movie, so all new faces that have no prior roles attached to them was quite good.

I can warmly recommend "Zombibi" to you, especially if you like zombie movies that is spiced up with comedy. It is a good jab at the zombie genre to come out of the Netherlands.

KILL ZOMBIE!, aka ZOMBIBI, is a Dutch addition to the zombie sub-genre. The story sees a group of characters forced to battle for survival after a crashed spaceship brings an alien virus to Earth and turns much of the population into slime-spewing zombies. Will the humans manage to survive the undead onslaught? Sadly, KILL ZOMBIE! turns out to be an entirely juvenile effort, one that tries too hard to be successful.

It's an over the top comedy in which the zombie encounters are played for outright laughs and one outrageous kill scene follows another. The characters swap insults and jokes and reference the likes of SCARFACE while getting covered in green goo as they splatter the living dead.

Despite the fast pace and the level of energy involved in this production it's a rather undemanding and unappealing affair. The comic book look and feel of the movie is predictable and there's little incident that hasn't been done before and better. Some of the actors are okay but as a whole KILL ZOMBIE! is an underwhelming film.

I only write reviews of movies with low rating, which actually are not that bad. Give them a chance!

First of all, you need to understand that this movie is a comedy and even a parody in some parts. So you can't take it 100% seriously. Knowing that, you can certainly enjoy it because it is very funny. There is not a single part for which I can say is bad. You can only say that the story is not original, but since it is a zombie adventure... what can you expect? I love movies about apocalypse and that is the reason why I wanted to watch this one - I don't regret it at all.

6.5/10

I have to start to say that I really liked this film.

It had its typical slash and gore, its "we gotta save the girl from her hopeless position" and over the top action and comedy.

But being a Dutchy I especially enjoyed seeing the well known Dutch actors, rappers and TV celebrities.

I can think that seeing this film as a non Dutch You wont think its that special. But try to imagine this same film but with a good selection of your countries own actors, singers and TV celebrities.

For example, try to imagine this film with (f.e.)50 cents, Jennifer Anniston, Denzel Washington, David Letterman and so on.

Since this is an international movie database I gave this film a 7 out of 10, otherwise it would have been a sure 8! So, zombieflick lovers. Get your subtitles and see this great Dutch zombiefilm!