Osombie

Osombie (or what I initially thought was Ozombie) is one of those movies that I have just kept putting off watching, on the assumption that it was going to be painfully bad. Well one of the few positive things that I can say is that it could have been worse. I thought it was going to be more of a horror spoof but in fact it is pretty much played straight. There is one character, however, known as Joker who keeps coming out with cheesy jokes ("What did the zombie eat after his teeth got pulled? The dentist!"). So amid all of the zombie killing, of which there is a lot, there is humour, all be it somewhat weak. Also between the zombie killing there are many dull and boring scenes which drags the film down. The zombie make-up is pretty decent, however the CGI effects are awful. Utah looks fantastic but it doesn't really look convincingly like Afghanistan. Added to the great pile of crap 21st Century zombie movies.

This film begins with an American SEAL team landing by helicopter on the rooftop of a building in Abbottabad, Pakistan in search of Osama bin Laden. Completely surprised by the sudden assault Osama desperately infects himself with a virus which eventually turns himself into a zombie. Having then shot and presumably killing him, the SEAL team put his body on the helicopter to take back to an aircraft carrier waiting for them in the Arabian Sea. However, on the way there the zombified body of Osama bin Laden awakens and in the resulting chaos his body is sent to the bottom of the sea. Not long afterward, "Osombie" (played by Walter A. Carmona) stumbles out of the sea and attacks two people on the beach. Recognizing the importance of this event the Taliban not only harbors Osombie but also begins creating even more zombies for use against American forces in Afghanistan. To counter that, a small group of special forces soldiers are sent in to find Osombie and in that regard to fight and kill all of those who stand in their way. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this film started off with a ridiculous premise and pretty much remained that way all the way through. Quite surprisingly, there were actually some good action scenes to be found in this movie--but those depicting a female soldier named "Tomboy" (Danielle C. Ryan) wielding a samurai sword in battle certainly didn't help in that regard. In short, I honestly didn't expect much from this film and as a result I wasn't too disappointed.

It was only a matter of time for the movies to start flowing in regarding the killing of Osama Bin Laden. This year showcased three different films, but only one stepped out of the world of the truth and into the world of zombies to deliver a fun take on this important moment in history, Ozombie. The trailers offered a peek into what could be a pretty fun film, but will it deliver or just be another goofy spoof?

Ozombie follows a group of NATO special-forces on a special assignment that alongside a yoga instructor in search of her conspiracy theory brother who believes Bin Laden is still alive despite being buried at sea. To their shock he has returned from his watery grave and is making an army of zombie terrorists. Now they must kill Bin Laden again and stop the zombie insurgence before it infects the rest of the world. This film pretty much delivers the silly nature you would expect, but not the quality. They had a perfect opportunity to deliver a fun take on this moment in history with plenty of action and zombie gore, but instead ended up delivering more of a Syfy original movie style film that is almost laughable in a bad way. Much like most of these sorts of films, the acting is pretty bad and there never seems to be a sense of urgency for the onslaught of zombies. There is a quick explanation to attempt to tie everything together, but never really fleshes it out. For the most part this is non-stop action, which would have still worked perfectly well had they spent a little more time on the action itself. Most of it worked OK, but when it's supposed to be a Special Forces unit, they need to look like they have a bit better skills than your average soldier.

For all this films flaws it's still pretty fun if you enjoy some good cheese. They used way too much CGI blood instead of practical effects, but still deliver a decent zombie body count pretty much non-stop throughout. If you're a fan of films from the Asylum or SyFy then you will most likely have a great time with this one as well. If you can step away ignoring the bad acting and lame effects, there is still a fun film here to enjoy.

The war is on....for all terrorist zombies !.This film kinda came out of nowhere for me. I am always down for a zombie movie,and i like a good war flick.This movie was both.The actors were all good,played cool parts, and made good story.The fx were great,with lots of great looks,done without c.g.i. .(o.k. ,the blood-splatter from the tons of head-shots were comps)As far as story ,its simple-Bin laden may,or may not be dead-or alive.A group of merc's go behind enemy lines to take care of things...for good. All in all,this is a great little flick.Decent story,acting,gore,zombies,no comedy,and the props,weapons fx,and costumes were great.Of odd note,this film has no overt cursing,or swearing,no nudity,or sex.Though there,s plenty of the red stuff,the film really never gets very gory.Makes for a decent movie for younger fans to watch.

Osama is not dead, he's undead! That ridiculous man returns as a zombie in a movie that should have been, by all accounts, a comedy. But no, it tries to bring "the horror" using the same old zombie film tricks. The American army can fight successfully normal armed terrorists, but it succumbs to bites to the neck when the same people are moving slowly and are unarmed.

The only real horror is that I watched this film and it wasn't even remotely funny. The effects were ridiculous, the acting was good only for Osama, but he was an animatronic puppet, while the story was incredibly idiotic.

Bottom line: completely boring, not even bad enough to warrant viewing for amusement. Avoid this waste of time. Have we really reached the point where we make exploitation films with terrorists that are not documentaries about 9/11 ?