Zombie with a Shotgun

First let me say I hate to write a bad review. That being said I cannot believe what I just seen. It was painful to watch. I can sit through a lot of low budget movies with robotic acting, bad f/x, poor dialogue and still find some saving grace that I can talk about. This movie has nothing. It's almost as if they came up with the title first and then tried to film a movie the next day. Another reviewer asked - How do people feel when they've watched what they filmed? I think the answer is they felt horrible and stopped watching after the 5 minute mark. As for all the 9/10 and 10/10 reviews? I think those are based off of people that know people that were involved with the movie. There's no other explanation. No one could rate this higher than a 2 without having their nose grow faster than Pinocchio's.

So, I'm not familiar with the origin of this story -- title caught my interest. And it is nothing like I expected, and am dumbfounded by all these glowing reviews. They must all be 'investors' who want to turn a profit. Within the first five minutes, we witness a rape -- or at least the highly censored and edited version of a rape. A few minutes later, we have a love scene - again edited so no naughties are shown, but you know they're on the editing floor -- or on the dvd you can order. and the rest of the movie follows suit -- a terrible movie, horrible production value - but does have those abbreviated sex scenes.

I recently watched Zombie with a Shotgun (2019) on Prime. The storyline follows a group of friends trying to survive a zombie outbreak. One of the friends appears to be infected, but his symptoms are unique compared to others. As the friends debate whether to trust or follow their infected companion, they are pursued by agents who seem to have a hidden agenda for them.

This film is written and directed by Hilton Ariel Ruiz (The Outsiders) and stars Braeden Baade (One Under the Sun), Kyle Hester (The Chair), Emilie Paap (Awaken the Reaper), and Jeremy Fultz (The Greed of Men).

This is a very frustrating film that feels like it was made for television, with some splashes of nudity. The writing and acting are poor, and even the kills, including those with the shotgun, are disappointing. The makeup and creation of the zombies are excellent and easily the best part of the film, but they aren't featured nearly enough. The plot is clichéd and unimaginative, and the "cult" aspects come out of nowhere and feels awkward. Everything about this movie is underwhelming.

In conclusion, Zombie with a Shotgun has nothing going for it. I would score this a 3/10 and recommend skipping.

I stumbled upon the 2019 movie "Zombie with a Shotgun" by sheer luck in 2021. I had never heard about the movie, and of course with my fascination and interest in all things zombie, of course I found the time immediately to sit down to watch this 2019 movie from writer and director Hilton Ariel Ruiz.

And oh dear God, this was not a good movie.

The storyline told in the movie was beyond mundane, and it was so difficult to get into the story and take it in. I have to admit that the storyline, as written by Hilton Ariel Ruiz, was just a swing and a miss. It was so pointless and uneventful that I gave up on the movie without seeing it through to the end. And it didn't really help that the entire character gallery in the movie were every bit as mundane, bland and pointless as the storyline was.

The acting in "Zombie with a Shotgun" was fairly okay, taking into consideration the type of movie this was and the type of budget they were operating with. Sure, don't go ahead and expect to see stellar performances here, because that is just not happening. I will say, though, that while the storyline was atrocious, the actors and actresses - for the most parts - actually fared better than what was to be expected.

Visually then "Zombie with a Shotgun" was just not impressive. A zombie movie needs proper special effects and prosthetics to be packing a punch. And sadly, "Zombie with a Shotgun" didn't do that. Also one of the reasons why my interest in the movie was so quickly fading.

Ultimately, then "Zombie with a Shotgun" is not an impressive or memorable zombie movie. And it is not definitely not one that brought anything new or innovative to the genre.

As a zombie genre fan, then I can't recommend that you waste your time or effort on "Zombie with a Shotgun". Some of us suffered through this, in greater or lesser extend, so you don't have to.

My rating of this 2019 zombie movie lands on a generous three out of ten stars.

Absolute crap. I got half way through, nothing had happened apart from some dreadful acting, terrible writing and super awkward sex scenes. Don't waste your time.