Zombie Dawn

I always read the reviews before I watch any film. Normally if the reviews say it sucks, I don't watch the film. I'm glad I decided to watch this one. When I saw it was shot on a 600 dollar budget (about halfway through the film) I was floored. They did a lot with that 600 bucks if you consider how much everything cost these days. The actors must have been paid very little. From the opening scene I was hooked.It isn't the most action packed, if you want lots of zombie attacks and flesh eating, you had better look elsewhere. But I still found myself on the edge of my seat because I knew they were out there as evidenced by the chilling whoops and howls I heard. The film managed to keep me interested and worried for the teams outcome. Again, it wasn't action packed but it was enough. I watched the subtitled version (thank god, I hate dubbed movies) and I was not bothered by having to read my lines. I enjoyed this film as much as I enjoyed Dead Snow (another far more action packed zombie films I read rather than listened to)It WAS amateurish but it was not trash. The makers took the little they had and made a very passable zombie film. But that's just my opinion.

This one had potential, but not enough cash to hire better actors and production. Not a bad flick, script wise, I thought. Recommend for watching if there's nothing else on your calendar and you need a zombie movie fix.

Two reviews as i type this so far, one says trash the other says better then expected and i 100% agree with the latter.

After seeing the budget which seems crazy low i wasn't expecting a lot, then the thrilling opening scene and the gun fire effects as someone else also mentioned before caught my attention straight away.

The movie kinda stalls part way through with bickering amongst the soldiers being the main story then but it was still very entertaining and one of the better zombie/infected movies.

I would like to see a prequel and/or a sequel to this as i think they could have gone deeper into the story and studied the origins of the outbreak in more detail.

So over all this was a nice surprise just when i thought i had seen all of the best Zombie/Infected movies.

In the middle of a zombie outbreak, a group of soldiers and government personnel return to an area where years earlier a zombie outbreak occurred in a remote village, and upon arriving find themselves confronted by untrustworthy alliances and ravenous zombie hordes.

Overall, this was a pretty solid indie zombie effort. One of the strongest aspects here is the way this brings about some enjoyable low-budget zombie action that's far more impressive than it should be. The opening battle in the slums of the city is a fantastic start with the chaos of the civilians running through the ruins while the overwhelmed soldiers are getting swarmed and killed despite being equipped with the high-end weaponry. The small combat scene out in the countryside where they encounter the small group of creatures in the underground tunnels is quite fun setting up a later scene where the soldiers are involved with a fine firefight with rebels out in the wilderness. As fun as that is, the film hits its stride in the final half where the zombies overrun the compound hideout where they're staying. With the various double-crosses and allegiance shifts that are going on throughout this segment, the distractions allow for the creatures to sneak inside and get the drop on them at various points resulting in some great firefights to take down the advancing hordes. Since this one goes for a much stronger and bullet-resistant form of zombies than usual, the amount of firepower required to kill them makes the scenes far more fun than normal scenes which makes the encounters throughout the house. With the reveal of what they're doing for the mission and a fine twist to everything, there's enough to like about the film. There are some problems with this one. Among the film's biggest issues here is the rather slack and drawn-out pacing that occurs in the middle of the film where it spends a large portion of time on the soldiers running through the countryside getting to their destination. Featuring the group talking about how they get caught up in the confines of the situation, what they plan to do once they get through with the mission or just generally trying to have conversations with each other which just drags the film down considerably. There's no zombie action at all and these scenes don't amount to any real activity at all. The other minor flaw in the film is a rather complex and unnecessary series of interactions that make no sense overall. The entire idea of the soldiers going into the wasteland is never truly explained since the voiceover says the purpose is to remain a secret and then it gets diverted by the discovery of the feral girl. This throws the motivations of everyone into question when everyone continually makes the logical and reasonable series of arguments about why they continue to do so yet all he does is throw it back in their face about being the boss, then he leaves his squad unreprimanded when they go against orders or do something to give themselves away. It's troubling and holds this one back somewhat.

Rated Unrated/R: Extreme Graphic Language, Graphic Violence, Brief Nudity and a Rape.

In 2006, people somehow is infected turning into zombies in a country (Chile?) and the area is evacuated; then it is isolated and the zombies and a few survivors are sealed off in this no man's land

Fifteen years later, a group of mercenaries led by Colonel Rainoff (Cristian Ramos) are assigned to protect the scientists Elisa (Pamela Rojas) and Cornellius (Christopher Offermann) that will research the area in a journey of horror, death and betrayal.

"Zombie Dawn" is an awful amateurish trash. The story, screenplay and narrative are garbage with worthless and unpleasant characters that betray each other. The music score is annoying. I do not believe that I have spent 83 minutes of my life watching to this trash. My vote is one (awful).

Title (Brazil): "Amanhecer Zumbi" ("Zombie Dawn")