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Ok first off, lets get this out of the way, I have seen a lot worse monster of the week movies than this, a heck of a lot worse but that is by no means a glowing endorsement.

The effects and camera work in this film are fairly decent, the monster looks cool and is actually a man in a well made suit instead of cheap, shoddy, CGI.

The acting is.....Passable, I guess.

The music is generic as hell and I couldn't help but get 'Doom' on a low budget vibes from the whole thing.

What really cheesed me off with this was the awful dialogue which feels like it was written by a young boy, some of it is downright cringe worthy.

There's also a massive over reliance on slow motion shots for pretty much any scene in the film that has the slightest bit of action, it's almost like it was directed by someone who's obsessed with cheesy 1990's straight to DVD action flicks. It's really distracting because it's so used so much. I think if you played the action scenes at normal speed, you'd end up with a 45 minute film.

The monster, although fairly impressive to look at, get way too little screen time and the build up takes far too long for it to be interesting.

All in all, a fairly generic, quite dull monster movie that does have it's moments, but despite looking well made, it still feels a bit amateurish.

A million times better than most things that the SYFY channel or the Asylum do though, so I will give it that.

Some people with lower expectations than me will probably enjoy this but it's one I won't be watching again unfortunately, although it doesn't offend me like say, 25 headed shark attack or Sharktopus vs Freddy Kruger vs Godzilla takes on the New York Yankies would :)

Two incompetent soldiers fight to rescue a scientist from some newly discovered creature that takes over your DNA - hmmm, where have I heard that before

The first 30 minutes are just fighing in a jungle (decent pyrotechnics btw) where the two soldiers don't bother shooting the enemy even when they find your compadre you "hid" 5 minutes earlier under some tree roots with a big opening so no one could see him

The creature (some guy in fairly good makeup) is on screen for maybe 10 minutes in total - most of the final hour is just running thru tunnels or crawling thru air ducts or fighting the bad guys

Passable but only just - you've seen it all before.

Ok first of all I have to be crtical on the light and the dubbing sound. It was dark in many scenes causing eye ball strain of the third kind.

The voice dubbing was amateurish and sloppy in many key scenes.

The visual effects of the creatures was the 4 stars I gave the film. They were very immersed and well designed which gave the horror feel to the movie.

Plot was straight forward and just a rip off from many horror sci fi movies.

The acting was poor and the characters very dull that you couldn't care less if they died or not.

This film is one I would come home from the pub worst for wear to turn on to watch before passing out through alcohol poisoning..

This movie suffers from cringe-enducing dialogue, subpar acting by a lot of the characters, and way way too much slow motion during action scenes. In short would not waste your time on this.

I had the opportunity to sit down and watch the 2021 action horror movie titled "Death Valley", and I have to admit that I found the movie's cover/poster rather interesting actually. Sure, I hadn't even ever heard about the movie prior to watching it, but it being a horror movie that I hadn't already seen was more than sufficient to make me interested. And the movie's cover definitely helped sweeten the deal.

And now having sat through writer and director Matthew Ninaber's "Death Valley", I think that he definitely had a love for the "Resident Evil" game franchise, especially the first two or three games, because this movie was just oozing with the same atmosphere that you experience in those games. And even the Nephilim creature design in this movie was very reminiscent of the "licker" creatures that you see in "Resident Evil", except that it was an upright humanoid-creature in this movie.

So how was "Death Valley"? Well, it was watchable, but it felt like a somewhat flaccid movie actually, especially once you get over the thrill of the "Resident Evil"-like atmosphere, which ultimately was the best thing about the movie. And why is that? Because the storyline was rather mundane and simplistic to the point where it was bordering on lazy writing. Writer and director Matthew Ninaber was running things on generic horror tropes and borring a tad too heavily from the "Resident Evil" games actually. So the movie was lacking originality.

I do like the creature design on the Nephilim creature that was stalking the underground complex. The special effects were good and the creature was rather realistic. That was adding a lot of enjoyment to the movie actually.

The acting performances in the movie were fairly bland. I wasn't familiar with the cast here, which is something I usually enjoy. However, the acting performances in "Death Valley" were just not outstanding and they were weighing down the movie.

The ending of the movie was just laughably bad and predictable. You saw that coming a mile away. Needless to say that I am not spoiling anything, but you are not in for a grand ending.

My rating of "Death Valley" lands on a generous four out of ten stars. It is a movie that is adequate enough for a single viewing, if you enjoy action horror movies, but that is also about all there is to it.

Leon Kennedy and his team is sent in to rescue a female scientist in an underground bunker. They are ambushed and only Leon and his partner Junior survives. The bunker is filled with zombies and monsters created from human Dna. Will they survive once again and stop the evil Umbrellas plans?

Ok.. its NOT a Res Evil movie but could have been. Everything from the cheesy oneliners to the monsterdesign breathes Res Evil.

A pretty lowbudget affair but cool monsters and a quick pace.

You could do worse then this.

The audio is terrible, as if whoever was in charge of sound design was their first time. Dialogue isn't great, action is okay, and the only redeemable quality is that the monster is cool. This movie is a dud. Try again next time, Psycho Goreman.

It started out pretty meh and it was like that for some minutes but later as it kept going it became more interesting it had a lot of action as well it also had kind of a plot twist I wish it had a better ending.

The director wanted to mix a little Alien and a little Rambo, a rather foul-smelling mixture comes out of it. The dialogues are ridiculous, a bad staging with actors who seem not to believe it themselves. In short, a film not to be seen even on a rainy weekend! It is in the Top Ten for turnips of the year.

Just a Decent B movie for start.

I usually don't like B movies, most are just so so bad it hurts my brain sells, but his one tried to add some action and story.

But, still... very mediocre acting and action, somewhat confusing story, but there is a story, most like in every B movies there are stock free sounds or cheap sound and audio, also audio problems with that, some scenes are loud you can't hear ppl talk, guns are so loud also, you just cant heard the background and audio etc etc ... audio balance in this movie not so good.

But overall a decent movie still, you can see they at least try to make something.

If you have nothing else to watch or do. Yea go see this for fun and giggles.

I came across The Guardian's 3-star review of Death Valley earlier this week, and thought, "Why not?" But without any major funding partners or commercial support, I had low expectations. I'll admit, I may have pre-judged this film based on backing alone.

After watching ten minutes of this movie, I was hooked. Like The Guardian stated, it's not going to win an Oscar; but if there was a category for low-budget horror films, I'd put Death Valley up against anyone. Adjusting for the point spread, this film makes a lot of big titles look very, very bad.

Death Valley checks all the boxes for a fun Thursday night flick. Guns, monsters, planes, flame-throwers, zombies...but the storyline actually ties it all together to make it a worthwhile viewing. Kudos to Ninaber and his team for pulling of a fun -- and very watchable -- movie.

I don't usually like the horror genre, but this was more of a thriller flick, with just enough gore to tip the scales! If you come in with fair expectations, you will be majorly surprised, I promise.

As many other craps over decades, this grade Z picture is a mix-up between used and over used schemes, all from big gross rip-offs. To summarize, nothing new, nothing original, except the ending. A very small group of cheap mercenaries, who look like university students more than tough men chiseled at Fort Bragg or Fort Benning, are sent to save a female scientist trapped in a bunker and surrounded by other dangerous - this time true - mercenaries and also some dangerous species which can not see anything but only hear. This is science fiction war adventure. It could have been question of zombies, but since 2018 and A QUIET PLACE, a new element has arrived as an ingredient for horror movies. So we can expect many many A QUIET PLACE indirect rip-offs in the future. But, as sometimes in lousy B movies, the ending is rather unexpected, not a cliché. I have seen worse, and with bigger budgets. The main weak thing here are the two lead mercenaries characters.

The description of the film for the pitch meeting probably went something like this: a monster in an underground laboratory / bunker hunts and kills mercenaries.

We've seen this formula a million times before. There's nothing here that particularly stands out. Play this film in the background for an hour thirty minutes of generic fun while you do something else more productive.

Another instantly forgettable addition to the small horror/Sci-Fi niche of "send in the military cannon fodder" movies. What is that? You might be surprised just how many low-keyed movies there exist dealing with random military men (and women) being sent into a top-secret and geographically remote government research facility or underground lab to eliminate some sort of experiment that went horribly wrong. As a matter of course, these people haven't got a clue what they will be battling against and, regardless of their intense training and superior skills, they get mercilessly ripped to pieces by something (usually an alien or a genetic experiment) much stronger and slimier than them.

"Death Valley" is a new (2021) movie, but it doesn't bring any fresh or innovative elements to the already long overdue formula. Quite the contrary, the film features the same old clichés and dire stereotypes that were already introduced in the foundational landmarks of the genre; - like "Aliens", "Predator", and "Resident Evil". The noble soldier promising to his pregnant wife this will be his last mission, the jolly & joking brother-in-arms, the buffooned Russian mercenaries as opponents, the rescued scientist holding back a few dark secrets, etc. Etc. The plot twists, turns, and becomes unnecessarily complex towards the finale, but whatever. Nobody pays attention to the plot in films like these. I liked the monster, which looked to me like the illegitimate offspring between the Chattermouth cenobite from the original "Hellraiser" and the eyeless creature from "Pan's Labyrinth". Other than that, not much special.

Death Valley is a low budget creature feature from Canada. I give it props for It's ambition, effects and style but Death Valley is not perfect

Pros- Solid FX and creature effects Moody cinematography Good music Fun and engaging action scenes

Cons - Aside from several scenes the pacing is leaden, dull and a bit boring Some very bad dialogue Screenplay and editing could of used some tightening.

Overall a solid creature feature that's above average in entertainment but nothing to write home about.

Had some good parts. The Acting was decent. This movie could have been so much better, but certainly worth watching. The ending was really sad and could have turned a different way. Really hated the beginning and almost turned it off, but give it a chance. The movie does get better. The monsters were decent looking too. The Russian accents were good and I tried to look and see if the actors were actually from Russia lol. 600 characters is a lot and my lord do they want a novel writing. I literally have nothing else I can say without giving away some spoilers, which I will not do. ****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************

I really enjoyed this low budget monster movie. The fx weren't bad , the camaraderie between the two main actors was great. Liked the twist. This was a lot better than the bigger budgeted The Lair I'd just watched . If you're looking for a decent commandoes go looking for a scientist in an underground lab and there's a monster flick, this is it. Not an academy award winner but a heck of a lot better than most of the other movies in that genre. Definitely worth a look see. Watch through the mid credits for an end scene reveal. Love these types of movies and this one really fit the bill. Worth it!

Overall the movie was pretty average, there was sadly almost no character development what made the movie a bit odd. The Monster though is decent, the Alien like approach was pretty convincing ( For those who have not watched Alien: In Alien the main Horror lies in the fact that you don't see the Alien often ). The End was sadly very bad just like the beginning but the rest of the movie was not bad, that is why it's getting half of the points.

Trapped in a Cold-War bunker, a team of mercenaries heads out to retrieve a special scientist trapped inside from an encroaching militia group out to capture her, but when they get there they realize the threat is a deformed monstrosity created through genetic engineering and must try to get her out alive.

There was a lot to like with this creature feature. Among the better elements here is the highly enjoyable setup that manages to mix together the Horror and Action elements quite nicely. The Action features are the first prominent aspect here, with the shots of the squad encountering the militia rebels in the woods which features some highly entertaining firefights and stuntwork maneuvering around the trees, fending off the mortar strikes, and dodging various counterfire that provides this with several high-energy and frenetic confrontations. The fact that there's several of these scattered throughout the first half here showing the squad escaping from the encroaching militia on their trail stats everything off on a high note as the idea of getting to see how highly skilled and trained the group is as well as getting to see how desperately the rebels want inside that a grounding of their skills for combat against the creatures is quite well-established. When it comes to the straightforward genre thrills, this one is quite fun as well with some tense confrontations. With the opening escape attempt thwarted and the mysterious death of the other worker at the site setting up a great opening tone, the mysterious setup gives way to the eeriness of the group going through the decimated facility afterward with the dead bodies and bleed strewn all over the place. This offers the kind of setup where the chilling confrontations shown involving the guys trying to get her out of the facility requiring them to just crawl through vents and air-ducts while avoiding the ravenous creatures is quite exciting which is just as fun as the big confrontations which also manage to include the few encounters with the militia that appeared inside as well. Graced with a fantastic design for the creatures which is refreshingly a practical costume, these are enough to hold it up over its minor flaws. There are some drawbacks that show up here. The biggest issue is the rather uneven time given to the various genres here which give this one a slightly uneven amount of time with the creature and the action. Since the opening is the firefight with the militia takes up a good portion of the film's opening half, the fact that this comes at the expense of the creature's rampage against the second half of the team they stumble upon later on with the deployed bodies that would've been just as much fun. Likewise, the idea of the militia being there trying to prevent it getting out means that there's an odd disconnect with their quest conflicting with the film trying to inject some sympathy for the creature against their mission that doesn't feel earned and comes across as unnecessary due to the twist employed for it. These aspects are what keep this one down.

Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Violence and Graphic Language.

Location shots were decent - bunker scenes were horrible - what in the world is up with all the flickering fluorescents ? At least one per room. Just like shaky-cam of yore, I think we're past that. Noticed on my version - some of the lines were doubled up.

"dogs are coming. We gotta go." "dogs are coming. We gotta go." And more.