Silent Zone

I can't even believe that I paid $5 for this movie. The fights are terrible, the "bleeding" is even worse, and the acting is really bad!! The make-up is really bad too...one part in the beginning was a woman who got bit on the face and it looked like she dipped her face in dirt or rocks. The availability of vehicles for the all too hurried escape time after time was really really bad. I get it that everyone wants to make the perfect zombie movie but it's ridiculous that the "hero" is some guy who blames and blames everyone else because something didn't go to plan as he would of liked. I love zombie movies but this one isn't good at all.

I love zombie movies-I try to watch as many as I can, and I don't mind if they feature unknown actors. Unfortunately, that also means I'm often disappointed. But Silent Zone turned out to be a pleasant surprise.

I expected another low-budget B-movie filled with cool action scenes, gory zombies, minimal plot, and cliché characters. Instead, I got a film that blends action-horror with genuine drama. The characters are multidimensional, and there were a few plot twists that genuinely surprised me (no spoilers here!).

It's a slow-burn in parts but builds great tension and delivers solid emotional moments alongside the action. If you're a fan of the genre, I definitely recommend giving Silent Zone a chance.

While I had indeed never heard about this 2025 zombie movie titled "Silent Zone", then given my love of all things zombie, of course I had to check it out, without the shadow of a doubt.

Writers Viktor Csák and Krisztián Illés put together a fair enough script. Sure, for a zombie movie, then it was somewhat generic. But it still proved entertaining nonetheless, so the movie did what it was supposed to do.

There wasn't a single familiar actor or actress on the cast list, which is actually something I do enjoy whenever I watch a movie. The acting performances in the movie were fair.

The snarling sounds that the infected, or zombies, made was just downright stupid. It just added a very unnecessary comedy element to the infected, and thus taking away from what was supposed to be scary.

Something that definitely was interesting in "Silent Zone" was that writers Viktor Csák and Krisztián Illés actually put in a small boy turning into an infected. That is usually something zombie movies tend to stay well clear of, so that was a nice touch.

However, the zombie make-up and effects left much to be desired. This was ultimately a low budget zombie movie and it showed. I wasn't particularly impressed with the effects in the movie. I've seen worse low budget zombie effects, of course, but the effects in "Silent Zone" were nothing to write home about.

Some of the music in the movie borrowed a bit too heavily from the iconic "28 Days Later" theme.

"Silent Zone", despite of having a title that made zero sense to the contents of the movie, was a watchable zombie movie, but nothing out of the ordinary. There are far better zombie movies out there.

My rating of director Peter Deak's 2025 zombie movie "Silent Zone" lands on a five out of ten stars.

By all rights this should be a dumpster fire.

Zombies, lowish budget, but the actors and direction and crew do some serious heavy lifting throughout to add some absolute charm throughout.

The main leads Devere and Papp are great together, with a believable chemistry. Devere needs a break in some full on action spin alongside Frank Grillo etc. Papp feels a little out of water in an actioner - but give her a bit more time to aclimatise and I think you could have an easy action star, with an easy genuine screen presence (could be simply down to budget thing to allow time to get familiar with guns, but she's not as unconvincing as many high profile stars have been and we've been spoilt with Matrix, John Wick, etc more recently).

2nd line or Barabas, Hannigan, and Latham do great jobs. Hannigan in particular stands out acting wise. Latham has a great ol' time hamming it up in his role where he knows his story is cliche rubbish and runs with it, you can see he's just enjoying himself.

You're not going to be blown away, but like so many bad films that get a lot more press that genuinely waste your time this one won't.

Definitely hits above where it should have.

If you like zombie movies, you will like this movie. It is well above average for this genre.

The country of origin is given as Hungary, but some of this movie definitely looked like the Chernobyl restricted zone. Either way, the locations were good, the big wide angle shots were well done, the camera work was excellent. This does not look like a cheap, low budget movie.

There was character development, not a lot, but enough to keep you interested. The acting was for the most part good, especially the leading characters. Some of the secondary parts, with only a few lines, did come off as amateurish, but mostly quite professional.

It's not great or outstanding, and I will probably never watch it again, but I felt it was well worth my time on a lazy afternoon.

Overall: Above average zombie movie, recommended.