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Us Brits have got reasonably good at producing limited budget scary flicks like this where a group of armed protagonists are stuck in an isolated location and have to fight supernatural forces (Dog Soldiers, The Descent, Deathwatch). I enjoyed most of this movie. It only started to get ridiculous towards the end. Anyone who gets the twists in movies easily will have the entire film sussed in the first twenty minutes, and anyone who doesn't might be pleasantly surprised by it. Either way it makes it difficult to comment directly without spoiling it.

However I can say this. A rag tag group of mercenaries are hired on false pretences to accompany and protect a scientist in search of something in an abandoned bunker in Eastern Europe. We get to this point fairly quickly without a laborious preamble. Once there, strange things begin to happen and the soldiers begin to get picked off. There is a reason for these goings on, and to start with it is handled quite well but the writer/director messed up big time by not exploring it more and because early on walls and doors are no obstacle to the enemy, and claymores and trip wires remain untriggered. The enemy does not do what they want it to, it cannot be predicted and comes an goes in small groups. However in the climax the walls and doors are an obstacle and suddenly the enemy is very helpful in it's own possible demise, setting off claymores and tripwires and coming at them en masse and predictably.

Additionally I would very much like to have seen more exploration of why these things were happening and the motivation of the enemy. But alas there isn't and in the final act it just becomes silly, their actions show they have an agenda but earlier on it was explained that they were just doing what they knew.

Because of budget limitations there are very few special effects but be clear this isn't a 'low budget' film with all the negatives that go with that label. what is done is done well, it's very atmospheric, and the lighting and cinematography is very good. The actors all put in decent performances, there's a couple of good lines, one very iconistic shot with a flag (you'll know when you see it) and some good gruesome deaths.

All told this is quite a good movie given it's limitations, but what a shame the story gets silly in the final act. I came away having enjoyed it but for once in my life wishing it had had some big US money behind it.

Worth watching. Not as good as Dog Soldiers, or The Descent but better than Deathwatch and The Cave.

I had no expectations when I started watching this movie. I had some time on my hands and it seemed decent enough to kill some time with. I have to say that I was pleasantly surprised.

The idea around the movie isn't all that unique but it delivers it with an atmosphere and style that is nothing short of wonderful. The acting in this little gem is top notch. The setting itself enhances the story and events that take place, and with minimal special fx I might add. I am somewhat of a veteran to the chiller movie genre, but this one did send a shiver or two down my spine. Nice to see something that can provoke a reaction without relying heavily on gore.

All around I would say that it is well worth watching.

Hey, what do you know? Just about at the time that you get totally beaten down by godawful Z grade horror movie after godawful Z grade horror movie, along comes a super low budget little flick like this to show how it is done. Not much happens, the entire film is shot in greys and in a very limited and very visually unexciting locale. But there was a lot to like about this attempt.

I think much of the credit has to go to the script writer and director in this one, who make the most out of the little they have on hand. They stress atmosphere, sharply drawn characters, and then, in an almost unprecedented development in low grade horror, people who actually act in smart and logical fashion. The squad of soldiers in this one really moves and acts like a squad of soldiers. There is a reason for them to be where they are. There is a reason they are trapped. They take cover, lay claymores, worry about high ground and suppressing fire, pair off in twos to search, and in general never give you any reason to question whether they are actors rather than military men. That is INDCREDIBLY refreshing, and adds a remarkable degree of believability to the whole exercise, in much the way that the marines in Aliens (obviously a vastly superior movie) acted like actual soldiers and made you believe it. And in the same vein, all of the characters here have solid, believable dialogue and react in believable fashion when put under stress. The acting is solid, nobody is flat, there are no stupid joke characters, few cheap scares. The whole thing is just very intelligently done.

Now of course in the end, its still Grade Z horror. They have almost no budget, not much goes on, the premise is both clichéd and shaky, and most problematically the intelligence shown toward the characters is not duplicated in the highly erratic depiction of their opponents (the rules change every time they meet for no apparent reason). But it is the sophistication of the overall attempt here that lets me give this one a solid ranking. They had little to work with, but they actually made a real effort to turn out a quality product here. That deserves something, and in the future it would be nice to see these same people involved in a project with more ambition and money behind it.

This was a treat to find. I went into it with no expectations, as I do will all "B" movies, and really enjoyed this movie.

There is no weak acting so once you get into the story you are not tossed out. The story is very good, a clever twist on hauntings ala "From Beyond".

The special effects are well done and the gore is good. I personally think the first two death scenes should have been a bit more horrific, but I am not complaining. Sound effects are perfect and that helps to bring you into the movie a lot.

I can easily recommend this movie to anyone who enjoys a good ghost story with lots of mood. As good as "ghost ship"

Although the idea of this movie is not entirely new (similar plot lines can be found in older movies like "Shockwave" from 1976 and computer games like the "Castle Wolfenstein" series) it is still rather original and appealing: Nazi scientists attempt to create indestructible "super soldiers" in order to achieve world domination.

The acting is very good.

The movie's special effects are also well realised and a certain amount of suspense is undeniable, especially at the beginning of the movie.

However, there were some inconsistencies that ruined the movie for me.

Firstly, the explanation given in the movie about why the paranormal phenomenons happen is incomprehensible. I would have preferred no explanation at all than a badly researched pseudo-scientific one involving some obscure Einsteinian theory. It makes it impossible to understand what the scientist is actually after the whole time.

Secondly the director seems to bend and adapt the "powers" of the undead at will, making them devoid of any credibility. Sometimes they materialise in sealed rooms and attack with great speed and deadly accuracy but in the next scene they stumble around like brainless zombies and can't even open doors. This fails to create the feeling of the main characters actually being stalked and hunted in a claustrophobic environment. I did not get a feeling of urgency and even felt a little bored at some point.

This movie disappointed me because I believe a chance has been missed to make something truly creepy and scary.

If you are just looking for gore and horror, however, you might still want to watch this movie. I would not actively recommend it though.

This movie is kind of a combination of a couple of other movies. "Dog Soldiers", "R-Point", and "Shock Waves". The story has these mercenaries escorting this one guy to this area of woods in the middle of a war torn country. Once they get there, the hardest part of the job should be over, but not quite. In the middle of this field there is an underground bunker and what this man who hired the soldiers wants is apparently there. The soldiers soon are fired upon by unknown assailants and they also discover a collection of bodies, that even includes someone alive. Well they soon discover this place was a Nazi bunker and the one guy is there to find out just what the German's were experimenting with. Let's just say it was not quite what I was thinking, but then it was. There are things lurking about and they begin to kill the mercenaries, just what they are is not quite clear even after the explanation. However, it is a bit more original than the typical zombie. The movie has a couple of faults though, one the set up is a bit long. It takes a good bit for the movie to get going, though once it gets going your in for a lot of action and blood. I also was not thrilled with the ending, though that is just a minor gripe, it was not all that bad, but I was hoping for a different outcome. Other than those two things and a couple of minor points though this movie was entertaining enough to me.

Outpost was quite a surprise for me, and that means in a good way. I remember hearing about it a while ago but forgot all about it. I had the chance to see the movie recently and I sat down without any expectations at all. I figured it would be your typical B movie with horrible acting, but boy was I wrong. The first 10 minutes of the movie had me convinced that it would be a lot better than I had anticipated.

Memories surfaced of Dog Soldiers, mainly because a large portion of the Mercenaries team were of British, Scottish and Irish background. The cast mainly were from UK, which was nice to see them all acting different roles (Russians, etc, however poorly they did the accents).

One of the great things about Outpost is the setting. You really get a feel for a war torn country and the bunker itself seems rather eerie. The cast did a great acting job and to actually see some proper firefights for once was nice and realistic. The Mercenaries acted in a team, calling out when they are moving, setting, reloading and giving off information that would help the group move to cover, etc. Nice touch! The actual story was pretty good as well, but I won't ruin that here. Basically it is a mixture of horror and action with lots of suspense. The director deserves credit for being able to make a lot of things believable, as well as putting together the story into something that isn't a mess.

I gave this an 8 out of 10, because in my opinion, this is on the same level/quality as Dog Soldiers. Not a mega budget, but the actual story/acting/casting/direction all deserve credit. I would have paid to see this in the cinema, it was just that good. A movie that will probably go missed by lots, but for those who watch it then it most likely will be a surprise just like it was for me. If you watch it, don't expect too much from it and then you'll be able to enjoy it that much more as everything unfolds into "Wow, this is much better than I thought it would be".

Don't miss this, it's definitely worth it.

A well produced, horror flick that follows some many traditions in this field. A good "hook" script idea with a poorly thought out, daft explanation. Too many horror films-when dealing with out of this world concepts-do exactly the same. Lets have a brief 10 minute exposition of the just read out from the script by a leading character! Still, it has some creepiness and fairly good cinematography, a muted. bleached colour/contrast (ala Saving Private Ryan). The plus points are the enemy-shadows of their former selves; shadows of SS army ghosts (or ae they?). Aside from the problems with the "lets quickly make up an explanation" theory thrown in, the main problems are as follows: The mercenaries seem to made up of a spectrum of foreign soldiers-which is fine-but the accents of some are amusingly bad! "You can be sure o one ting. No-bod-dy gives a foook about oz!" says the "African" guy. The accents didn't totally kill the films "playing it straight" approach, but did bring out a wry smile!

Unlike Neil Marshall's Dog Soldiers effort, this film lacked any sense of humour at all and might have been better for a "Hicks" type character from "Aliens" to have a mordant black sense of doom and humour. There seems to be one Irish soldier employed for this purpose but most of his lines fall fairly flat for the most part, although he is merely unrecognisable from the Simon Pegg/Nick Frost "Spaced" series, where he played (a v.funny) cycle courier with a mind messed by drug use! Overall, the visual design was very good despite its obvious budget constraints, such as the ghost/zombie elements-notably the Nazi approach from the back-lit tree-line. Are they underfire, or not? Well worth a watch then but I walked away feeling that it could have been so much better. I think the writer of this might have been influenced by a few films but...... Many years a go (back in 1977) I went to see cheap schlock horror movie starring Peter Cushing, about a zombie U boat crew who rise from the depths to kill the cast one by one. It was quite effective for the time-probably a bit daft and tame now-but the memory of it stayed with me. Shock waves, Almost Human and Dead Corps were the titles it ran under.

In this little action horror film, Ray Stevenson of Rome fame plays the leader of a group of mercenaries sent on a secret mission in Eastern Europe. Stevenson does an OK job, although with the direction firmly focused on the horror and action, not much effort is made to provide us with character substance. An effort is made to make each mercenary somewhat recognizable, at the level you would find in the first Predator, but it's not as successful as far as I am concerned.

The supernatural element pops up once the mercenaries (accompanied by an agent of their mysterious employers) find the location of their mission, a bunker used by the Nazis in experimentations.

From a character development standpoint, the mercenaries arrive so fast to the bunker that their badass aura is not clearly established. And then horrible things happen, due to some mystical Nazi mumbo jumbo. The weird science involved is poorly thought out and explained but the actual result makes for typical action horror, although nothing to write home about.

The action is not very spectacular, nothing is particularly scary but fans of horror movies will probably find this entertaining enough. The director went for washed color scheme that doesn't seem terribly appropriate to me, the dialogues are rather flat but it obeys basic rules of the genre. The acting is not terribly convincing. It was a disappointment after seeing Ray Stevenson do such a good job in Rome.

In a European country devastated by the war, a group of six mercenaries leaded by DC (Ray Stevenson) is hired by the engineer Hunt (Julian Wadham) to protect him in a travel to a no man's land. In accordance with Hunt, he is the representative of a group of investors and he has been assigned to visit one facility in one of their real estates. When they arrive in the spot, they find an old Nazi bunker with a pilot machine and evidences of gruesome experiments with human beings and one survivor. While protecting the outpost, they are attacked by invisible enemies; when Hunt discloses the truth about the mysterious device, DC realizes that they have to fight to survive to an invincible supernatural army.

"Outpost" is a horror movie that keeps a claustrophobic atmosphere, but has many unexplained situations. Why the fiends did not kill the whole group at once? Why the fiends became corporal? Why the leader of the fiends stays in the bunker? Why the mercenaries keep shooting the fiends if they know that their bullets and mines are ineffective? In the end, "Outpost" entertains, but I really prefer the South Korean "R-Point" or the British "The Keep" (1983) that give better explanation to the supernatural events. My vote is six.

Title (Brazil): "Missão de Risco" ("Risky Mission")

A weary team of mercenaries are on a mission in war-torn Eastern Europe to uncover an abandoned WW2 underground bunker, which their mysterious backer wants them to safely get him there as he leads, them to it. He seems to believe there's something of great importance within. They learn that it was used by Germans, who were performing unusual and theoretic experiments on their own soldiers. However its dark secret is soon revealed and the soldiers struggle to survive against something unimaginable.

Think of 'The Bunker (2001)' meets 'Dog Soldiers (2002) 'and with a touch of 'Shock Waves (1977)'. Wallah you got the British low-budget supernatural war-themed chiller 'Outpost'. For this horror hybrid sub-genre, there's not too many about and it's quite sad because there are varied possibilities to stew up something interesting. In recent times there have been such films like 'The Bunker (2001)' and 'Deathwatch (2002)', but 'Outpost' actually does a better job with the context and psychological thrills than both of them put together. That's not saying 'Outpost' is flawless, because pacing wise it does have some problems (a sluggish mid-section) and characters are superficially tailored. However Michael Mann's surrealistic bound 'The Keep (1983)' would still remain my favourite of a short-listed sub-genre.

Now that artwork cover seems to advertise something that's it not quite. I mean it looks like it'll go out with a bang, and those soldiers can be seen as zombies. But really it's a ghost story set in a bunker which does hold the answers. Sure it's outlandish, but there's nothing enigmatic about it at all. It's doesn't build on the character's fears to end their demise, but it's an unstoppable force (which has to with the Nazis and their interest in the occult to find any sort upper-hand to winning the war) that eventually picks off the mercenaries one by one. The direct plot mixes the unconventional (the reasoning behind the unusual events) with the standard clichés. The compressed set-up is simple, and old-fashion, but it still the story has a backbone (involving the motive of the businessman) that holds it together. Atmosphere, atmosphere and atmosphere. It's the forlorn, bleak and claustrophobic type. Boy is it effective too! The colours are dourly saturated, and it saps the life out of the picture. The bunker's interior is filled with gloomy lighting, shadowy corridors and a real uneasy sense of something is always lurking in the dark. The edgy imagery can be hair-raising, and the tension gradually builds upon every revelation. But it's no scare-fest. I see some complaints about the ending not being satisfying, but I thought it couldn't be anymore appropriate with what has gone before it.

The slow burn style is deliberately executed to draw it out, but really it could've been much tighter and the film only goes for just over 80 minutes. A lot of the time is spent on the soldiers of fortune wandering the spooky bunker or trying to figure what's going on, which the script could've used some time to explore these characters. Instead it's quite thin, but at least they were believable in their actions. When the macabre horror eventually breaks out, and the ghostly SS German soldiers appear (after doing a lot of looming in the background) to hand out some bayonet happy punishment. This is where the nightmarish intensity and cruel-streak comes through and leaves its alarming mark. The violence can be grisly, and slightly unnerving. The Nazi soldiers look menacingly imposing and are lethally efficient, especially with the scenes when there's a whole battalion of them. Thank god there's no CGI getting in the way. Steve Barker's confined direction engineers a gritty, but atmospherically haunting and ominous ambiance that inserts itself in early to never leave. There's the usual style and some ambitious strokes that hold your interest. The eerily downbeat music score subtly serves well to the moody nature of the situation. Performances are nothing special, but are sure-footed. Ray Stevenson gives an admirably gruff turn and Richard Brake's grizzled red-neck is the only ones to stand out.

'Outpost' holds a brooding, curious idea, which highly entertains even with its hovering faults.

A group of ragged war-weary mercenaries led by DC (Ray Stevenson) are hired by a British doctor to venture into the middle of a war-zone in order to find a Nazi bunker. Planned to be in and out withing 48 hours it seems to be a simple operation. That is until undead Nazis start appearing and physics gets hijacked by some wacky Second World War experiment...

I wasn't naturally expecting Shakespeare with this movie, but I was really hoping for an interesting scare. However it is a far cry away from similar tales (from ones I've seen lately it is highly reminiscent of "The Stick" by Darrell Roodt). The story remains very fragmented and is never really built up to a satisfying degree. Also the film almost totally lacks any horror save for the first 20 minutes or so. After that its a typical who-to-whack-next flick with no suspense or interesting plot points to pull it together. The ending standoff is the worst of it all, as it forces rules that were previously non-existent (with undead following DC's game plan without much fuss or objections).

All in all despite some good manly performances by Stevenson and Prior (Richard Brake) it's not worth the time invested into it. It's a shame, because the location as well as the basic premise could have given a much better end result.

Eastern Europe , present day . A regular team is hired by a retainer (Julian Wadham ) to a company that acquired some real state there . They must go a place where every couple of months it witches between government and insurgent hands . The leader is a tough mercenary (Ray Stevenson ) . He'll operate six-man fire team , the money is six thousand US per man , cash , payable only on the safe return . Equipment (Richard Brake , Michael Smiley, Frost , Blair , among others ) will run to another five , up front. Then the regular army has positions to the south and insurgent to the north UN safe area is southwest . Then they encounter a German bunker plenty of relics where happen weird events. The group meets a pale man and they reckon the locals used this location for a little bit of the ethnic cleansing and they moved on . It was like a slaughterhouse down there . Then the employer communicates : ¨ On site , item located . Take all necessary steps ¨. Later on ,they encounter a machine which could be the Holy Grial of physics , there are four faces that control matter , the key has been trying to find how those forces interact . If they can do that , then they can explain the behaviour of all the substance in the universe. Einstein coined a phrase ¨ unified field theory ¨. Many people thought he was close to finding a solution . But when he saw the atomic bomb test at Trinity , he abandoned the research and destroyed his notes . Nobody has even come close to finding a solution since . Then the Nazis were working on the same thing , a machine designed to manipulate an unified field and the chamber above it where they found the bodies was built to control the resultant energy , contain it . As the Germans were trying to win a war . But with this technology , its application and impact in the modern world would be limitless and probably priceless . After that , they watch some Nazi footage as : the Third Reich was renowned for dabbling with the occult . Fantasy blending with scientific research , the ¨Field Theory¨ would have been perfect for them . An equation that could bend space and time , potentially alter reality . They were running some kind of trials on these soldiers . Exposing them to the energy harnessed in that chamber above , they were trying to enhance the men . Theoretically , the human body could become fused , disappear , interwoven with the magnetic fields themselves . The American tried something similar in 1943 . An attempt was to render a warship the USS Eldridge , invisible , using Einstein's theories , ¨The Philadelphia Experiment ¨ . Urban myth has it they were partially successful . The Nazis were attempting something similar , maybe even more ambitious . A soldier that was invulnerable and unstoppable . An army that could travel thousand of miles and nobody would be any the wiser until it materialised at the gates of the White House .

This exciting movie displays thrills , chills , warfare action and lots of blood and gore . Well played by Ray Stevenson as tough commandant , he is doing an interesting career in strong roles as Rome and Punisher 2 . Dark cinematography by Struthers and suspenseful musical score by James Seymour . The flick is professionally written and directed by Steve Barker in his only film and he is preparing the second part . Rating : Good . Nice thrilling movie full of action and violence.

If you ever played the famous game (PC and console) Wolfenstein, you will love this movies.

I like too much stories mixing horror and ominous Nazi scientific experiments. It's a very interesting and prolific genre. Sometimes you get some very poor stories, but it's not the case of this one. It's simple, it's plain and it's interesting with a nice mix of suspense, horror and action.

I like the way the actors played the characters, they are very realistic. Production is also very nice, no CGI at all, but only the good old way of creating weird and dark places.

If you want to see a cool mystery/horror movies with no fuzzy plot, this is the one. I recommend.

Strange businessman hires a group of soldiers to go to an abandoned Nazi bunker in the East of Europe.Strange things happen and the soldiers are killed of one by one.Something in the bunker have no plans to let the visitors complete their mission.This is an British Horror-film thats really well made,original plot and has great look and fine set-pieces.Acting is OK and it has some good and gory murders.But to be fair I tough it was a bit boring and not scary at all.Thats just the case ,its not one of the better films I seen recent.Its no new masterpiece like Neil Marshalls The Descent or his excellent Werewolf movie Dog Soldiers.Best thing about the movie is the ending and the scary look of one of the forces that killing the Soldiers.Sorry folks my rating is only 4/10.

Dark, gritty, and dirty. Really a great vibe and unsafe feeling during the whole movie. Highly recommended for all nazi-zombie fans