Zombie Apocalypse

Not the best zombie movie but not the worst either. Considering it's an Asylum movie, you have to be a little more forgiving in terms of...well everything. Def their best movie to date though. They even managed to snag Ving Rhames for a lead role, which helped a lot. Once you get passed "made-for-tv" vibe, you may have a OK time with it. Worth checking out if you're a fan of the zombie genre...if it's for free...and if there isn't a much better zombie flick on. 2.5/5

One thing I must say is that Taryn Manning is one of the most annoying and terrible actresses around. Even with all the lousy effects and make-up, she is still the worst part of the movie.

What can I say about this stinker? Yet another "SyFy Channel Original Movie" - otherwise known as a poorly produced steaming pile of schlock. It actually took two writers to come up with this garbage? It isn't even good for purely mocking purposes. Makeup people - when you feature a zombie in a fight, make sure you glue down their prosthetics! Computer animation effects team - you have to animate the rounds going into the gun, not just the empty shells exiting the breach . . . Ving, what happened to your career? Whew!

How is it remotely possible that SyFy can produce such great original series, but the absolute WORST movies? For good zombie fare, check out "The Walking Dead," where you actually care about the characters and the writing, direction and acting are solid. Don't waste your time - avoid this one at all costs!

I have to admit that my expectations were pretty low for this movie before watching it, since it was a production by the company "The Asylum" - which has made A LOT of bad movies - and that it was made for the SyFy television network, which has commissioned A LOT of bad movies. Fortunately, this movie is better than average for those two companies. There are a few decent special effects done on a low budget, the zombie makeup is acceptable, and there is plenty of blood and gore on display.

However, I must admit that I was still kind of underwhelmed at the end. The characters are pretty weak - I don't think I even learned the names of some of them! Also, while there is plenty of scenes where blood and gore is shown, it becomes quickly monotonous - every zombie slaughter sequences looks exactly the same. The going-ons between the slaughter sequences are pretty dull as well. And the last fifteen minutes of the movie are extremely incompetent in their direction and editing.

There are a lot worse movies out there, zombie-themed or not. Still, I would only recommend this movie if (1) you get to see it for free, (2) you have a high level of patience, and (3) there is absolutely nothing else to occupy your time.

What can I say, its a Syfy Original. Of course its not going to be the greatest thing since sliced bread. Some of the special effects are off, the zombies won't look like those you would see in a million dollar production. However, if you're a zombie fan, it's your usual run of the mill zombie story. I found it interesting that they introduce a new zombified animal. Its your usual people doing stupid stuff to get in situations where they're forced to fight off hordes of undead. Yet, it's one of the better Syfy original movies I've seen. Decent acting, decent execution aside from some flawed special effects and the usual story line....people in a zombie apocalypse trying to find a safe haven.

I do think Ving Rhames wasn't used well, but I have to say I respect him for taking on a low profile role such as this one. Once again, it is what it is. If you're one of the people who loath Syfy originals...then you probably won't give this a chance and if you do, I'm betting you won't like it too much. If you're like me, however, sometimes bored on a Saturday night...this isn't the worse thing on television or on DVD. I've seen far worse zombie movies with far worse special effects.

I really liked the little different takes on zombies in this film, like the little air horn the dude throws out that the zombies are attracted too, the chick doing the shot and drop, shooting the furthest zombie, to attract the rest to escape, the pee buddy so they never are alone, or the zombies starting the fire, to lure the survivors in to an ambush, or the different zombies tags, like the shambles and the runners, little different takes on the zombie film, all the lots of little things it had in there I hadn't quite seen before.

But in-between the action, which is cool with mallets slamming down on heads, samurai like swords slicing people in halves, that chick looks cool the way she wields the sword, don't mess with her, loved watching it, we have the character moments, see the characters, their relationships, but you gotta love also ass frigging machine gun, wooah, loved the frigging machine bit dude! yeaaahhhh!!!

The cast, the girls looking sexy, the chick with samurai sword, what an athletic body, hot, and the little chick with the spiked up hair and bow and arrow, little pixie chick, she's hot ass, and the guys look like they can kick kick ass, especially ving rhames, when he comes charging in, like a monster ball of wrecking ball energy.

Looks pretty well shot too, obvious low budget, some visually stunning shots, it's cool to look at, things such as the city streets with buss laying idle across streets, or aircraft wreckage strewn across the ground as they sit in field working out their next move.

Yeah, I really liked it, for a zombie movie, interesting characters you could follow, good different kills, arrow, sword, mallet, pistols and machine gun lol

Cool little film that I reckon :)