Kill Dead Zombie!

Anything that just remotely smells like zombie and I will watch it. And I happened to fall over "Zombibi" (or "Kill Zombie!" as it was oddly enough labeled on the DVD cover) on Amazon and had to put my decaying fingers on it. And with good reason, because "Zombibi" turned out to be quite good and loads of fun actually.

Mind you that this is a Dutch movie, but you shouldn't be discouraged by that fact. The zombies don't seem to mind, why should you? A satellite crashes in downtown Amsterdam, bringing with it some kind of unidentified green slime which turns people into raging zombies with a hunger for flesh. Aziz who has just been fired from his work end up in prison with his brother and two other criminals when havoc falls upon Amsterdam from outer space. Waking up the next morning, the entire city is turned upside down. Amidst the chaos, Aziz gets a distress call from the woman he fancies, and he have to head back to his former workplace to save her, but the road there is perilous and full of obstacles.

"Zombibi" is fast paced and has a marvelous mix of comedy and horror put together and it works out quite well. Sure, it is not "Shaun of the Dead" material, but still, it is quite good. The movie will have you laughing and cheering, and for us zombie fans, there will be some nice enough gore moments too.

The characters in "Zombibi" are so stereotypical that it just makes you laugh because it is so outrageous. And it works out well that it is done this way, bringing some self-irony to the movie. And the people they cast for the roles were doing great jobs. I have only seen one or two other Dutch movies prior to this one, so I can't claim to be familiar with anyone in the movie, so all new faces that have no prior roles attached to them was quite good.

I can warmly recommend "Zombibi" to you, especially if you like zombie movies that is spiced up with comedy. It is a good jab at the zombie genre to come out of the Netherlands.

This Danish zombie movie was more than a slight pain in the backside to get hold of a copy, especially one in english.

I am however I put in the effort to acquire one as this quirky little zombie comedy is actually quite a lot of fun.

More than a bit surreal it tells the story of a man who must fight his way across town to save the girl of his dreams when a zombie apocalypse breaks out. Along the way he comes across many wacky characters and moral dilemmas.

It looks great, though some of the cgi is on the rocky side the practical effects more than make up for it. The story is generic but passable, the cast are an oddball bunch who manage to deliver and the laughs are certainly well above par.

Sure it's flawed but zombies and comedy are such a perfect blend that they seem to steer most movies like this in the right direction. I laughed, I cheered our hero on and I had a ruddy good time.

Perfectly watchable attempt and certainly the best zombie movie I've seen lately.

The Good:

Gigi Ravelli

Looks great

Some real laughs to be had

The Bad:

Some ropey cgi

Structure is a tad disjointed in places

Things I Learnt From This Movie:

Zombie apocalypses look like Michael Jackson music videos

Tasering prisoners in cages is a thing

Stools are an obvious weapon choice

If you use a title with zombie in it than you immediately will have freaks over to attend your flick but on the other hand, there are so many zombie flicks out that you really have to look out for the better ones. The norms for zombies are very high nowadays due The Walking Dead series. Zombibi id of course a low budget flick that must be filed under zombedy.

And that's were the problem lays. I didn't had to laugh that much. There are funny bits but it's more about situations (running up stairs to be remembered to run down) then gory funny parts. Naturally they looked to other flicks and some shots are really rip-offs of other flicks. The one everybody will recognize is the Pulp Fiction rip-off in a car scene. I won't go in it, you will see it without a doubt.

The problem that I had was that not everything was understandable. The acting was mediocre and the gore for a zombie flick was low. But I do must give a big cheer to the CGI. Even as I hate it it did work when they are shooting towards zombies. Watch closely to the heads...

For the Dutch horror buffs Jan Doense (Mr Horror in the Netherlands) has a very small part in this flick. The editing was rather good with some funny effects but I did miss a big laughter while attending Zombibi. It isn't bad but it wont be a Nederhorror classic

Gore 2/5 Nudity 0/5 Effects 3/5 Story 2/5 Comedy 1/5

The Dutch making a zombie movie... That's like Americans making a movie about cheese. Still there's a lot to enjoy in Zombibi. First of all, with a very modest budget of about € 500.000 the picture looks great. The actors do what they can to entertain and although you cannot always understand what they're saying, you never get bored. To see Amsterdam turn into a zombie zone is also very nice for a change. Actress Gigi Ravelli, known in Holland for her role in the soap GTST, is very funny as a kick-ass cop.

Overall it's the story that lets you down. A man wants to rescue a girl and must travel across Amsterdam to do so. The finale is in a skyscraper in Amsterdam Zuidoost, the place where also an alien spaceship crashed that caused this zombie outbreak anyway. Our heroes must fight themselves into the building and save the day.

In terms of zombies we have seen it all before and the fact that this one takes place in Holland is a novelty that soon wears off. Yes, this movie goes over the top, or it least tries to. But in the end the film remains pretty safe and ends in standard mode. Makes you wonder what kind of movie somelone like Paul Verhoeven would've made out of it.

I think Zombibi was a nice attempt to make a zombie comedy and it's clear that making it was pure fun. But with more black humour and sick jokes it could have been something special.

7/10

As recent zombie movies go this film is one of the better ones, I really enjoyed watching it, story was good, cgi was good, it was funny, OK so I'm not dutch and its usually off putting trying to watch the film and read whats going on in the subtitles BUT that aside its really worth a watch, this and another none English language film recently (Juan of the Dead) have really opened my eyes to foreign language low budget horror films. Definitely recommend watching this one if nothing else to see that stunning woman Gigi Ravelli at work... out of ten id definitely give her one... erm I mean TEN! So yeah now my mind has been distracted by thoughts of that lovely young lady ill say that its definitely worth a watch, go buy it now!