In the Film, a bunch of random people meet up, fight zombies and then run from zombies.  It ends with them running into a Soccer Stadium and we see a swarm of the undead coming!
At the beginning of this Film, we see thrm barricade themselves in at the Stadium, say 'This is not good' and then...a Graphic says '10 Minutes Later.'

Next we see them outside and they steal a car.  Oh...alright.

So much for 4 years of build-up.
We cut back to Ancient Greece and see a zombie outbreak...out of nowhere.

A bunch of Greek Soldiers we just met died and then they cut back to the Present.

Confused?
Our Heroes must deal with a few big things...

People exploiting the event to kill people.

A new group of Survivors.
A guy coming back from the dead with no explanation.

Oh, and they cut back to a sudden Billy Zane appearance in Ancient Greece...and now he's wandering around int the Present.
Can they fend off the Zombie Hordes?

Can they get out of Athens before it is too late?

Do we need a 20th Character to have a Sub-Plot?
To find out this- and how to serve a good fried egg while fending for your life-, watch the Film.
It's...something.  So, I made the mistake of perusing the IMDB User Reviews for this one and they are mixed.  Here's a common refrain: if you're not Greek, you won't get the humor.

That's...an excuse, right?  Someone can't write Comedy, and everyone says that it is just something you'd have to be 'Greek' to get.
Yeah, no.

Regional Humor aside, the Film is chock full of some good things and so many bad things.

The good things- fun Zombie gore and Billy Zane.
The bad things- Too many Characters, bad Writing, the Greek Stuff not being its own Story, suddenly introducing magic, ignoring their previous ending, making the worst Lead the most important, giving one guy superpowers right before the end, 'fridging' their Female Characters, jumping between the Time Periods at random, a silly revelation at the end and a bad Ending.

I wanted to like this.
It is bad.
Don't get up.

On the plus side, all of the Actors 'worked for free,' so nobody was overpaid.  Someone translate that into Greek for the Director to read now.

The latter is basically a Drifter on his last chance, so he's someone you can trust.

Also it's windy.
Now there's one less as Hauser kills Morsely after he fires him.

Sadly, the Wind is still here to stay.
Foster sees him burying a body and makes the connection, so, naturally, she decides to investigate the situation IMMEDIATELY while he's still out and about.

What could go wrong?
Oh right- he tries to kill her.

Now she's trapped upstairs and can't seem to get help.
Oh and Railsback shows up abruptly about 55 minutes into this, gets an exposition dump about his character, hangs around with Foster for 10 minutes and then dies.

Can Foster escape Hauser?

To find out, stream the Film and see if the Title becomes really important at any point.
A decent Film, if a bit shallow.  If you break the Film down, it's at least a full hour of just Meg Foster hiding from/fending off Wings Hauser.  They really have to stretch certain Scenes out to make this work. Between those moments, we get the drama of people trying to call different Cities in Greece via Collect Calls from L.A.  It's not badly-executed per se, but is a bit much for what little content they have here.

For one thing, you could have built up the tension between Foster and Hauser before he knew that she saw his crime.  Instead, he's crazy in like his 2nd Scene, kills the Owner and then goes right after her.  He has one last interaction where he's clearly gone off the deep end, but I guess he's trying to gauge how guilty she knows he is.  It helps, though it is only a few minutes tops.

Foster- in spite of my clear phobia regarding her eyes- does do a good job here.  Hauser, in turn, plays crazy pretty well.  It's basically what if someone watched Jack Nicholson in The Shining and tried to do that.  On the flip side, McCallum has nearly nothing to do after Act 1 and Railsback is kind of wasted in his small role.

The Wind is a decent Thriller.  It's just a pretty bare-bones one.  You could do worse on a dark night though.

Next time, I mine a multi-Film DVD for more content.  What's the worst I could find?  Stay tuned...

An obscure flick in need of a visual upgrade.  Today's film is BloodTide, a fairly-forgotten film from 1982 with an odd, ensemble Cast.  The film comes to us from the man behind Island of Death and the Writer of Scarecrows.  It features the Stars of The Karate Kid (made 2 years later), Conan the Barbarian and Zoltan...Hound of Dracula.  Again- kind of a mixed bag there.  The film clearly features the same location as Island, which is, well, an Island in Greece.  That's Nico for you.  In the film, a young couple goes looking for the man's sister and finds her on a tiny island.  They also discover that the place is very secretive and is clearly hiding something.  It has a sort of Lovecraft vibe to it, but not too much is really done with it.  Can this random Cast come together to make a memorable film?  To find out, read on...
As the Credits roll, our young couple head to the Island.  Kove's missing sister is supposed to be there, but there's no reason that they can't have fun on the way.
One thing that is hard to get past is the piss-poor VHS-quality Rip on the DVD.  This is especially notable early on in this scene with bad lighting to begin with.  Just...just try to look at this.
Movin on...the pair find the sister, but she is a bit...well, out of it.  She has 'gone native' just a bit.
The pair meet another couple- a ditzy blonde and...Darth Vader('s voice)!

James Earl Jones plays a treasure seeker that is looking for some gold coins in the nearby water.
The secretive town- shown to be involved in some sort of ritual in the beginning- finally cracks down on them and says that they can't leave.  They are led by Jose Ferrer, because that is someone who totally looks Greek.

Can it be racist if a Greek guy wrote it?  Maybe just a little.
After getting a tease of some footage of the mysterious creature, we get...P.O.V. footage of it, blood in the water and her hand as she dies.

Oh, you tease- you Jaws-ripping off tease.
After some random, fairly-dull build up, the sister gets back to her work of uncovering some ancient art.  She finds proof that they have been worshipping some sort of sea monster.  I'd make that face too.
Later on, the two remaining ladies- the girlfriend and the sister- are set up to be sacrificed.  Kove and Jones show up to save them, but the latter is attacked by the beast.

Enjoy the only shot of the creature's 'head' in the film.  It took about 10 tries to get this millisecond sighting for you.  Enjoy, Internet.
In a noble (or dumb) moment, Jones sets off some dynamite he has with him to kill the beast (and himself).

In the aftermath, Kove leaves with the two ladies and dumps the coins back into the sea.  The End.
A lot of promise, but not a lot of results.  This movie is a real shame to watch- it could have been great.  The plot has a secretive Cult, a sea monster and hot babes on an island.  What could go wrong?  Well, there is pretty much no monster.  In theory, it is out there.  It apparently kills two people (three if you count Jones), but you never see it.  I almost wonder if this was just a matter of Budget.  We get all of the build-up, but no real pay-off.  I will see if I can find some answers on this one.  In defense of the film, the Acting is good and I liked the overall atmosphere.  As you watch the film waiting for the monster, it is enjoyable.  It is nothing special, but far better some dreck I have seen.  It is still nothing all that special.  As a wannabe Film Historian, it is neat to see a pre-Karate Kid Martin Kove and Jones playing a normal role in the same year he was Thulsa Doom in Conan the Barbarian.  As a fan of good movies, it is just kind of sad to see what made it into the film and what didn't.  In fact, let me highlight just how this film has been treated in the ensuing years.  This is a picture of the DVD itself in all of its allegedly-gold 'glory.'  Just...wow.
Next up, I tackle a film classic and proof that not all Remakes suck.  Go to sleep, lose your soul, join the evil collective.  Stay tuned...

Every country needs their own zombie film. Italy has dozens (Zombi 2-5), England has a couple (28 Days Later) and even France has one (The Grapes of Death). Hell, even Australia has one (The Undead). So what happens when the great island nation of Greece made one? Find out in my review of...

To Kako (a.k.a. Evil)

The movie begins with a bunch of people in a cave digging up rocks. Faster than you can say 'let's rip-off Evil Dead II,' a P.O.V. force flies at one of the men. We cut to the man in a crowded soccer...I mean, futbol stadium. The evil power overtakes him and he bites a nearby man. A zombie plague breaks out very quickly and all hell breaks loose.

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The movie basically sets up a bunch of random characters that will eventually meet up and fight zombies together. The problem is that almost none of them have what you would call 'personalities' or are 'likable.' We get a cab driver, a young woman and a soldier, amongst others. They start off strong by having the men leering at the lead young woman. Thanks, movie.

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The film has an odd habit of introducing some ideas and not really following up on them. One female lead is obsessed with getting home to save her little brother from her zombie dad. They risk life and limb to get there and...the film cuts to another location. We don't even get a good 'I'm sorry it was too late' speech. We also get a subplot involving another female lead's foot fetish. Say it with me- ewww. After surviving many attacks, she dies as a zombie licks her foot before eating it. That's lovely, movie.

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The good stuff: this movie has some really cheesy gore effects. We get lots of splatter (the film clearly wants to be Bad Taste) and silliness. The ridiculous moment where they all stop to kung-fu fight the zombies is great. The high point is the guy punching through a zombie's chest and shaking a buddy's hand on the other side of the torso. Sadly, this is the only scene like this in the movie. After being so bad-ass, the guys go down so easy. Who can I forget the guy who gets gutted by a pole after being lightly shoved into it. Lame.

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I won't spoil the ending to this movie. It is sort of moot, since the sequel is going to pick up right where this ends. At least, that is what the trailer tells us. Hopefully, the trailer is more trust-worthy than the DVD cover.

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This movie is a big, steaming pile of 'Eh.' I really wanted to like this movie, but it tried so hard to dissuade me. Compared to other zombie movies, this is a sad attempt to get attention- even more so than Zombi 4. I hope that more can be done with the storyline in the sequel and, to be fair, it does look more ambitious. Maybe you guys should just stick to what you do best: being the inspiration for 6,000 bad sword-and-sandal films. Where would Steve Reeves be without you? It's not like he turned down the lead in Dr. No to be in one of those movies. Oh right, he did.

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Let's jump back to aliens again. I hear there's a new guy out there to fight them. Sounds good. Stay tuned...