The Walking Dead Christmas Special

Another short film is up for review this time.  This one is a spoof of one of my favorite tv shows.  If you've been to this site a time or two, chances are you like The Walking Dead also.

Anyway, The Walking Dead Christmas Special is focused mostly on Season 3 events.  This was hilarious.  The actress playing Maggie wasn't very good, and Daryl was too skinny.  But, those are minor details.  This short film still gets a solid 8 on a scale of 1 to 10.

If you haven't seen it yet, click here to watch it.

Zombies! Zombies! Zombies!

This one opens with little girl watching a zombie film.  Once her uncle puts her to bed, he decides to finish watching the movie.  Later, it'll be revealed that the pair are related to one of the main characters.

The next scene cuts to a lab where a scientist is working on a cure for cancer.  A friend of his sneaks in to get another fix.  Apparently, along with his cancer research, the good doctor also does crack research.  Anyway, the junkie gets his crack and takes it to the streets to share it with his favorite hooker.

The next series of scenes follow a few strippers around the club they work at, The Grind House, until they get off work.  The main characters walk over to the cafe next door to grab a bite to eat before heading home.  It's in the cafe that we meet the rest of the cast: a group of hookers and their pimp.

The original hooker starts to feel ill from the experimental crack.  She quickly turns into one of the undead.  At this point, the movie is at the halfway mark.  The first zombie appears at the halfway point in the movie.  Not a good sign.

After the rest of the film is spent hiding in the strip club from the zombies, the survivors manage to kill off all of the zombies.  In case you do decide to watch this one, I won't give away the rest of the plot.

Probably the best scene in the film is when the pimp decides to fight a few of the zombies.  The only form of offense he has is.... you guessed it!  A pimp slap!!!  But that alone won't save this movie.  This one was terrible.  On a scale of 1 to 10, this one gets a 2.

Zombiethon

This one is definitely in a class of it's own.  The description of the movie on Netflix led me to believe that this would be something similar to Kung Pow.  I was wrong.  The production company behind this one took some of their movies and a few others and mashed them up into a collection of mini-movies.  It's actually considered a documentary.  There wasn't a plot to this film.  There wasn't a group of survivors to root for (or against).  There were several women running from various zombies from various movies.  That's it.  In fact, I just gave away the plot to the entire movie.

The idea of taking several movies and mashing them together was a good one.  Was it great?  No.  But, I did learn a few things.  1.  What would happen if a zombie wrestled a shark?  2.  What would happen if a zombie were set on fire?  3.  What would happen if a zombie were interrupted while watching a movie?  The list goes on.  This film was interesting to say the least.  On a scale of 1 to 10, I'd rate this one a 4.  It was bad.  But not terrible.

Remains

Like my favorite tv show, this movie is adapted from a comic book.  The setting is a casino in Reno, NV.  The movie follows a blackjack dealer through the casino headed to his work station.  After a short time he sees a waitress by, and he goes to follow her. After a short exchange of insults, the pair lock themselves in a shelter of some kind that also doubles as a storage closet.  It turns out that he's her drug dealer.  What a life he leads.  He's a blackjack dealer AND a drug dealer!!  The film cuts away to a news broadcast of a new weapon of some sort.  The reporter announces that he's been instructed to take cover.  Seconds later, a blast behind him causes a mushroom cloud to cover the planet.

The scene cuts back to the dealer and the waitress having sex in the shelter.  Apparently she pays with sex instead of cash.  Anyway, they're completely unaware of what's going on outside.  Once the deed is done, they get dressed and realize the power's out and they're stuck.

Another guy also survived somehow and has now turned the power back on.  This lets the pair out of the shelter.  This is when they make the grim discovery that the city of Reno is infested with zombies.  One guy that was trapped outside is let in, and the survival begins....

The group passes the days living off of the food in the casino's kitchen and drinking all the beer in sight.  Occasionally they attempt to escape, but they can never agree where to go.  But it doesn't matter anyway, they're never successful.  During one attempt, the waitress and dealer manage to steal a set of keys from a zombie they've killed.  They take the key fob into the parking garage looking for the car responding to the buttons they push on the fob.  They find a Cooper Mini.  That in itself was funny.  They get to the overhead door, and can't get it open.  They back the car up, and ram it at full speed.  Nothing happens.  This is pretty much the best part of the whole movie.

A group of soldiers begins broadcasting a message that they'll be coming to Reno to rescue anyone in need.  When the group manages to connect with the soldiers, they find out that the soldiers are only interested in stealing food and supplies.  Later, the only female soldier returns looking for shelter because her group was overrun by stronger zombies.  Everyone she was with is now dead.

These stronger zombies begin to feed not only on the group, but the weaker zombies as well.  At this point, only the dealer, waitress, and soldier are left.  The waitress abandons the other two, and jumps in the mini.  She uses some C4 she found.  She doesn't make it to the car in time and is bitten on her lower lip.  Shortly afterwards, the dealer and soldier take the car and head to Utah.

The film ends with the waitress missing her lower lip, carrying a shot-gun.  She's headed to Utah.  I guess she's one of those strong zombies.  That part wasn't explained too well.  That has to be some of the things wrong with this movie.  Some things weren't explained fully.  The acting wasn't too bad.  The idea that some of the zombies may be stronger than others was interesting.  I'm gonna give this movie and 8 on a scale of 1 to 10.

Zombie Town

When I initially started watching this movie, I was willing to accept the fact that this was a low budget movie.  I knew that the special effects weren't gonna be great.  I was willing to over look that.  I was even willing to over look the plot hole of a zombie being arrested.  But I'm getting ahead of myself.  Let's back up a bit.

The movie opens in the woods somewhere.  A group of friends have decided to get away for the weekend.  For one reason or another each of the friends has a reason to go away.  One friend decides to take a walk by himself through the woods.  Alone.  At night.  Bad idea.  When the opening credits are finished rolling this guy is now a zombie and has managed to stumble back to the cabin where is friends are.  Needless to say, he eats all of them.  At this point, I'm enjoying the movie.  I've looked past the bad acting and the bad special effects.

The next morning a couple of guys (who know the dead guys) hear about what happened.  They do some of their own investigating before calling the cops.  Once the cops are called in, things go down hill.  Down hill for the movie and for the characters in it.  A zombie gets arrested.  The next scene cuts to the guy screaming and growling from his jail cell.  How exactly did they manage to put the guy in handcuffs? How'd they get him in and out of the car?  How'd they get him into the cell?  I've got more questions.  None of which get answered.

So, the guy is laying in the cell, and some sort of snake-looking thing eats it's way out of his chest.  This thing crawls into the toilet.  And then, the sheriff sits on the toilet.  You can guess what happens next.

As it turns out, this really wasn't a zombie movie after all.  It was an alien invasion movie.  That being said, I won't be able to rate this film.  I guess if I did, it'd get a 2.  But, it's not really a zombie movie.  The soundtrack is what gives this movie the rating.  It's evenly mixed with Heavy Metal and Country Music.  Those are two of my favorite genres of music.  But that's not enough to save this film.  I don't recommend this one at all.

Exit Humanity

This zombie flick takes place in 1875, ten years after the American Civil war has ended.  The main character, Edward Young has returned home from a hunting trip to find that his son is missing and his wife is a zombie.  Edward begins to wander around looking for other people, shelter and food.  He meets another man who is trying to rescue his sister from some Confederate Soldiers who refuse to accept that the war is over.  Much like The Walking Dead season 3, there are alot of fights between the living in this movie.

There a some very cool animated intervals that add to the story.  The animated shorts are taken from the journal that Edward keeps along his journey through the Southern United States.

The special effects team did a great job.  The zombies looked very scary.  Dee Wallace has a small role in this film as a woman with a secret.  You may remember Dee from her role as Elliot's mother in E.T.

Somewhere in the movie I became somewhat bored.  The movie ran a little too long.  Near the end of the movie Edward has somehow gained control of the zombies and he leads them to battle.  I probably missed something very important to the film's plot when I became bored.

Despite the flaws in this movie, I still enjoyed watching it.  On a scale of 1 to 10, this movie gets a respectable 7.  You should probably check it out.

Stripperland!

This VERY lame spoof of Zombieland was pretty stupid. The only thing remotely cool about this movie was the idea that the Zombie Virus only affects women.  I can see that as totally plausible.  But that's where it stops.  Once a woman has become infected, she has an uncontrollable urge to either take all of her clothes off, or dress like a stripper and seduce men for the purpose of eating their flesh.  In this film you could kill a zombie by shooting it anywhere.  I like the fact that in order to kill a zombie, you have to kill the brain.  That's a basic rule for a good zombie movie.  This just might be the dumbest movie ever made.

Just like in Zombieland, the characters are named after cities or states, and the main character (Idaho), has a set of rules to survive by.  His rules are modified from a book he carries called, "How To Pick Up Strippers".  The soundtrack wasn't too bad.  But, there are a few reasons to watch Stripperland! If you have an irrational hatred of Woody Harrelson and/or Jesse Eisenberg, or maybe you just wanna see some boobies, then watching Stripperland! might be an acceptable substitute.  Otherwise, don't bother with this one.  On a scale of 1 to 10, this gets a very generous 1. 

Cold Storage

This installment of The Walking Dead webisodes was directed by the show's co-executive producer, special effects makeup artist, director, and part-time actor, Greg Nicotero.  I really love this show.  So, naturally anything that is associated with this show will almost always get a 10 from me.

This mini movie is set sometime in the beginning of season 1.  The main character, Chase is trying to catch up to his friends and is hoping to find his sister along the way.  There is much speculation that Chase's sister is Lori.  That remains to be seen.  But, while we wait for season 3 to start, click here to watch Cold Storage.

Night Of The Living Dead (1968)

This is the movie that started it all.  Released in 1968, it's been selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry as a film deemed "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant."

If you haven't seen this one, I recommend it.  It's not the best movie ever made, but it sure isn't the worst.  That title still belongs to Bloodlust Zombies.  You can find that review in this blog as well.  

Anyway, a radioactive spill by the military sets off a chain reaction of events.  I watched this movie knowing that the special effects and make-up wouldn't be up to par with today's standards.  What made me think when watching this movie were the news reports on the TV and radio.  This is clearly the beginning of the zombie apocalypse.  So, TV and radio still work.  There are reports of murders, looting, riots, chaos, AND places you can go for shelter.  This is most likely what would happen if this thing could happen for real.  I think this is what scared people in the theaters the most.  I think this is why people were offended after watching it.  The fact that Barbara went into shock (which is very much possible) really irritated me.  Why? Cause she wouldn't talk.  Also, typical in a George A. Romero film, the zombies were using weapons.  I know, it's stupid.  But, that's one of those things about a zombie movie that I find annoying.

To give the original zombie apocalypse movie anything less than a 10 wouldn't be right.  But, to give it a score I felt wasn't deserving wouldn't be right either.  So, on a scale of 1 to 10, this classic movie gets a 9.  If you disagree with me, watch the full movie here and you decide.

Play Dead

I really enjoyed this 18 minute short film.  This one is set in Miami in the summer of 2012.  I personally think it's pretty believable considering what happened in Miami this year.

This film takes an interesting approach to the zombie movie genre: it's mostly presented from a dog's point of view.

I drew my own conclusion as to how the whole thing started.  I'm going with the earlier mentioned incident in Miami.  That being said, the dogs are immune to the virus and are roaming around Miami looking for something to eat.  That's pretty much it.  But, there's nothing lame about this one.  The zombies look cool, the acting was very good.  In fact, this movie gets a 10.  By the way, this was done on a $6,000 budget.  Maybe Hollywood should think about that.  I recommend this one.  In fact, click here to watch it.

Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies

Immediately I thought this would've been a great Civil War era zombie movie without the historical references.  But, this movie was intended to be a mockbuster film.  I dunno why there was a need to mock Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, but there was.

The movie opens with a young Abe running into his home to find his mother affected by the disease.  She's tied to the bed.  Abe's dad tells him that he cannot kill her. So, he shoots himself in the head leaving little Abe to kill his own mother.

Fast forward into Lincoln's second term as president.  News has arrived at the White House that a Confederate fort has fought back the Union's advances to leave only 1 surviving soldier.  He's very sick and barely alive.  When questioning the survivor, Lincoln discovers the soldier has an illness that seems to bring corpses back to life. He then personally leads a team of the new secret service (which was actually created due to Lincoln's death) of 12 men to accompany him in investigating the fort.  It wasn't until later that I thought of this, but there is only 1 scene near the end of the movie where anybody is riding a horse.  I guess everybody walked where they went back in 1863.  Soon, Abe and his men meet up with Stonewall Jackson and his men via gun fight.  The dude playing Jackson was CLEARLY wearing a fake beard.  I guess there weren't any D-List actors (or men in Georgia) with beards that day.  After Abe and his men win the gun battle they take over the fort.  The zombie plague is discovered, and a plan is set in motion.

Abe and his men set about the town killing zombies.  They are able to walk among them with ease as long as they are quiet.  I hated that.  Among other things, that was a major flaw in this movie.  While clearing the town, Abe runs into his ex-girlfriend turned whore, Mary.  Mary and her daughters have been hiding in their home with 10 year old Theodore Roosevelt.  The time frame of this movie is two years before Teddy was born.

Anyway, while clearing out the town a second time, Mary gets zombie blood in her mouth and she begins a slow turn into one of the undead.  While this is going on, one of Abe's men, John Wilkinson AKA John Wilkes Booth plots to release a zombified soldier being held captive.  He's doing this because well, he's John Wilkes Booth.  During his speech to the undead soldier (who does not attempt to eat him) he talks about his life as an actor and etc...  This may be the only historical accuracy in the film.  John Wilkes Booth was actually a very famous actor at the time he killed Lincoln.

Later, a plan is formed to attract all the zombies to the fort and blow it up.  Once this is done, Mary goes on to tell Abe about how brave everyone has been.  It's now one year later and Abe is about to deliver The Gettysburg Address.  Abe stole every line from Mary.  Apparently, Honest Abe was a plagiarizer.

Once his stolen speech is made, Abe travels to a secret barn where a doctor is keeping Mary chained up.  Abe decides to clean her wrists where the chains have cut her.  Abe is telling her all about John Wilkes Booth's plans to kidnap him. (Booth's plans to kidnap Lincoln were real.)  But Abe was too smart and avoided the dangerous area where Booth was hiding.  Abe told Mary he even knew what boarding house Booth was staying in.  During all this talking, Mary manages to scratch Abe and infect him.  Knowing there was no hope for himself, Abe sends a letter to John Wilkes Booth at the boarding house.  The letter tells Booth what has happended, where and when Abe will be.  The final scene shows Lincoln walking through Ford's Theater.

Again, I think this would've been a great Civil War era zombie movie without the historical references.  There was some REALLY bad acting.  But it was mostly the historical references that hurt this film.  On a scale of 1 to 10, this film gets a 3.

Survival Of The Dead

This George A. Romero film opens with a group of AWOL National Guardsmen robbing the heroes of the previous zombie film made by Romero,  Diary Of The Dead.  (I tried watching that one, but I had a hard time watching it due to it being shown from the cameraman's point of view.  I'll try again soon to watch it so I can review it.)  Anyway, while all of this is going on, on a small island off the eastern coast of Delaware is a small island.  This island is mostly over-run with zombies.  But, there are two Irish families left unharmed.  One family is set on killing the zombies.  While the other family has decided to train the zombies to do the jobs they had before the virus spread.  For example, the mailman zombie still delivers the mail.  This is the main theme of the movie.  These two families hate each other, and can't agree on what to do with the zombies.  Later the soldiers meet up with the leader of the family killing the zombies.  They arrive back at the island and a lame fight ensues.  Eventually, the family saving the zombies captures the other family and the soldiers.  The soldiers and their friends are being held (without restraint) on a farm.  They are being forced to watch a female zombie and a horse in a corral.  Everyone is waiting to see of the zombie will eat the horse.  Instead she decides to ride the horse.  Because of that, a fight breaks out, and everyone is bitten and becomes a zombie.  The movie ends with the fathers from the two families (who are now zombies) chasing each other with unloaded guns.


This movie sucked.  It probably ties as the worst zombie movie ever. On a scale of 1 to to 10, this film gets a well deserved 1.  Don't waste your time with this one.

28 Days Later

This was a really good movie.  It had a few flaws here and there, but overall, it was a good movie.  Anyway, the movie opens with an animal testing facility gets broken into, a few infected chimpanzees escape.... and well, you know how this turns out.  28 days after the chimps bite the first human, (hence the name of the movie,) a bicycle delivery guy wakes up from a coma to find all of London deserted.  He meets up with a small group of survivors.  They fill him in everything that happen during his coma.  After a few days, they come across a group of soldiers who take the women in their group.  Instead of having sex with the women, (I assume it's been awhile.) they force them to put on a fashion show.  THAT may have been probably the second dumbest thing in a zombie movie.  For the dumbest thing ever, refer to my review of Bloodlust Zombies.  Sometime after the fashion show, the soldiers reveal that they have been keeping an infected soldier for observation.  It's later revealed that the zombies will eventually starve to death.  I really liked this idea.  The thought that the zombies will starve to death once all of the survivors are gone... good stuff. I didn't love this movie.  But, I didn't hate it either.  Because of the British accents, I didn't like it as much as I want to.  So, on a scale of 1 to 10, this movie gets a reluctant 8.  I wanted to give this movie a 5, but that wouldn't be fair.

Day Of The Dead

The third Ving Rhames zombie flick on this blog comes up for review today.  Maybe Vingh should be named Godfather Of All Zombies.  BUT, this is a George A. Romero remake.  Anyway, this one centers on a small town in Colorado facing a strange Flu outbreak.  The locals aren't allowed to leave town.  The hospital is over crowded with sick people.  One of the female soldiers is from the town.  She feels a personal responsibility to the people of her hometown.  After arriving, she takes a lower ranking solder with her to visit her mother.  Keep in mind that he has a secret crush on her.  When they arrive at the mother's house, they discover that her mom is sick and they take her to the hospital.  While there, the sick people start to turn into zombies.  But not the normal zombies that you and I expect when you watch zombie movie.  These zombies move REALLY, REALLY fast.  They can climb walls and ceilings.  Anyway, a small group of soldiers fight their way out of the hospital.  They decide to leave the town.  During the fight, the young soldier is bitten.  He eventually turns into a zombie.  BUT, he refuses to bite anyone due to his secret love for his commanding officer!  Throughout the film the zombie soldier still follows orders.  Near the end of the movie the group flees to a secret army base.  There they find Army scientist working on a cure.  But, the virus has spread to the base.  The smartest scientist becomes infected.  Now, the group must work to outsmart a genius zombie.  When all hope seems lost for the group, the love struck zombie soldier fights back against all of the other zombies to save the humans.  He pays the ultimate sacrifice.  The virus and all of the zombies are defeated.  Shortly before or after the credits roll,  (I can't remember which) we learn that one zombie survived.  This is a perfect set-up to explain what happens before Dawn Of The Dead actually starts.  Pretend that this one was made before Dawn Of The Dead.  Anyway, because it links easily with Dawn Of The Dead, and D.O.D. is one of my favorite movies, I'll give this one a 5 out of 10.  Smart, super strong zombies aren't my thing.  That's what brings the rating down.  If it weren't for that, it may have gotten a 9 or a even a 10.

Bloodlust Zombies

The movie opens with some sort of conference call about a completed project by some corporation who after a big biological break, developed a chemical that will help win the “war”. I assume this means the war on terror that is currently going on in Iraq.  They make it a point to party in the office for a job well done. Keep in mind that this all going on after hours.  Two lab technicians have been testing this virus on stray cats.  After a very cheesy, very drawn out sex scene, the two careless lab technicians break the container in which the cat falls out and proceeds to bite an employee, which then leads to the complex locking itself up after the disaster. 

Turns out the “virus” the company was making was going to be used to turn the enemy against each other with pure hatred! Being a fan of zombie movies, I have many issues with this movie.  Only a few people bitten by the zombies re-animate.  There is no explanation given.  The humans are capable of killing the zombies with a gunshot to the stomach or a stab wound to the chest.  My question to the film makers is this:  If nobody turns into a zombie after being bitten by a zombie, then why are the even zombies in the first place?!?!   The acting in this movie was terrible.  I can over look that.  But, there were so many bad things in this movie.  There were topless female zombies seducing the men.  This has to be the dumbest thing ever in a zombie movie.  The acting was bad, and the jokes were bad.  Some of the zombies walked around flinging their arms and legs.  One character kept drinking from a glass that was clearly empty.  This movie is a joke.  Not a good joke.  More like a "we're laughing at you, not with you" joke. 

Let’s talk about the positive aspects of the film.... let me think..... I got nothing.

As to what makes this movie bad far outweighs what makes this movie good.  The inclusion of a porn star makes the statement that this film will be about sex and nudity.  And, it is.  The heroin, Alexis Texas kills two zombies.  Shortly after her first kill, she has the need to wipe the undead blood off of her.  I can understand that.  She just killed her zombified boyfriend.  She's covered in his blood.  But to go on for ten minutes watching her strip down and wash the blood off of her naked body got old.  I'm not gay.  I just didn't see the point.  

Stay away from this one people.  This movie was flat out stupid.  Bloodlust Zombies feels more like a porno without the porn, as if it had been edited for late night T.V.  On a scale of 1 to 10, this movie gets a very generous 1.

Humans VS Zombies

A big part of this movie's plot includes a game that's played on many college campuses all across the country.  This is where the movies gets it's name.  The movie begins with college students on summer break are exposed to a deadly virus that turns people into zombies.  The zombie horde grows and spreads throughout the community. During all the chaos, a campus security guard, obsessed with conspiracy theories, leads a group of students to safety as they and a small band of uninfected people set out to find other human survivors in an attempt to discover the source of the virus and save the world.

The overall production quality of this movie was pretty bad.  But, it didn't affect the quality of the movie itself.  I really like the idea that the United States military has exposed it's soldiers to chemicals that make them immune to the virus.  Despite the low production quality, and sometimes poor acting,  I'd give this movie a solid 9.  It was filmed in Pittsburg, TX.  Anything from the great state of Texas has to be good.

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Aaah! Zombies!!

Aaah! Zombies!! was originally released under the title of Wasting Away.  This is another horror/ comedy movie.  It's considered unique in that the events of the plot took place from the zombies' point of view.  A group of friends become infected with the zombie virus when they accidentally mix ice cream & beer with a gooey green fluid from a barrel that they found. The teens are unaware that they have become zombies.  They don't understand why people tend to flee at the sight of them.  Probably the funniest part was watching two zombies make out.  Besides, zombies are people too.  And, when you think about it, all the zombies want is to be left alone.  Anyway, on a scale of 1 to 10, this movie gets a 7.  It was pretty funny.  I like the new take on zombies.  There was room for improvement.  But, it wasn't the worst movie ever made.  Besides, it was released on my wedding anniversary.  That alone is worth at least one extra point.

Click here to watch the full movie.

2012 Zombie Apocalypse

The film begins in June 2011 when the VM2 begins to spread.  Soon, 83% of the European population was infected. The virus becomes a global pandemic as it eventually reaches Japan and the United States. Months later, after the zombie plague has wiped out ninety percent of the US population, a small group of survivors fight their way across the United States to a rumored refuge on the island of Catalina.  

This is another Ving Rhames zombie flick.  He plays the typical bad dude that he usually plays.  If you can get past seeing the same 4 or 5 zombies appearing over and over randomly through out the movie, overall it's not a bad movie.  The idea that "I always go for the arrows.  Nobody takes the arrows when they raid a sporting goods store." is actually a really great idea.  Some of the special effects are lame. but again, it's not a bad movie.  In fact, on a scale of 1 to 10, I'd give this movie a high 7. Maybe a low 8.

Zombieland

The first rule of Zombieland: Cardio. When the zombie outbreak first hit, the first to go, for obvious reasons... were the fatties.  Well, in the event of a zombie apocalypse I guess that means I'm dead. Or undead.

Take notes next time you watch this movie.  ALL of the rules make sense.  This movie is a very different take on the genre. It's a comedy/ horror film set two months after Mad Cow Disease turns the population of our planet into flesh eating zombies.

This film has a great cast, a great soundtrack, everything about this movie was awesome. I've seen it a hundred times over.  Bill Murray makes a great cameo. Talk about going to the "tippy top of the A list".  This again, is one I recommend you see.  If you haven't seen it, you MUST see this movie.  If you have, see it again. On a scale of 1 to 10, this movie get s a 10.  By the way, stock up on Twinkies now, while you still can.

Dawn Of The Dead (2004)

This is the George A. Romero remake by Zack Snyder.  This is probably the best zombie movie ever made.  An unexplained outbreak, a group of survivors that really don't like each other trapped in a mall.  The survivors pass the time with shooting contests.  One person looks through binoculars and picks a specific zombie to kill.  The shooter has to kill that specific zombie in one shot.  Good stuff.  THIS is what zombie movies are supposed to be like.  Zack Snyder did everything this right in this one.  There were no zombies shooting guns.  The car crash at the beginning of the movie was very cool.  A few years after the movie came out, Jake Weber's character on Medium joked about how lame this movie was.  You gotta love the inside jokes Hollywood makes.  The cast was great. By the way, this is one of many Ving Rhames zombie movies. The soundtrack was awesome: Johnny Cash's "When The Man Comes Around" to open the movie was perfect.  Later, Disturbed's "Down With The Sickness" was covered by Richard Cheese.  I'm not really sure where to go from here. It was a great movie. If you haven't seen it yet, rent it.  If you have seen it, see it again. This movie gets a solid 10.

Land Of The Dead

Here's the first of many George A. Romero movies you'll find on this blog.  The movie takes place in a city that has become a sanctuary from the zombie apocalypse.  Three of the city's borders are rivers, and the fourth is an electric fence.

The main theme of the movie centers on a group of rich people and their leader that built the city.  Few live in luxury while most live in poverty or worse.  The city employees a group of mercenaries that hunt the zombies and provide food and other supplies to the city.  The top 2 mercenaries end up working against each other.  One works to benefit himself, the other trying to work for himself.  While this is going on, the zombies have banded together to fight the humans.  This is where I kinda lost interest.  The zombies were shooting guns.  I think that this could've been a much better movie. The humans fighting each other over guns, food, and armor during a zombie apocalypse, sounds good. But when the zombies start shooting guns, making Molotov cocktails and etc... Meh.

The cast was actually pretty good.  I guess people want to work for Romero even if they know the movie's gonna suck. Anyway, on a scale of 1 to 10, I'd give this movie a 6