Zombie Film Reviews

Warm Bodies Movie Review

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Big Al

With much of the world’s population now an undead horde, R is a young and introspective zombie. While fighting with and feeding on a human scavenger party, R meets Julie and feels an urge to protect her. What happens next is the beginning of a strangely warm relationship that allows R to begin regaining his humanity. As this change spreads through the local undead population like a virus, Julie and R eventually have to face a larger issue when the very nature of their friendship is challenged. Caught between the paranoid human forces and the ferocious “Bonies”, zombies who are a mutual threat, R and Julie must find a way common bond bridge the differences each sides must overcome so that they all fight for a better world no one thought possible.

So I finally got around to seeing the Zom/Com “Warm Bodies I was in no rush to watch it since from all the promo I had seen lead me to believe that it was a Zombie film aimed for the “Twilight” market of middle class suburban girls , but that said I am a big Teresa Palmer fan – so I knew that I would eventually get around to watching it.

I read an interview with Danny Boyle (of 28 days later ) where he said he would love to make 28 months later but felt the whole Zombie genre is over saturated – what with Zombies on TV (the Walking Dead) The big Hollywood Summer Block buster Zombie film (world war z) I can kind of see where he is coming from even if I don’t agree for my own selfish purposes (haha). So this leaves us with people trying to put new spins on the Zombie tale like the recent British Trilogy “In the Flesh” – reviewed here which is told from the Zombies point of view. Ironically during the whole Twilight mania a few years back (human girl meets Vampire boy) I kind of joked around saying they can never do that with Zombies as they are all blood and guts – etc etc. In fact if my aging memory serves me right SNL actually did a piss take of Twilight called Firelight where there was a f-ed up Frankenstein type monster into a girl.

Ok so with that all said – whats the verdict on the film? Eh…well you know if I was a 16 year old middle class girl I would have probably enjoyed it – however for most of us Zombie fans – its really not our thing and don’t get me wrong its not the lack of gore that I really have an issue with as I am still convinced you can make a terrifying Zombie film with minimal gore. Basically this is just Romeo and Juliet for the Twilight Zombie brigade in fact the main guys name is “R” (romeo? and the lead girl is Julie (Juliet – geddit?)

So bottom line , is its good to see writers and directors pushing the boundaries with their spin on the Zombie tale but unless you have a 16yo sister or daughter then this isn’t going to be for you.

Check the trailer here:

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State of Emergency – Zombie Movie Trailer

Posted on May 6, 2013 by Big Al

After an explosion unleashes the contents of a military bio-weapons plant, the unsuspecting populace is transformed into a roaming army of flesh-eating zombies. Trapped in the quarantine zone, Jim (Jay Hayden, A Warrior’s Heart) finds himself cut off, confused and fighting for his own survival. Contacted by a small band of others unaffected by the toxins, Jim sets out to reach their besieged warehouse. Becoming the group’s de-facto leader, he struggles to keep order as they hunker down, fortify their stronghold and arm themselves against the attacking mutants. Fragmentary radio reports from outside hint at a last-ditch government rescue plan. But can the survivors hold out until help arrives… or will they succumb to the living hell of an undead apocalypse?

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World War Z – New Trailer

Posted on April 17, 2013 by Big Al

Here is the new trailer for Brad Pitt’s Mega Budget Zombie Film World War Z

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In the Flesh BBC Zombie Show Part 1 Recap

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Big Al

Four years after the Rising, the government starts to rehabilitate the Undead back into the society including teenager Kieren Walker, who returns home to his small Lancashire village to face a hostile reception as well as his own demons.

Just caught Episode One of this great 3 part BBC made Zombie Tv show. There is something about British made Zombie films that I love, whether its the lack of fire power or what I am not sure (think Shaun of the Dead, cricket bats etc) but this one is a doozy.

instead of trying to do a made for tv “28 days later” or a poor mans The Walking Dead
the makers of “in the flesh” have got a nice spin on the post apocalyptic Zombie Drama. Set in a world where the remaining Zombie have been “cured” of their affliction in a pc world where the “rotters” are called the politically correct term “Partially deceased” ha ha I love it.

Like all good Zombie tales – “In the Flesh” has a lot of social messages in it – which can be taken or simply enjoyed the story for what it is (the best kind of Zombie stories!) The main character Kieran has been treated and supposedly “rehabilitated” of his Zombie bloodthirsty ways and is now being put back into society despite his protests. The trouble is the town where he is from is not friendly to “rotters” and still has an active militia type group hunting them down. So on the one hand poor Kieran doesn’t trust himself in being cured of his lust for human flesh and on the other hand he is shit scared that the militia force is going to hunt him down and blow his brains out – great twist and a nice touch can’t wait to watch episodes 2 and 3

here is the trailer:

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The World’s Best Walking Dead Tattoos

Posted on April 14, 2013 by Big Al

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The Walking Dead – Season 3 Finale Recap Welcome to the Tombs

Posted on April 5, 2013 by Big Al

The Governor again rouses his people to attack the prison. Tyreese and his wife refuse to join them. Before leaving however, he beats Miles to a pulp and leaves him to die in the room where Andrea has been tied to a chair. She has only a short time to set herself free before Miles dies and re-animates as a biter. The Governor’s group attack the prison and meet little or no resistance. It appears that Rick and the others have left but its all a ruse. The Governor retreats and when his people refuse to regroup and attack again, he takes his revenge on them. Rick and the others decide to push their advantage but have a change of heart when they see what the Governor has done.

So this was it the grand finale of season 3 of the walking dead – while most of my friends and an awful lot of people online were fairly disappointed I was oddly ok with it
While they promised major bloodshed and lots of characters dying – I don’t think anyone expected the curve ball that the TWD writers delivered.

As always this post is intended for those who have seen the episode already – as we discuss plot points and spoilers – thanks.

So no great shock that Andrea died – the biggest peeve was she spent time talking to Milton instead of trying to grab the pliers to escape , a lot of my friends had money on Milton escaping and joining Rick’s group but alas that wasn’t to be

The biggest curve ball was the Governor not dying – I had my suspicions in fact i was pretty convinced that he would not die in this episode as in fact they would need to introduce a new protagonist before the hour was up – I think I even predicted in my last recap that they would have him do a Merle (disappear to re-appear some time in the next season)

Some of my friends grumbled “how could the governor kill all those arms troops and no one fought back?” My take on it was those people were not soldiers and weer already freaked out by the ambush in the prison – if you go back and re-watch ti they all get out of their cars and trucks leaving their weapons behind, even if they didn’t once people get spooked its hard for them to switch off that “fight or flight” mechanism and these people were firmly stuck in “flight” mode.

One could also argue why his two henchmen didn’t try to stop the Governor – well think about it – they have followed him this far, the torture of Glen and Maggie, Michonne, the shooting of the National guard guys etc while its easy to sit at home and say “I would have shot the Governor” I am sure these guys were conflicted.

So where did they go? who knows – why did the governor not go back to Woodbury and kill the women and children – who’s to say. Now they are Rick’s responsibility – they have a lot more people to look after now. Whats going to happen to them in Season 4? Will they be killed off whenever there is an attack on the prison.

In a sense the writers didn’t leave us with a cliff hanger and although the Walking Dead is hugely successful for AMC they could have easily ended the show there and that would be that – gonna be very very interesting to see where Season 4 starts off – oh well only 6 months to wait!

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The Walking Dead – This Sorrowful Life Episode Recap

Posted on March 31, 2013 by Big Al

Rick’s resolve weakens and he decides to let the Governor have Michonne in exchange for peace. He tells Daryl, Merle and Herschel about what he’s decided. Merle doubts that Rick has the gumption to go through with it – he’s right as Rick changes his mind again – and so kidnaps Michonne to take her to the Governor and see if he can make things right. On their trip there, she has a few choice words for him that cause him to reflect on what he is doing. At the prison, Rick decides on a different approach to leading the group.

So this is it, the 2nd to last Episode of Season 3 of the Walking Dead everything so far leads up to This Sundays finale – who will live and who will die – while some of my friends have criticized the some of the mid season episodes as “boring” they still keep coming back and watching the show – I mean if you really didn’t like it – switch off and go watch Dawn of the Dead for the 10,000th time. As always this blog is for those who have seen the episode already so if you haven’t please stop reading as spoilers are discussed.

So it all comes down to if Rick is going to trade Michonne for the Governor – I don’t really know why he is even considering that since he has already said that its more than likely a trap and that the Governor will kill them all anyways – so why even consider it for more than a second?

So Merle takes it upon himself to deliver Michonne and then half way there has a change of heart – as in all TV and Movies bad guys can never truly redeem themselves and must die – Merle goes out like a true warrior – of course the Governor lives

I think the real questions for the finale – are – who dies? Does the Governor get away (like Merle in Season 1) only to return some point later in Season 4? If he does die this episode – then what will the cliff hanger be – think back to last Season Rick and co. were without the farmhouse and living on the road. Is that what we can expect. Pretty much everyone I know doesn’t have much hope for Martinez (The Governors Enforcer) or Herschel seeing it through to Season 4 yet most people I know think Milton will switch sides (possible while rescuing Andrea) and join up with Rick and Daryl.

Only one way to know and thats to check it out!

This Sorrowful Live Trailer

Welcome to the Tombs (Season Finale) teaser

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The Walking Dead “Prey” Recap

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Big Al

In Woodbury, the Governor is preparing to go to war. He tells his senior men that anyone who comes to the meeting in two days time from Rick’s camp is to be killed. Everyone except Michonne and he’s prepared a special room just for her. He doesn’t tell Andrea the truth but Milton, disgusted by the Governor’s plan to slaughter Rick’s group, tells her the truth and she sets off to the prison to warn her friends. When he hears what’s happened, the Governor sets off after her. Meanwhile Tyreese begins to wonder what they’ve got themselves into when he sees the pit full of walkers.

After this episode there are only 2 more left before the end of the Season and the inevitable show down between the Governor and Rick – Milton (the nerdy scientist guy) tips off Andrea that the Governor is setting up to betray Rick and co and sets off to warn them (Like Rick already doesn’t know). Martinez (the Governor’s right hand man) is busy catching walkers to spring on Rick and the gang and Tyrese and his sister are starting to see Andrea had a point about not everything is what it seems at Woodbury

After a cat and mouse chase through an abandoned warehouse Andrea does the ol’ switcheroo letting a dozen walker attack the Governor 9who fights them off , of course) while she hides behind the swinging door – a lot of my friends really had problems with this scene , like why didn’t the hungry walkers go after her as she hid behind the door or why didn’t they come crashing thru the door when she first went through it if it swung both ways – oh well I get what they are saying but to be honest with ya it really didn’t bother me very much at all.

The other big talking point this last week was the person that burnt poor Martinez’s captured walkers to a crisp while the writers want you to believe it was Milton – I am thinking that that is a case of mis-direction and reality it is Rick’s old friend Morgan – who has finally come to his senses, or possibly even Tyrese – I guess we shall see tonight.

A couple of friends are convinced that Glen will die before the season is over, claiming he has other acting work now , even though many TV actors take roles when their show isn’t filming , I know that he doesn’t die until the 100th comic book but we all know how much the writers like to veer from the comic to the series – I guess we’ll have to wait and see on that one.