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Watched it, fantastic

posted 15 years ago by xdiesp
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New masterpiece in zombie movies. Some of the fight scenes will be a must on Youtube for a long time: gangster (sorry, can't remember the name) vs 2 zombies at the same time in melee over all else. What's new in the genre is that zombies are not only fast & furious a la Night of the Living Dead remake and 40 days later, but they can be fought in melee: it makes up for much more interesting encounters than just running in anxiety, and gunning in panic when the *beep* hits the fan. Characters are adequately interesting, but some (the nigerians, the old legionnaire, the woman) have definitely more space reserved for them. Social commentary is present, as with the genre canon, with all social classes & professions dying appropriately in their role. Overally a movie about primal, ferocious battles with those who don't know they are dead yet (I'm talking to all of you) with less heavy handed commentary than Romero's usual.

[–] loki242 15 years ago

What is this 40 days later you speak of?

I would like to go back in time and kill the idiot who created the term "reimagining."

[–] AlexeiAngelov 15 years ago

I think he tried to say 28 days later

[–] elenamuti 15 years ago

The movie is brilliant. I saw it at Fantasporto (portugal) and the directors were there. They were so nice and funny!
This is a very innovative movie. a gangster movie with zombies. Excuse-me if this is not cool enough. A movie about revenge (with zombies). Witty dialogue, some great actors, action a go-go + some scenes are visually perfect.
The directors have done a great job, when they spoke about the movie at the festival, they said that was kind of a challange for them, because everybody used to tell them that french people cannot make zombie movies. They definitely proved them wrong!

[–] Zombieaddicted 15 years ago

lol to the people who said the French can not make zombie films. The French rock with any kind of horror films! All you have to do is look at Inside and Martyrs.

[–] driver-anthony 15 years ago

have you scene lake zombie and of the other *beep* nazi zombie films by the french? before yr 2000 - extremely *beep*

[–] CaptRhodes666 15 years ago

I just saw this and its a great zombie movie,the action scenes are fast and furious with plenty of gore to boot,the scene with 1 man vs zombie army was just awesome,the old army guy was a beast lol not sure if i liked the ending scene though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkpbSD5sOj8

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[–] pedropedrozaa 15 years ago

Yeah, this movie deserved a better ending. But at least the scene of one against a zombie army makes this film a MUST WATCH for any zombie fan!

[–] beneaththemassacre1 15 years ago

loved it..so awesome! france is top notch in the horror genre. so many french favorites!

[–] Nightflyre9 15 years ago

I would recommend it, but it's not a "masterpiece." A lazy script, bad pacing, and a terrible ending kept this film from greatness. But on the plus side, it had some intense fight scenes and some pretty sweet gore, and the director clearly knows how to build tension and suspense. However, in a zombie movie where the blood flows so copiously, I was really missing two scenes: a good gut-munching and some fingers being bitten off. I also thought the movie needed about 10 or 15 more minutes to fill it out. All in all, though, this was one of the better zombie rides I've taken in the past few years--and worlds better than the crap America makes. 6/10.

[–] steelba 15 years ago

Far from fantastic, horrid ending, no atmosphere, and no sense of realism. The gore and entertainment value were good up until the awful finale.

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