Boring
Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay
Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.
View MoreA clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.
If the title of this film was changed to make it sound better, it didn't improve the content, although it certainly lives up to its original name, because zombies are massacred all over the place. "Apocalyse Z" appears to have been made largely on a deserted base or a deserted something, and it is a scenario with which most movie buffs will be familiar, if not in the context of a zombie film, then something else. Namely scientist creates serum which threatens the survival of the world, and a bunch of renegades are recruited to save us all, at least that is what they think, but the scientist is not the bad guy, the real villain is - surprise, surprise - a renegade general, and their mission is not only potentially fatal, it is meant to be.Will they get out? Who cares? Is there anything positive about this film? Well, it doesn't lack in action, albeit of a repetitive type, and if you like special effects, you might find something herein that passes for entertainment.
View MoreYou would think a movie made in 2013 and is about zombies has to be at least o.k, and have common sense, but this is like a 70's cult classic shot with HD cameras. Even then, I think THAT would be a compliment. Let me spoil this for ya, because if I don't you will waste your damn sweet time here on this earth. This is my top 5 reasons ...5. The zombie makeup looks awesome (which is where the budget went shot), but when they all come out you could tell there is a zit-faced teen inside the costume. They act like they were all scary but c'mon man! The Thriller video had scarier zombies than this.4. The crew that you first think are the foreign terrorists, turns out to be the All-American military task force you are supposed to be rooting for. They all have an accent from every corner of the globe, and are supposed to all have special and unique expertise in killing. But when they join forces as a team, they act like they were only cub scouts. 3. Everyone has a one-liner. It's like they all competed to have the last line for a commercial if it would be in one. It was full of it Terminator 2 style. Or Expendables, even though I haven't really seen it, but I could imagine the dialogue in that movie.2. It is so predictable, you feel like you're watching this for the second time, but wanna feel like you never even bothered. This is what happens when a young and fresh college graduate from film school, who grew up liking Justin Bieber pop-type music gets his first shot at directing, producing and writing a movie with help from his buddies who studies Business Administration. 1. The President of the U.S.A looks and sounds like a Dutch Techno nightclub owner in a spandex muscle shirt. If this movie was serious, then please don't watch this. If you do, then wait until you might see it for free on youtube if the Chiller channel passes on it.
View MoreThat is actually a tag line of the poster/cover of the movie. Are they trying to be funny? Or just telling/warning you right from the start? President Obama might have some entertaining moments in his career, but imagine what America would look like if it were actually run by Dr. Uwe Boll! Easy, it's just a movie (or it tries to be).The filmmakers have a clear goal and they use a simple strategy. Something that has worked in the 80s, so why not use it again. But this let's put a group together and let them defy the odds motive cannot make you overlook all the mistakes and problems the movie has. One of them (due to budget reasons), is the lack of "extras"/infected. When you have to "barricade" yourself into a house, because of the "masses" outside, it doesn't really work, if there are just 10 people "roaming" a wide shot. They try their best to cover that up, but to no great avail.If you have a soft spot for B (or is it C/D?) movies, you might find this more engaging than others (I do from time to time), but overall this has not that many memorable things (even the characters lack charisma, even if the actors try hard to give them an edge).
View MoreWell, the acting was sub-par. The special effects were low-end. I have played video games on my home PC that have better visuals then this million dollar movie! The plot had no depth worth talking about. One of the things that made me laugh the most was the group of mercenaries that are supposedly top notch in there respective classes didn't even check the ammo count in there weapons before moving into the city? LOL the bomb expert never even looked at the bomb till it was too late only to realize the bomb was wired into the truck...The only saving grace to this movie was the makeup which was well done. For effort in the makeup department I gave this movie a 5 out of a possible 10.
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