War of the Dead
2011 Directed by Marko Mäkilaakso
Synopsis
What Killed Them Made Them Stronger
A platoon of American and Finnish soldiers is driven deep into a Russian forest where its Captain discovers a terrifying secret.
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Not adding to diary as I walked out after about 20 minutes after the guy from The Bill got killed. Also when did zombies become ninjas and start climbing trees?
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I will try and describe how awfully bad this film is.
Ah, sod it, really can't be bothered.
Worst zombie film ever made. Period.
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Schlocky B-movie plot is expertly directed to the point where it's so far from camp that it comes out the other side and takes itself ridiculously seriously. It's so frantic and serious it's impossible to know or care much about the characters - apart from Andrew Tiernan's preposterously macho American officer, a cocky moron who quickly dissipates any suspension of disbelief. The killer blow, though, is that there's only so long that reanimated soldiers throwing themselves at the good guys can go on before it all gets boring.
Well done, guys, you managed to make a boring film about zombie Nazi soldiers.
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I can't resist a zombie nazi. Could easily be a prequel to Outpost as American special forces team up with some Finns to go on a secret mission during WW2. Nazi Zombies make a quick appearance (and are super agile to boot) and the rest of the film is enjoyable action scenes interpsersed with the usual zombie movie cliches. Could have done with a bit more ketchup but as it stands a solid B movie actioner that might even get watched again.
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Hideous. The experience is like watching somebody play a Call of Duty game. If only they were to hand you the controller so you could grenade yourself and put a stop to it.
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Good concept, but mediocre execution.
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There's a lot of good intentions behind WAR OF THE DEAD to be a fun action/horror movie, but it all gets lost in some poor choices and bad cinematography. For nearly every well lit shot in the film, there's another murkily filmed one, which adds to the confusion of what you're watching. It's easy to get confused who's a hero, who's a zombie, and who's winning the fights.
There's also the pacing -- at times, it feels like there's more life in the zombies than the actual movie. And when the film caps it all off with a climax that features a hand-to-hand combat scene between one of our heroes and a zombie, it dooms itself beyond redemption. You wonder why no one on the set didn't ask, "Why is he even FIGHTING?! Why wouldn't he just BITE him?!" What a waste.
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Schlocky B-movie plot is expertly directed to the point where it's so far from camp that it comes out the other side and takes itself ridiculously seriously. It's so frantic and serious it's impossible to know or care much about the characters - apart from Andrew Tiernan's preposterously macho American officer, a cocky moron who quickly dissipates any suspension of disbelief. The killer blow, though, is that there's only so long that reanimated soldiers throwing themselves at the good guys can go on before it all gets boring.
Well done, guys, you managed to make a boring film about zombie Nazi soldiers.
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If you want to watch a film with zombie nazis in it watch Dead Snow. Not this film
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Amerikkalais-suomalainen sotilasjoukko Venäjällä toisessa maailmansodassa. Sotiminen muuttuu jännäksi siinä vaiheessa, kun kertaalleen listityt viholliset hyökkää uudelleen. Ja uudelleen.
Suomalaisväritteistä zombie-meininkiä. Totinen rymistely kaipaisi paria läppää tummanpuhuvan fiiliksen kevennykseksi.
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It's a bit rubbish...
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Review movie- ok - better than syfy
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I strongly recommend not to watch this film. Oh how much there is to zombies and nazis and this film didn't include any aspects of those things. I thought it could have been so bad it's good. Well, it's not. Also, Mikko Leppilampi is overrated.
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Surprisingly, the least terrible Nazi zombie film I've seen.