"Cannon Fodder" is the title of the original 2013 Israeli release. "Battle of the Undead" is the more appropriate title of the 2014 North American release, with updated CGI effects. Made with all the sophistication of a movie-of-the-week on the SyFy channel, this practice film is the same old last stand of a few humans vs. lots of zombies. Though set in Lebanon with Israeli soldiers tracking Arab terrorists, the story is pretty apolitical. Enemies or not, the living quickly team up to fight their undead foe. The more surprising content is the homophobic and racist locker room banter between the two grunt soldiers. But the storyline and dialog are just an excuse for the action, and the action is pretty lame. The military tactics are amateurish, the fight sequences are poorly staged and edited, and the horror is clichéd. This movie misses a couple of good opportunities for an ending; like the undead, it keeps going longer than it should.
Review of Cannon Fodder
