War of the Dead (I) (2011)

A platoon of American and Finnish soldiers is driven deep into a Russian forest where its Captain discovers a terrifying secret.

Director:

Marko Mäkilaakso

Writers:

Marko Mäkilaakso (screenplay), Marko Mäkilaakso (story),

Stars:

Andrew Tiernan, Jouko Ahola, Samuel Vauramo

Cast

Cast overview:
Andrew Tiernan	...	Captain Martin Stone
Jouko Ahola	...	Captain Niemi
Samuel Vauramo	...	Kolya
Mikko Leppilampi	...	Lieutenant Laakso
Andreas Wilson	...	Assistant
Antti Reini	...	Sergeant Halonen
Magdalena Górska	...	Dasha
Mark Wingett	...	David Selzman
Andrius Paulavicius	...	Russian soldier
Geoffrey T. Bersey	...	Old man
Tomas Ereminas	...	Nazi zombie soldier
Teemu Eriksson	...	Medic

Storyline

This is a movie set during WWII and involves Captain Stone and a platoon of American and Finnish soldiers on a mission to find a bunker held by the Germans. On the way there they come under fire and at the same time run in to some German soldiers that seem to be "undead". How is this possible? Their platoon is almost completely killed off apart from a few of them, including Capt. Stone. They move on and run in to another survivor, a Russian soldier. They all try to survive and end up at the bunker they were meant to take out. But once inside they find out just how the German soldiers became the "undead".

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Plot Keywords:

soldier | finnish soldier | bunker | undead | russian soldier | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller | War

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Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook

Country:

USA Lithuania Italy

Language:

English

Release Date:

4 May 2012 (Finland)

Also Known As:

Stone's War

Filming Locations:

Vilnius, Lithuania

Box Office

Budget:

€1,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Accelerator Films, Lietuvos Kinostudija, Media One Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Back in 2007 the movie was the most expensive production in Lithuania.

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Goofs

In World War II Finland was allied with Germany, and thus part of the Axis, so it seems unlikely they would join US troops in an assault against a German bunker.

User Reviews

Utterly terrible

Yet again another staggeringly bad entry under the zombie banner. The movie has zero character development which leaves the viewer with nothing to care about. The writers should have watched predator or at least the first 15 minutes, it's a master class in how to set up the protagonists. Add to this the thinnest plot imaginable and you really are left with something you purely just stare at for 90 minutes.

This means all that is left are the action sequences. I was often left wondering what the hell was going on and who was killing who. Action scenes were messily shot and in between you were given little more motive than let's drive this car over there to the next scene. The director clearly had been brushing up on his band of brothers and private Ryan as the film does mimic their look but only to a degree. The scene from Ryan where the Jewish soldier and German soldier wrestle over the knife was practically lifted wholesale and chucked in, laughable.

These were not zombies, Nazi or otherwise. More like mutants.

To address the "if you love zombie movies, you'll love this" or genre lovers (zombie or horror). I ask you this, why would you like or love this? It's terrible. I love zombies and horror, so much that this film irritated me. You may love zombies too but if you rate this at all you also simply like awful films too. That's fine but this particular film is a disservice to an already struggling genre. Avoid this watch Dead Snow.