To kako (2005)

Director:

Yorgos Noussias

Writer:

Yorgos Noussias (screenplay)

Release Date:

16 March 2006 (Greece)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Horror

Tagline:

Greece Just Got Scary...

Plot:

An evil force is awakened in downtown Athens transforming the unsuspecting citizens into raving zombies. The few survivors will have to fight hard for their lives. To the death. |

Plot Keywords:

Evil | Blood & Gore | Torso Cut In Half | Soldier | Severed Arm

Cast

Meletis Georgiadis	...	Meletis
Argiris Thanasoulas	...	Argyris
Pepi Moschovakou	...	Marina
Stavroula Thomopoulou	...	Dimitra
Mary Tsoni	...	Jenny
Andreas Kontopoulos	...	Lieutenant Vakirtzis
Nikos Sambalis	...	Andreas
Yannis Katsambas	...	Giannis
Daphne Larouni	...	Dafni
Themis Katz	...	Topographer #3 (as Themis Katsimihas)
Stathis Kokkoris	...	Friend in Football Match
Giorgos Stefanidis
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Louizos Aslanidis
Manos Fakaros	...	Friend in Night Club
Yorgos Noussias	...	Topographer #2
Giannis Zahariou	...	Radio Speaker (voice)

Also Known As:

Κακό, Το (Greece)

Runtime:

83 min

Country:

Greece

Language:

Greek

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Filming Locations:

Athens, Greece

Company:

Ekso Productions

Movie Connections:

Followed by To kako - Stin epohi ton iroon (2009)

Nothing too special, but a decent effort!

"To Kako" (aka "Evil") was a film that I didn't expect much out of. A Greek zombie film seemed like a disaster waiting to happen, but I was pleasantly surprised to find it a noble effort despite it's flaws.

The film does come off as fairly novice. It may be cultural boundaries, but I am also picky. Certain people around here call this film "trash", but I don't think that is fair. Compared to Romero's films, EVERY zombie film COULD be considered somewhere between second rate and "trash". This film is somewhere in between, but is worth a look if you like the genre.

What I did like about the film what what they were able to do with an obviously limited budget. The acting is nothing above average but also not "horrible" as some have suggested. Given the budget, the prosthetics and other optical FX were passable. I was relieved to not see an assault of CGI animated gore. I found a couple of the effects laughable, but others to be much better.

There are come continuity flaws, and some moments where the film drags, but the story is fairly well crafted, and the the gore-hounds in the audience will be happy at the amount of splatter and nastiness. Also, some of the dialog moves rather fast, and you may find yourself having to read a bit quicker than usual. But if you can get past these few limitations, you may find this to be an enjoyable movie. I would give it a 4 or 5 normally, but since it is a cut above the majority of non-Romero zombie films, I gave it a 6. You zombie buffs see it for yourselves and decide for yourselves.