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DVD releases for Tuesday, September 29th, 2008 (From QuietEarth. 29 September 2008, 12:46 PM, PDT)
Interview with THE VANGUARD's director Matthew Hope and crew
(From QuietEarth. 25 September 2008, 11:42 AM, PDT)
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On Par with The Signal in low-budget sci-fi horror more (27 total)Cast
(Credited cast) | Karen Admiraal | ... | Linda |
 | Jack Bailey | ... | Lead Biosyn |
 | Ray Bullock Jr. | ... | Max |
 | Emma Choy | ... | Rachael |
| Terry Cole | ... | Tracker #4 |
| Cherise Zoe Conroy | ... | Zombie |
| Rob Cooper | ... | Biosyn #2 |
| Bahi Ghubril | ... | Hareem Jabbar |
| Shiv Grewal | ... | Tracker / Jamal |
 | Christopher Hatherall | ... | Biosyn |
 | Martin Hobbs | ... | Tracker #3 |
| Farhan Khan | ... | Tracker #2 |
| Steve Weston | ... | Zac |
| Simon Whyman | ... | Biosyn #4 |
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It's easy to write off films when the genre becomes too popular and overused. Fortunately, zombie films seem to spring forth lots of great ideas from writers and directors, and has again in Vanguard.
In a way, it's derivative of Resident Evil, but it adds more complexity into the zombies, so both zombie fans and those feeling zombie boredom creeping up will be happy.
The only thing wrong with this film is that it needed more money so that the opening could have been done better, better settings, some better actors could have been used in important or additional roles, and the writer could have hired someone to direct or at least another set of eyes to fix a few gaps in the flow of the film and story integration.
Even compared with big-budget sci-fi horror, this is an impressive film. Both the acting and visual FX are much better than typical horror. It doesn't depend on excessive darkness and fade outs to hide the inability of the film crew to make it believable.