The Horde (2009)
"La horde" (original title)

An end of the world battle between gangsters, cops and zombies.

Directors:

Yannick Dahan, Benjamin Rocher

Writers:

Arnaud Bordas (scenario), Yannick Dahan (scenario),

Stars:

Claude Perron, Jean-Pierre Martins, Eriq Ebouaney

3 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Claude Perron	...	Aurore
Jean-Pierre Martins	...	Ouessem
Eriq Ebouaney	...	Adewale
Aurélien Recoing	...	Jimenez
Doudou Masta	...	Bola
Antoine Oppenheim	...	Tony
Jo Prestia	...	José
Yves Pignot	...	René
Adam Pengsawang	...	Le Tchèque
Sébastien Peres	...	Séb
Laurent Demianoff	...	Kim
Alain Figlarz	...	Le concièrge
Stéphane Orsolani	...	Guetteur
Ali Karamoko	...	Ali
Maud Heywang	...	Quadra

Storyline

A posse of crooked cops, malevolent gangsters and a horde of walking dead are the centre point of this gruesome, tight, action packed, claustrophobic tale of retribution and escape. Penned like animals, on the top floor of a deserted high-rise block, these two opposing gangs find that they are not alone in the lair of bloodthirsty corridors of death. Joining forces to survive, they must reach ground level together or perish. Loaded with a bad ass attitude, guns, axes and extremely creative hand-to-hand combat sequences that project the fears and paranoia that are the fighting forces behind the need to survive, when caught up in the wrong place at the wrong time.

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Plot Keywords:

gangster | death | paranoia | axe | high rise | 

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Genres:

Action | Horror | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Le Pacte [fr] Official site [jp]

Country:

France

Language:

French Czech

Release Date:

10 February 2010 (France)

Also Known As:

The Horde

Company Credits

Production Co:

Capture The Flag Films, Le Pacte, Coficup

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Shown as the closing film at Leeds International Film Festival's "Day Of The Dead" horror film marathon on 7th November, 2009.

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Goofs

After one of the cops was executed by a gangster you can see him still breathing in a later shot.

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Connections

Edited into Cent une tueries de zombies (2012)

User Reviews

Zombie Apocalypse

La Horde is probably the best action film of the year. It doesn't work as an out and out horror but it is a balls out insane action film. The plot in cops and criminals join forces in a tower block as the End of Days happens and the dead return as bloodthirsty aggressive zombies. If you like action brutal, bloody and violent then see this. The plot isn't anything original but this film has verve by the bucketload. The scares are good and the tension is slowly built higher and higher. The only complaint is that the ending isn't clever despite being different.

Go see it if you love robocop/28 days later/dawn of the dead.

Great fun.