War of the Dead (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 (as Marko Makilaakso)

Writers:

Marko Mäkilaakso (screenplay), Marko Mäkilaakso (story)

Stars:

Andrew Tiernan, Jouko Ahola, Samuel Vauramo

2 nominations.

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 | german soldier | undead | bunker | finnish soldier | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film's original title was Stone's War, but was changed to War of the Dead, after Stan Lee had suggested it.

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Goofs

In World War II Finland only collaborated with Germany in 1941 after Finland had already been attacked by the Soviet Union in 1939. Finland only retook the land ceded at the end of the Winter War. US citizens did assist Finland in the Winter War against Soviet Union (as ambulance drivers) and UK and USA both supported Finland at this time.

User Reviews

War Of The Dead

I prefer zombie movies where the zombies are walkers & HATE the movies where they're runners.I was hoping the zombies in War Of The Dead were going to be walkers but I guess I should've known.I know I probably would've been more into the movie if they were.Hopefully someday, somebody will make a zombie war movie where the zombies are walkers.If it's been done recently I know nothing about it.Surprisingly though, it worked in War Of The Dead.I couldn't imagine the zombies being any other way.War Of The Dead was a non stop action/horror flick.Something was always happening here & there & the zombies being like they were, just added to it.I was into it right from the start till the very end.Still it's not something I'd ever watch again or want to add to my movie collection but if somebody was thinking about watching it I wouldn't tell them not to.If they were thinking about buying it, I'd tell them not to unless they got it super cheap or at least watched it 1st

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

USA Lithuania Italy

Language:

English

Release Date:

4 May 2012 (Finland)

Also Known As:

Stone's War

Filming Locations:

Vilnius, Vilnius County, Lithuania

Box Office

Budget:

EUR1,000,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$58,285

Company Credits

Production Co:

Accelerator Films, Lietuvos Kinostudija, Lithuanian Film Studio

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1