ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction (2009)

Life is wonderful for the people in the quiet, island town of Port Gamble....until a zombie virus outbreak!

Director:

Kevin Hamedani

Writers:

Ramon Isao, Kevin Hamedani

Stars:

Janette Armand, Doug Fahl, Cooper Hopkins

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Janette Armand	...	Frida Abbas
Doug Fahl	...	Tom Hunt
Cooper Hopkins	...	Lance Murphy
Russell Hodgkinson	...	Joe Miller
Cornelia Duryée	...	Cheryl Banks (as Cornelia Moore)
James Mesher	...	Mayor Hal E. Burton
Bill Johns	...	Reverend Haggis
Ali Hamedani	...	Ali Abbas
Linda Jensen	...	Mrs. Hunt
Victoria Drake	...	Judy Miller
Andrew Hyde	...	Brian Miller
Ryan Barret	...	Derek Blaine
Bill McQuaid	...	Dan Campbell
Irene Strauss	...	Mrs. Happenstance
Kevin Hamedani	...	Mohammed Mustafa

Storyline

Life is wonderful for the people in the quiet, island town of Port Gamble....until a zombie virus outbreak!

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Plot Keywords:

port gamble washington | child | island | zombie | lgbt horror | 

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Taglines:

The New War On Terror!

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Genres:

Comedy | Horror | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong bloody zombie violence and gore, language, sexual references and brief drug use

Did You Know?

Trivia

The marching band at the end of the film is that of the local North Kitsap High School Vikings in Poulsbo, Washington. The fight song heard is in fact their fight song.

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Goofs

A fire extinguisher can be seen in the background after a vehicle explodes.

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Quotes

Frida Abbas: There is Norway you are getting into these panties tonight!

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Soundtracks

Me + Yr Daughter
Written by Luke Smith and Shaun Libman
Performed by Natalie Portman's Shaved Head
Courtesy of Team Swan Records

User Reviews

Zombies, Politics, and low budget makes for a bad combination

First off I'd like to address the audio issue, whoever mastered this needs to learn that when something is only 20ft away is doesn't need a second worth of reverb this caused pretty much any noise off screen to sound incredibly awful. This is something that shouldn't be a problem even in a low budget film it would've been better off with no processing.

As for the zombie scenes I was actually surprised at the quality of makeup and acting during these scenes, some of the effects were noticeably low budget but overall quite impressive for what they had to work with, there was a lot of camera cuts which seemed a little over done.

In the political sense it addressed several issues touching on homosexuality, religion, mayoral office, and the middle east. it did seem to overemphasize them but perhaps that was the point. I only had a problem with how they were trying to make a point it detracted from the flow of the movie, there would be one scene where they're fighting zombies and then the entire mood changes to make political point it seemed like the writer wrote a political movie then an editor came along and said what do you think of adding zombies. The scenes didn't mesh together and felt forced.

The cast seemed a good fit for the characters they played, however the acting was definitely B-film quality I'd say the gay couple and the Iranian girl were by far the best actors/actress of the film. The Iranian father's actions and lines seemed rehearsed and forced. The zombies seemed as you would imagine from most zombie movies slow, stupid and bloodthirsty.

In conclusion a Zombies of Mass Destruction is a zombie film crashed into a political movie and didn't have any insurance to fund the collision repair, which makes for decent zombie killing action mixed with b-c class acting and interruptions of over-exaggerated political views, when I say interruptions I mean it takes on the mood of an entirely different movie.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 August 2011 (France)

Also Known As:

Apocalipsis zombie

Filming Locations:

Port Gamble, Washington, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Typecast Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1