I don't know... Maybe I was expecting a lot more; I'm not sure. But, really with all the TRULY entertaining Zombie movies out there, not to mention some of the GREAT Nazi Zombie movies, eh... this one just left me kinda cold. And, it WASN'T just the snow...
I mean, 'OUTPOST' (2007) and 'THE BUNKER' (2001), $h|t, even 1986's 'THE SUPERNATURALS' starring Lieutenant Uhura, were WAY, WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY the hell better in just about every way that counts; at least to me. Of course I understand that those were meant to be completely serious and this one isn't. Still... It's just that there isn't anything for me personally to 'Grab on' to in this film in order for me to say that I really liked it. Frankly (and I hope you don't mind my calling you that...) I just didn't see what the big deal was. There was a LOT of standing around and breathing heavy; that got kinda old. I don't know; I just think that SOMEHOW it could have honestly been a LOT more clever, genuinely funny, creepier, something... It was just kind of... Nothing...
There WERE some individual parts that were okay I guess. I liked the cool, kind of laid-back guy who was almost always smiling; some of the parts with him were all right. some of the individual stunts and effects I GUESS were okay. It just all seemed to me anyway to be kind of lazy, by the numbers, nothing really stood out. Not the mood, not the humour, not the Horror, nothing...
I'm not saying that it was TOTALLY lousy or anything (thus the tepid '5' that I gave it - and, quite honestly, I am not that enthusiastic about giving it that much) But, these days with like a BILLION Zombie movies and about 1/2 BILLION Zombie / Comedies, I just think that there should be SOMETHING that stands out at least a LITTLE as far as the mood, the effects, the Suspense, the acting, especially the writing. Again, SOMETHING...
I haven't seen the more recent film, 'IRON SKY' about finding Nazis on the moon (don't know if they are Zombies though...) But, I BET I'll like that one better.
Like I said in my title summary... Even 'SHOCK WAVES', as dated and Cheeeeeezy as it is, surprisingly is a lot more moody and effective, and MUCH easier to immerse yourself into than this so-so offering.
(Sigh... and I also have 'DEAD SNOW 2' on Blu-ray sitting here waiting for me to watch it. Oh boy... I can hardly wait...)
