Devil's Playground (2010)

As the world succumbs to a zombie apocalypse, Cole, a hardened mercenary, is chasing the one person who can provide a cure. In his way aren't only the flesh-eating, super-athletic cannibals... See full summary »

Director:

Mark McQueen

Writer:

Bart Ruspoli (screenplay)

Stars:

Craig Fairbrass, Danny Dyer, MyAnna Buring

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Craig Fairbrass	...	Cole
Danny Dyer	...	Joe
MyAnna Buring	...	Angela Mills
Jaime Murray	...	Lavinia
Shane Taylor	...	Geoffrey
Bart Ruspoli	...	Matthew Mills
Craig Conway	...	Steve
Lisa McAllister	...	Kate
Alistair Petrie	...	Andy Billing
Jack Healy	...	Jim
Del Henney	...	Dr. Michael Brooke
Colin Salmon	...	Peter White
Sean Pertwee	...	Rob
Ben Shafik	...	Cooper
Michael Eaves	...	Mr. Morgan

Storyline

As the world succumbs to a zombie apocalypse, Cole, a hardened mercenary, is chasing the one person who can provide a cure. In his way aren't only the flesh-eating, super-athletic cannibals as humanity's greatest danger, but people themselves!

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Plot Keywords:

zombie apocalypse | two word title | pharmaceutical company | location in title | punctuation in title | 

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Taglines:

Our Future Has One Hope

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Genres:

Action | Horror

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

Sean Pertwee makes his cameo as a favor to producer Jonathan Sothcott after having to drop out of Dead Cert at the last minute.

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Connections

Referenced in Cinemassacre's Monster Madness: Dawn of the Dead (1978) (2013)

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Soundtracks

Bringing London To A Standstill
By James Edward Barker
Performed by James Edward Barker
Copyright 2010
Published by Veneration Music 2010

User Reviews

One Month Later

It's interesting how influential Danny Boyle's 28 DAYS LATER was . It wasn't apparent at the time but from that point onwards each and every zombie film must feature zombies , sorry "infected" who can outrun Usain Bolt while having the endurance of a marathon runner . It's also noticeable how many zombie films there are with a massive number of short films and films on The Horror Channel featuring zombie apocalypse . Perhaps most notciable of all is how poor most of them are . and with hindsight Boyle's film was much better than I thought it was on first viewing . This inspiration called DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND is better than most of its peers but that's probably down to a simple reason it's a conscious rip off from Boyle's original

In its favour and considering its cast it'd be a very easy route to take and treat as a Lads Mags horror comedy with lots of nudge nudge wink wink humour testing the patience of its prospective audience . One thing I did like was the dead pan serious tone and while it's hardly big budgeted it does its utmost best to paint a convincing infected outbreak that took place unseen in 28 DAYS LATER . One of the rejected plots for 28 WEEKS LATER was having a SAS platoon rescuing the Prime Minister from the infected outbreak and once you're aware of this rejected screenplay you're able to see how this scenario would have played out on screen . Replace the PM with someone who has a possible immunity to the infection and replace the SAS platoon a more diverse group and you're left thinking that Boyle and Garland got it riht with the version of 28 WEEKS LATER that did make it to the cinemas . Not to be too hard DEBVIL'S PLAYGROUND it's much more enjoyable than I expected it to be and has been one of the better films The Horror Channel has shown recently

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

September 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

Human Contagion

Filming Locations:

Elstree Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

$2,400,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Intandem Films, Black & Blue Films, HMR Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1