Zombie Diaries 2 (2011)

Three months have passed since a viral outbreak wiped out 99.9% of the world's population, turning its victims into flesh-eating living dead. In the UK, a surviving band of soldiers and ... See full summary »

Directors:

Michael G. Bartlett (as Michael Bartlett), Kevin Gates

Writer:

Kevin Gates

Stars:

Philip Brodie, Alix Wilton Regan, Rob Oldfield

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Philip Brodie	...	Maddox
Alix Wilton Regan	...	Leeann
Rob Oldfield	...	Jonesy
Vicky Araico	...	Kayne
Toby Bowman	...	Nicholson (as Tobias Bowman)
Okorie Chukwu	...	Carter
Russell Jones	...	Goke
Hiram Bleetman	...	Manny
Toby Nicholas	...	Billy
Marshall Griffin	...	Andrews
Rufus Graham	...	Dr. Turner
Josh Myers	...	Curtis
Aj Williams	...	Snake (as A. J. Williams)
Matt Nickolay	...	Weasel
Andy Jones	...	Brendan

Storyline

Three months have passed since a viral outbreak wiped out 99.9% of the world's population, turning its victims into flesh-eating living dead. In the UK, a surviving band of soldiers and civilians have taken refuge at a rural military barracks. Life in this new world is tough and brutal, but hope appears when a high level communication is received from a military base on the coast, telling of sanctuary elsewhere in Europe... But just as salvation appears to be in reach, the base suffers an overwhelming defeat at the hands of the living dead! The surviving handful of troops and civilians must now make their way to the coast to uncover the truth behind the message. Their perilous journey takes them across a now treacherous, death-ravaged landscape, where the living dead are vast in number and wandering bandits impose their own malicious sense of law and order. What follows is a journey into hell and a desperate battle against all odds for the very survival of the human race.

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Plot Keywords:

zombie | zombie apocalypse | post apocalypse | 

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Taglines:

Humanity's Last Stand!

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Genres:

Action | Horror | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence and gore, a rape, language, some sexual content and brief nudity

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 June 2011 (UK)

Also Known As:

Zombie Diaries 2

Filming Locations:

Frensham Manor, Farnham, Surrey, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

$1,500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bleeding Edge Films,Metrodome Distribution,Off World Films

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Follows The Zombie Diaries (2006)

User Reviews

Bore of the Dead

The found footage genre is all the rage nowadays. From 2008's "Cloverfield", "REC" and "Diary of the Dead" to the likes of the "Paranormal Activity" movies and "The Last Exorcism", people love watching horror films about horrific events caught on camera. Back in 2006, we a little movie called "The Zombie Diaries", which told stories of people with a camera filming their lives as the world fell through a zombie epidemic. I wasn't too wild about the movie, but it did good enough for a sequel to exist. Too bad said sequel seriously sucks.

The movie starts out in fine form, as we catch a night in the lives of a family trying to live on in a world in which the dead walk. Too bad it's only footage that was found by military types. Said soldiers find a civilian named Leeann (Alix Wilton Reagan), as well as possible hope when talk of a boat rescuing survivors. However, this may be at long reach, as our intrepid soldiers must not only survive the walking dead, but also murderous survivalists, and the possibility that salvation isn't going to turn out the way they wanted.

I'll give the movie this much: the acting is good, but that's the only compliment I can give this movie. The first (and probably biggest) problem with "The Zombie Diaries 2" is the fact that you really don't care about anyone here except maybe the family in the beginning. That's because there really isn't any characterization here, as these are just your typical stock survivors and army people trying to survive, to the usual psychopaths that stalk a apocalyptic world. Everyone here feels like a facsimile of a person. The direction also feels a bit "meh", as it's all edited erratically and the usual shaky cam that shows up in these movies makes some of the action a bit confusing. There's a bit of gore, but it's the usual shotguns blasts to the head and flesh munching that you've seen in so many other zombie movies.

Which leads to my next complaint-there's nothing here that sets this apart from other found footage horror movies or zombie movies. The whole thing feels uninspired, with no real reason to care about who lives or who dies, or what happens next. Also, did we really need three rape scenes?

You've seen this kind of movie before, so there's really no reason to bother watching it. You're better off watching "Day of the Dead" or waiting for the next season of "The Walking Dead" than sitting through this.