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

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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

The daftest victims this side of The Zombie Dead

Remember that bit in the Zombie Dead where they let all the zombies into the house because 'maybe its the house they want'? Well, within the first five minutes of this film, during a zombie epidemic, some guy leaves his family to go out and check out a noise, then his wife leaves their kid in the house to look for him (while filming, of course), then runs back into the house and keeps the camera focused on her kid while something climbs the stairs, enters the room, and then kills them both. That's not a good start to any film.

Some army guys (one with a camera of course) have to take to their heels and leave their base after the gates get open. They had for the coast with a view to getting to Holland, and run into zombies and some raping redneck types. Now, I'm all for zombie films, and this film works when the army takes on the dead, either in the base or in a house they end up in, but when these rapist guys show up, the film heads towards Straw Dogs territory where they torture and attempt to rape on of the soldiers. It's not pleasant to watch and puts a dampener on the rest of the film, which wasn't much to begin with.

You'd need to suspend your belief if you want any enjoyment out of this found footage film. In this world, when someone drops the camera, someone else picks it up and immediately starts filming. This film had some good points but it didn't need the rape and torture stuff - that's a genre I tend to avoid.

Also: Do the British army use the phrase 'clicks' when talking about distance?