Apocalypse Z (2013)

A team of soldiers who are assembled to help end a zombie outbreak in a Romanian town.

Directors:

Luca Boni, Marco Ristori

Writers:

Luca Boni, Marco Ristori

Stars:

Christian Boeving, Mike Mitchell, Tara Cardinal

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Christian Boeving	...	Jack Stone
Mike Mitchell	...	John 'Mad Dog' McKellen
Tara Cardinal	...	Eden Shizuka
Ivy Corbin	...	Sam Neumann (as Ivy Marshall Corbin)
Carl Wharton	...	General Carter
Jon Campling	...	Doug Mulligan
Daniel Vivian	...	Dragan Ilic
Gerry Shanahan	...	Doctor Neumann
Nathalia Henao	...	Claire Howard
David White	...	Secretary of Defense
Uwe Boll	...	President of the US
Lee Baughn	...	Soldier #1
Garth Lughton	...	Soldier #2
Andrea Rovini	...	Soldier #3
Pietro Batini	...	Soldier #4

Storyline

A bacteriological weapon developed by the US Government to create a super soldier - spreads an epidemic in a quiet little town in the middle of Eastern Europe. All citizens have been turned into infected zombies. The plan is to bring an atomic bomb into the city's nuclear plant to pretend a terrible accident occurred. No one has to know the truth. A team of mercenaries is hired to complete the mission. The battle is on. Hordes of monsters against the team. WHO WILL SURVIVE?

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Plot Keywords:

nuclear power plant | german exploitation | italian exploitation | exploitation film | z movie | 

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Taglines:

The dead have arisen. The war has begun. (UK release)

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Genres:

Action | Horror | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

This movie bears a very close resemblance to "Maplewoods" (2003) aka "Operation: Nazi Zombies". It's fairly obvious the filmmakers were inspired by that movie.

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Quotes

Dragan Ilic: Why don't you go and fuck yourself with a viking helmet?

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Connections

Followed by Zombie Massacre 2: Reich of the Dead (2015)

User Reviews

I'll just use some numbers.

General production quality?

Originality: 2 out of 10, mostly for the awesome American accents.

Acting: 3 out of 10, what's with the awesome American accents?

Setting: 0 out of 10. Wait, we're not even in America? But the accents!?

Filming: 5 out of 10. Overall production value was relatively high. They actually wasted money on this!

Special effects: 4 out of 10. Mostly CGI. The crap directors think they can get away with..

Makeup: 7 out of 10. Best part of the film by far.

Action: 3 out of 10. Pretty slow action.

Entertainment value: 4 out of 10. Overall not the most terrible thing I ever watched.

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Characters?

4 out of 10 for the two old mercenaries. Good or bad, they got into their parts.

2 out of 10 for the main hero. Dull as sandstone.

1 out of 10 for the bad guy. Just.. completely out of place.

0 out of 10 for the sword-bearing-anime-spin-off-wet-dream. This just screams fetish. It was almost insulting (Commander, sniper, bombs expert and.. ninja?).

1 out of 10 for the professor's "doe-tah" (in non-American accents, it's pronounced as "daughter").

5 out of 10 for the hick. Ya gotta have at least one hick! (best American accent)

1 out of 10 for the hick's mute girlfriend. Lame.. and mute. (no accent)

8 out of 10 for the dog. Best actor by far.

-------------------- Overall score.. 3.2

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

Italy USA Germany Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 October 2013 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Apocalypse Z

Filming Locations:

Bagnone, Tuscany, Italy

Box Office

Budget:

$1,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Event Film Distribution, Extreme Video Snc, 1988 Games

Technical Specs

Runtime:

87 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1