Z Nation 

Three years after the zombie virus has gutted the United States of America a team of everyday heroes must transport the only known survivor of the plague from New York to California, where the last functioning viral lab waits for his blood.

Creators:

Craig Engler, Karl Schaefer

Stars:

Russell Hodgkinson, Nat Zang, Keith Allan

Cast

Series cast summary:
Russell Hodgkinson	...	Doc / ... 65 episodes, 2014-2018
Nat Zang	...	10K / ... 65 episodes, 2014-2018
Keith Allan	...	Murphy 63 episodes, 2014-2018
Kellita Smith	...	Lt. Roberta Warren / ... 61 episodes, 2014-2018
Anastasia Baranova	...	Addison 'Addy' Carver 44 episodes, 2014-2018
DJ Qualls	...	Citizen Z / ... 33 episodes, 2014-2018

Storyline

Three years after the zombie virus has gutted the country, a team of everyday heroes must transport the only known survivor of the plague from New York to California, where the last functioning viral lab waits for his blood.

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Plot Keywords:

zombie | zombie apocalypse | post apocalypse | zomcom | 

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Taglines:

Where there is life, there is hope. (Season 1)

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Drama | Horror | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official Twitter

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 September 2014 (USA)

Also Known As:

Z Nation

Filming Locations:

Spokane, Washington, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Go2 Digital Media, The Asylum

Technical Specs

Runtime:

44 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

Zack Ward, who played Lt. Dante, also starred in Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004), which was a film of another zombie franchise.

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Goofs

Despite going days without showering, many of the male characters are somehow able to remain clean shaven.

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Connections

Spin-off Black Summer (2019)

User Reviews

More like "Fun Nation"

You can tell exactly what this show is about when Harold goes "God, I hate moral dilemmas." Not that I don't like Walking Dead and their special episodes, but by God, it's just refreshing to have people killing zombies without constantly wondering about the meaning of life and the universe and God and nihilism and every damn thing under the sun.

I was skeptical at first by the bad reviews, but this is Syfy doing what it does best. Cheap, good, pointless, meaningless fun.

I was like "Guy from Lost!"(Harold) "Aunt Wanda!" (from the Bernie Mac Show) "Russell!" (from Southland), and even the other actors who I have never seen before, had my interest from the jump. There's no frowdy-dowdy old woman, no rambling kindly farmer grandad with six semi-suicidal daughters. None of all that baggage. Everybody's in the now. There are people like "girl with spiked baseball bat", "old meth dealer", "emo-looking sniper boy", "Jon Hamm looking vagrant-convict-zombie-zombie cure".

Another thing it has going for it is the pacing. The events of the single pilot episode would take maybe a season and a half in TWD time. I don't see Z Nation wasting time on all the nonsense that TWD drags on over and over. No soul searching here, people! Just good ole zombie killing fun.

It's like 28 Days Later, meets Dawn and Shaun of the Dead, meets maybe From Dusk Till Dawn. I just frakking love it. It's like someone was watching TWD and thought, "You know what, this is nice and all, but what if it wasn't boring as all fvck? Like if maybe zombies were fun? You think maybe we could do that?"