*a screener of this film was provided by the director Kantz.
Director: Kantz.
Writers: Kantz, and Lucas Culshaw.
Admittedly, this reviewer has talked to Kantz on several occasions and his passion for filmmaking often comes through in the topics he likes to talk about. This reviewer loves to talk of film too. That is what makes reviewing Wasteland so much harder. This sci-fi title came out of DVD October 11th and the screener came not much later than that. This is a post-apocalyptic yarn involving revenge as one man, named Keo (Garret Sato), sets out to kill members of the Church, the people who assaulted his wife and kidnapped his only son. This is a pretty straight forward homage to Albert Pyun's 1989 flick Cyborg, with costumes, action and plot line eerily similar. This latest incarnation had a much smaller budget, cast and the audio is almost entirely dubbed to the film's detriment.
Director: Kantz.
Writers: Kantz, and Lucas Culshaw.
Admittedly, this reviewer has talked to Kantz on several occasions and his passion for filmmaking often comes through in the topics he likes to talk about. This reviewer loves to talk of film too. That is what makes reviewing Wasteland so much harder. This sci-fi title came out of DVD October 11th and the screener came not much later than that. This is a post-apocalyptic yarn involving revenge as one man, named Keo (Garret Sato), sets out to kill members of the Church, the people who assaulted his wife and kidnapped his only son. This is a pretty straight forward homage to Albert Pyun's 1989 flick Cyborg, with costumes, action and plot line eerily similar. This latest incarnation had a much smaller budget, cast and the audio is almost entirely dubbed to the film's detriment.
- 11/3/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Wasteland is a film from director Kantz, which is reminiscent of the '80s post apocalyptic films of old. In the '80s there seemed to be this focus on a destroyed and dangerous landscapes as seen in films like
Mad Max 2 , Bronx Warriors, Escape from New York and many others. Several films dealt with societal fears of imminent nuclear annihilation e.g. Quiet Earth, Def Con 4. However, trends change.
With Wasteland, global catastrophes come about through environmental hazards e.g. pollutants, overpopulation. In this devolving landscape "religious zealots" fight against a group of cannibals and mutants for survival. Pollution are the cause of mutations and societal collapse "chemicals pumped into the environment have caused the ecosystem to fail and collapse." Full of action and adventure, between a desperate hero and the end of the world, Wasteland will be released by Cinema Epoch on DVD October 11th. Possible DVD...
Mad Max 2 , Bronx Warriors, Escape from New York and many others. Several films dealt with societal fears of imminent nuclear annihilation e.g. Quiet Earth, Def Con 4. However, trends change.
With Wasteland, global catastrophes come about through environmental hazards e.g. pollutants, overpopulation. In this devolving landscape "religious zealots" fight against a group of cannibals and mutants for survival. Pollution are the cause of mutations and societal collapse "chemicals pumped into the environment have caused the ecosystem to fail and collapse." Full of action and adventure, between a desperate hero and the end of the world, Wasteland will be released by Cinema Epoch on DVD October 11th. Possible DVD...
- 8/31/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Here is the first ten minutes of an indie zombie flick called Project Purgatory Beijing. It's Directed by some dude named Kantz (who also made another Pa flick called Wasteland) and it's got martial arts and zombies... and loads of CGI blood.
What's more to say, except thanks Avery!
Dig on the first ten minutes after the break.
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What's more to say, except thanks Avery!
Dig on the first ten minutes after the break.
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- 6/7/2011
- QuietEarth.us
Modus Operandi Pictures is developing, arguably, one of the first zombie styled martial arts thrillers with Project Purgatory Beijing. This project is currently in development and director Kantz (Wasteland) has set this film in China. Here, a plague-like virus decimates most of civilization. The survivors prove to be a heady crew, consisting of various military personnel. Check out the first ten minutes on this feature below. And hopefully, Kantz's latest film finds a distributor and that this film doesnot live up to its title.
The synopsis for Project Purgatory Beijing:
"Martial arts mayhem, combined with gamer style action meets the zombie apocalypse in a full out war against the undead in Project Purgatory Beijing. China, a deadly designer virus has decimated the country leaving very few people alive. A side effect of the virus has turned the dead into raging, savage cannibals, and they are hungry. A handful of...
The synopsis for Project Purgatory Beijing:
"Martial arts mayhem, combined with gamer style action meets the zombie apocalypse in a full out war against the undead in Project Purgatory Beijing. China, a deadly designer virus has decimated the country leaving very few people alive. A side effect of the virus has turned the dead into raging, savage cannibals, and they are hungry. A handful of...
- 3/26/2011
- by Remove28DaysLaterAnalysisThis@gmail.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Modus Operandi Pictures is developing a new post-apocalyptic feature, titled Wasteland. The vision of the Wasteland sees a world with less than a 100 million occupants. Populations have been wiped out by disease, hunger and fighting over the last scraps of food. The picture is reminiscent of the apocalyptic pictures of the '70s and '80s, where nuclear war was a daily worry (and possibly stills is).
These previous eras created dozens of films that dealt with a future wasteland, like: The Day After, The Road Warrior, and earlier with Logan's Run (1976). This style of film has recently been recreated with The Road (2009) and Book of Eli (2010). There seems to be a focus on apocalyptic settings by filmmaker, as apocalyptic themes taken directly from several major religions e.g. Judaism and Christianity. Returning to the present, have a look at some of the costumes settings and themes from the Wasteland...
These previous eras created dozens of films that dealt with a future wasteland, like: The Day After, The Road Warrior, and earlier with Logan's Run (1976). This style of film has recently been recreated with The Road (2009) and Book of Eli (2010). There seems to be a focus on apocalyptic settings by filmmaker, as apocalyptic themes taken directly from several major religions e.g. Judaism and Christianity. Returning to the present, have a look at some of the costumes settings and themes from the Wasteland...
- 3/21/2011
- by Remove28DaysLaterAnalysisThis@gmail.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
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