Reviews

Everyone loves Zombies right? The Walking Dead is pretty much the biggest thing in pop culture at the moment (in my opinion, its a big shout I know). So, a movie that has zombies and the inevitable bloody violence that french horrors always seem to have should be pretty enjoyable. And, happily it is. There is some set up but basically its cops and robbers (ish) versus zombies in an environment that made me think of The Raid Redemption, cool combination. The zombies are feral and brutal and really quick the characters are all bad-asses and there is a weird old guy who is really wrong but perfect to add character in a movie like this. For a genre movie the story and acting were solid and there was tension throughout, I wanted these guys to be OK. There were a couple of standout action set pieces as this is definitely action and horror that reminded me of when you accidentally set off a cart alarm in left 4 dead, The Horde was a good choice of title in that respect. Fun 90 minute zombie movie, happy I watched and if there was a sequel I'd happily go for that as well.

I never worry too much about the scores movies achieve as if something fits into your preferred niche or genre you will enjoy it more than an aggregated score will suggest. Therefore a Japanese horror from the guy who made the grudge which people are saying may be a bit weird and confusing ticked a lot of boxes for me regardless of its 4.

Unfortunately 4 is a fair score, the story had real potential, I am not an expert on Japanese culture but it felt true to the kind of supernatural movies we get to see. Movies are either more or less than the sum of its parts therefore it didn't necessarily matter that the movie looked like it was made for TV, the acting was poor (the guy I watched it with thought the lead actor was the worst he had ever seen)! The effects were cheap and sure there were plot holes. I see movies for the emotional impact so can forgive pretty much everything, I don't always understand David Lynch movies but they are beautiful dreamy experiences.

So having said that I bring it all down to how I felt about the experience and it was boring, there was no tension or atmosphere. I've seen movies where I didn't care about the characters but this was different, I've enjoyed bad movies but I wasn't sure how I could get through the 85 minute run time. It really is that bad. The story could have been interesting but other than that there were was nothing to redeem this movie.

I have only hated 2 movies in my life, this isn't one of them but its probably the movie I have found the most impossible to engage with.