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Originally Posted by bwind22
Zombies of Mass Destruction was pretty good. It took a while to get going but once it did, the gore is pretty cheesy and plentiful.
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I most certainly agree!
So I will use that comment as a perfect segue to my next review...
ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction
This movie was a lot of fun. I felt like I was watching director Kevin Hamedani's version of Dead Alive - Fantastic cheesy gore, and a cast who was obviously having a lot of fun with it, ZMD is a good addition to the Zombie and Splatterpunk Comedy sub-genre.
Not just a fun splatterfest, the movie also makes a political statement about homophobia and racism and xenophobia in a post-9/11 world. It's a little preachy and our characters are more
caricatures than anything else, but that's ok; the over-the-top preachiness actually went along well with the over-the-top gore.
My only real complaints with this one is that it's pretty obvious that you have rookie actors here; I felt as though I was watching a student film at times instead of a polished movie, but again, that's OK; it's a good place to start for a horror director who clearly loves the genre. Also, I thought that the movie dragged at times - It sort of felt like boring narrative punctuated by fantastic gore scenes. Also, I felt as though it didn't necessarily bring anything
new to the Zombie comedy genre per se. While a great, fun, addition, it's not really ground-breaking or new.
Regardless, if you're a Zombie Comedy fan, DEFINITELY check it out. You'll have fun with it.
3.75/5.