Review of Zone of the Dead (2011) by James C — 09 Feb 2014

When a pair of Interpol agents are sent to transport a supposadely dangerous prisoner, they are attacked by hoards of the living dead, and only the prisoner knows the reason why.

As a point of trivia, this movie is known as 'Apocalypse Of The Dead' in the UK, but this alternate title seems to work a lot better. Filmed in Serbia, this movie has every zombie plot element you could wish for - a cop with a haunted past, a villain that turns good, guns, swords, deadly toxins, and lots and lots of zombies. The plot is pretty thin and loses coherency as the movie progresses, but it doesn't really matter. The cast of generic characters are made up of (mainly) European actors and a majority of them are only on screen to act as a zombie fodder. But, it is great to see Ken 'Dawn Of The Dead' Foree back on screen doing what he does best, and he even has a Producer credit. The gore looks a little amateurish in places, but there are enough head shots, decapitations, bites, rips and internal organs to keep any horror viewer happy. All in all, this European entry is not the best zombie ever made, but has enough going on to give any horror fan a bit of a giggle.