Outpost (2008)

How sad is this?

Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

Blistering performances.

Trekking into the wilderness, a group of soldiers during WWII sent to find a horde of lost Nazi gold in the area stumble across a disused bunker filled with dead bodies which are soon reanimated as indestructible Nazi Zombies intent on finishing their orders against the group.Frankly, there wasn't a whole lot really wrong with this one. One of the more enjoyable elements to be found here is the fact that this one really manages to do an impressive job during it's build-up to their arrival at the site as the first half of this one manages to get some enjoyable elements featured. The fact that the majority of this time is spent on the soldiers moving through the woods and finding the bunker comes off rather nicely in setting them up as professionals, slowly segueing into the more nominal horror elements with the discovery of the bunker and what it contains. Since it revels in the creepy atmospheric look and completely unknown contents buried within, this is all quite nicely realized and makes for a much creepier set-up than expected with the whole affair being much more chilling the longer that they remain inside trying to find the gold, which is exactly the way this scenario should play out as the slowly-built atmosphere makes for a nice set-up. It's all aided along nicely by the little creaks and moans heard throughout the bunker just off-camera, letting the creepiness get rather overwhelming before it turns into the raging zombie action/horror of the later half which changes the eeriness for a series of fun and highly enjoyable stalking scenes as they run wild in the compound attacking the soldiers inside the different rooms and hallways of the underground bunker which is full of graphic, bloody kills and creepy images showing them coming up from behind taking them out in grand style. Using the slasher elements in a zombie film of this caliber gives this the kind of enhanced suspense and atmosphere that's not normally featured in such a film, allowing for this to be creepy and action-packed at the same time, and really giving this exactly what's needed to raising this one up as there's a big difference to be found here. The film's main flaw is the fact that there's just such a long period of time before any kind of action occurs for as good as the setup is where it gets them to the bunker and what happens there, this one still has quite a ways to go before it gets to the actual zombies attacking. Getting into the different means about the group finding the leftover relics and the different equipment for their trip and it simply holds all the zombie action into the back-half of the film. That is quite fun, but it's simply hard to ignore how slow it is to get going. Otherwise, this one was quite fun and enjoyable.Rated R: Extreme Graphic Language, Graphic Violence and mild drug use.

I first bought this as it was a pound in a DVD store.Went home and put this in and expected something ridiculous i can watch for a laugh, something akin to Romero's Land of the Dead.I started watching this and as it progressed i couldn't help get dragged in and start rooting for the characters.It felt a bit rushed and with a few scenes of Over-acting. but they make up for it in Action and gore!The ending set up the next film nicely as well, but i won't ruin it for anyone.if you watch this i would definitely recommend watching the next 2, even though 2 is a bit off beat.

If you ever know about German history, this movie will really make you lose your trust into movie makers. It wasn't shoking, as for a horror movie it should be. The plot surely was written by an ape, who read a funny book about good old Hitler trying to create super ghost ubernazis with freaky tech. So odd. The ONLY Good thing about that movie was Ray Stevenson. His acting is truly great as i also loved him on the HBO Series "Rome". So sad he gave his best for a movie stupid and silly with literally no substance like this... go and watch supershark, way better waste of time. The beginning of this movie was promising. A fellow hiring gunmen to search for nazi gold, turning into a bloodbath for unknown reason. But as soon as the reason was revealed, you could just forget this movie. Especially the killing scenes where so unreal and badly made, with silly effekts and even worse music, that i was about to count the single popcorns in my bag rather than keep watching this movie

I must be honest, this film is pretty average. It's remarkably similar in story to the superior 'Bunker' that dealt with the same subject matter in a far better way. It seems to me as though there has been a fair amount left on the cutting room floor, which has lead to some plot holes and character inconsistencies. We find ourselves in the company of the usual mix of merc toughguys, none of which are particularly well developed. Only Ray Stevenson's character which is paper thin elicits any feelings of sympathy from the audience - and even with him, we are given very little to go on. The actors all commit 100% to their parts though, with varying levels of success. Richard Brake is good as Stevenson's redneck right hand man, but some of the other accents might leave you grinning for the wrong reasons. Im not exactly sure where Brett Fancy's Taktarov is meant to be from, but he along with Enoch Frost's woeful African accent certainly jar. There are a few good scares to be had, but in fairness the film is a little slow and doesn't really satisfy as either a horror or an action film. Dog Soldiers handles the brothers in arms versus supernatural enemy's far better, but for some odd reason, i found myself watching this to the end happily enough. The film looked nice and had an decent score, but was let down by underdeveloped writing and a few week performances. All in all though, this is decent fodder for a one time viewing.