ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction (2010)

Redundant and unnecessary.

everything you have heard about this movie is true.

Boring

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

This was one movie I wanted to watch, only because it had Russell Hodgkinson (Z Nation) as one of the main roles. Needless to say, this movie was a waste of time, talent and budget. The only other movie that seemed to be quite similar was the 2003 Aussie film, Undead, only this one was cheesy, disappointing and a complete waste of my life. If you want a move that will put you to sleep, then go ahead and watch this snoozefest.

Rubbish, boring, unfunny... go somewhere else to find a zombie flick Nothing new in this film..literally nothing, I didn't know if it was meant to be a comedy as there were so few gags in the whole film (I'm being over generous there!), the zombie effects were fine but we've seen so much zombie action we need a new take on it.. as I said nothing new here Spoiler Bit There's no chance of spoiling this film as it manages all on it own, but just in case... what was the last scene about.. the speech bit by the new mayor, did we have to listen to that boring speech just in order to see the 'oh so hilarious' kids pictures, 'I miss my dad' with blood spurting out..repeated with arm missing ha ha. 'I hate Arabs' is that funny? Or did we have to listen to the speech so that we get the twist ending that there is no twist ending and the last laugh is on the film makers who got to make us watch this tripe... very poor, can wait, preferably a lifetime, for the sequel

A movie about a small town during a zombie outbreak is turned into a comedy when people, convinced it was a terrorist attack, start showing their ugly sides: homophobia, ignorance, blood lust, right wing politics, liberal politics, any politics, etc.This could have been a really cool movie. It was obviously low budget, with bad acting on top, but that hasn't stopped others. The problem lies in the plot. When it's ironic, it's not funny; when it's bloody, it's not scary; when it shows the stupidity of small town folk, it's so exaggerated that it cycles between scary and gross. There were some funny ideas there: the Iranian family that is always mistaken for Iraqi, just because that's what's most on the news, or some of the gay antics of the two New Yorkers returned to come out to the mother of one of them, but now I am really trying to find more funny moments and I can't.Bottom line: this is one of those movies that show the power of a good title. Who could resist a movie called Zombies of Mass Destruction? It's such a powerful title that a second part is in production for 2011. The movie though, it really was lame and failed in any direction worth exploring. Similar to some of those murderous inbred family movies where you get to see a lot of rednecks acting badly instead of true horror, it was just a waste of time.

On the small island town of Port Gamble, a virus is unleashed and a zombie outbreak ensues. My wife was nodding off so I realized this zombie movie might've started a bit slow.A blind man finds a rotted corpse washed upon a shore, he's bitten while the screen fades to black. Slowly, but surely we start to see the living dead moving about at a distance while the daily routine continues. We are introduced to a few of the citizens. A successful, but gay, Wall Street broker(Doug Fahl) wants to come out to his mother while his lover(Cooper Hopkins) tags along as support. He has the misfortune of experiencing his mom's turn into a zombie after being infected by a bite from a shop owner. A widower Iranian restaurant owner(Ali Hamedani) and his daughter(Janette Armand) have a difficult relationship because he's "old fashioned" and true to his beliefs while she embraces the American way of life. A dysfunctional family, the Millers,(some would consider them "white trash")are introduced to us cursing and bickering with each other. Mr. Miller(Russell Hodgkinson), who at first offers our Iranian girl sanctuary from the zombie mass that grows in number, gives Frida a hard time, tying her up and asking her questions about our great nation to see if she is a terrorist(!). A preacher(Bill Johns), whose congregation has dwindled, fears his good friend the Mayor(James Mesher), will have his hands full during a new campaign as a fellow running mate(Cornelia Moore) emerges, who herself is considered quite a threat due to her progressive, liberal views. Frida attempts to appeal to the Miller's weak-willed son, Brian(Andrew Hyde), who is afraid of his father, as she desires to be set free. Meanwhile, Frida's father goes on the hunt to find her, actually kind of enjoying the thrill of pulverizing locals, in particular his daughter's slacker boyfriend(Ryan Barret) who was feasted on before her eyes. The film mocks religion as the local pastor proclaims that Armageddon is upon the earth and that JC would be arriving soon. Also established is the fear of Middle Eastern society(Muslims/Arabs) in regards to Frida and her father. Part of the film's comedy focuses in on homophobia and how certain individuals in the town aren't exactly keen on accepting the newly arrived gay couple..we see that the more religious among them are willing to convert our homo heroes in some sort of "conversion machine". Frida has to defend herself against not only Mr. Miller but her father as well(the damn pizza man got him!). Oh and one must get a load of the "conversion room" sequence while Hal, the mayor, himself completes his own conversion..into a flesh-eating zombie. Well, zombie fans do get plenty of gore as expected such as bodies torn asunder, an arm ripped from it's socket and beat over the victim, gushing blood(gallons of it), hammer embedded in the skull, faces taken off by shotgun blasts, weed eater damage, machete slicing, a face skinning, an undead eats her own eyeball, and a little girl is run through by a speeding car. Family members kill each other as often can happen when the infection removes the humanity of those unfortunate enough to have contacted the virus. In regards to originality, this particular genre has yielded so many zom- coms and horror films in recent memory, that besides introducing us to specific characters during the course of a movie, there's little else filmmakers can contribute that hasn't already been established elsewhere. The outbreak for this movie is released by a terrorist and so the town is quarantined with a choice few able to keep themselves from being lunch, hoping to remain alive as help arrives in the military. But, zombie fans are a peculiar few, and while my joy for the genre is waning, I reckon the faithful will find much to be entertained by. The zombies of this film move the same as those in a Romero movie, giving those not infected a fighting chance to defend themselves.