Platoon of the Dead (2009)

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Crappy film

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

PLATOON OF THE DEAD is another rubbish zombie indie movie that foisted itself on the public mind in 2009. The story involves three soldiers on the run during the zombie apocalypse. You get some idea of the resources available to the filmmakers when you see said soldiers carrying toy pistols. They hide out at a farmhouse where they interact with an equally dull trio of women. The zombies are barely glimpsed here with the emphasis on a psychological drama of sorts, but it's all very shabby.

The only spoiler that I will give out is that this movie is so bad that it will make you sick.This is by far one of the worst "horror" films you will ever watch guaranteed. You know how there are those movies that you know are going to be bad, but you watch it anyway and think "well, that wasn't so bad".... this isn't that movie, trust me. The acting, script, directing, production, and dare I say "special effects" were deplorable and embarrassing. While the plot was interesting, the movie itself was a big let down. The script itself was probably the movies major downfall, that and the fact there was NO climax at any point of the movie. I will never get this wasted time in my life back. Just don't do it, walk away from this one...Run for your very life.

This movie is just about unwatchable! The acting is bad, the script is very bad, the effects are terrible. I could only get through half of it then I scanned through the rest and, sure enough, it didn't get any better. I'm a big horror fan, especially zombies, and I'm not particularly picky about what I watch in the genre. I felt that all of them had something fun, funny, scary or at least cool to offer...until I got to this movie. I thought it was funny and kind of campy at first, with how bad it was but its 'charm' quickly wore off and I was left with just great boredom. I don't like to leave off without saying something good though...nice scenery at least.

OK, I love zombie movies. I also don't understand how "movies" like this get their space on IMDb. I am sure i can have my family Christmas movies rated here as well (they are MUCH MORE entertaining than this). Honestly, I saw the first 10 minutes of this movie and it was a torture. OK, about the acting - DUH - at least pretend that you're faking some emotion when you see a guy dying. I would give that soldier an Oscar. Seriously. Why? Just because. It's a crazy world, anyway, so what the hell...I've never seen anything worse in history of movies, maybe that's why...Then the FX. After effects, quickly generated effects that don't even follow the camera movement properly. Lol...Guns are plastic toys shooting laser beams that are not even close to 197? Dr. Who's. And the, the MUSIC! I can't even describe that annoying, almost funny, trumpet-like sound that plays while they are marching through the zombie-infected forest. It is so '40's and it fits in there just like the funny bluegrass tune fits into the original '2nd house on the left'. (that is the only comparison, though - '2nd house on the left' was a good movie). I don't know what else to say. I am sorry that I wasted 4 minutes of my life writing this review.