Director: Alexander Bourne Brotherton, Mike Hellman, Charles Grossman
Year: 1990
Country: USA
Alternate Titles: N/A
Genre: Zombie
Plot:
In the midst of a zombie outbreak, the small group of survivors left in a small zombie-filled filled suburb try to secure a new stronghold in order to better position themselves for the future, only to find a rival biker gang has also set their sights on the building and must fight off both threats to survive.
Review:
This here was a fun throwback genre effort. Getting going with the opening coming attraction of the over-the-top blaxploitation effort involving the stereotypical African-American hero fighting off zombie interlopers, aliens and other creatures in a parody of the genre creates the perfect intro for the type of film here. As we get a quick round of character introductions in the facility as well as a hilarious training montage trying to prepare the new member to fight off the hordes of undead prowling around, this is not only quite funny but also gives us plenty to like about the surviving group with the way they come together to help each other.
With this being a major focus of the film rather than being involved with the zombies or the psychotic biker gang, there’s a serious disconnect that emerges in the middle portion where this one becomes a series of random, unrelated flashbacks showing various characters coming across zombies. While providing plenty of fantastic indie-flavored gore here with numerous people getting ripped to pieces, dismembered or bitten savagely, there’s very little point here in featuring any character we’ve come across in these segments which is all understandable considering the behind-the-scenes information present but that’s still no excuse.
As well, the finale here is somewhat confusing where it completely zigzags around into several seemingly random and out-of-nowhere storylines. Coming together to showcase the exploits of the biker gang against the survivors makes little sense as we’ve had little opportunity beforehand to know who they are or what they’re going for so the encounter feels awkward before getting to the zombies interrupting everything from out of nowhere. It feels quite jumbled and rather chaotic which does undermine this one somewhat.
Overview: **/5
While some of the film’s issues can be overlooked, the fact that some of the other issues here don’t have anything to do with the backstory is enough to slightly lower this one from it’s more enjoyable elements. Give this one a look if you’re into this indie-styled zombie efforts or looking for some low-budget zombie effort like this, while those looking for something more than what this provides should heed caution.
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