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Stay Away...Far Away. Uwe Boll is in the House.
Five college students take an ill-fated trip to a remote island, endearingly called "Isla del Muerte". That's "Island of the Dead" for you non-Spanish speakers. They're expecting to take in a rave, but they get oh so much more than that. There be zombies on that thar island! That's about all the setup that you need, sadly it's not any more elaborate than that. And sadly, such a simple concept is convoluted by the fact that it's told as one big flashback with a bunch of flashbacks scattered throughout.
I was completely disappointed by the garbage script that was churned out. Completely abysmal. I wouldn't have been as disgruntled if I hadn't seen the writers' other work. I thought that Dave Parker's THE DEAD HATE THE LIVING was a much more inspired effort, and Mark Altman's screenplay of FREE ENTERPRISE was complete genius compared to this tripe. Some of the lines are complete head-shakers. Much like the boat captain's name, Captain "Kirk" (Jürgen Prochnow), the movie seems like it wants to be tongue-in-cheek, but Boll directs it completely straight. That's where it all unravels.
The action sequences would have been a positive for the film, but alas, Uwe Boll drops the ball again. If I see another bullet-time action sequence, it'll be too soon. The way it's callously thrown around, you'd think that Boll was the creator of the effect and this is the first time it's ever been seen or something. The main battle between humans and zombies is ruined by the insertion of distracting video game shots (which appear throughout the whole film) and the far too generous dose of slow-motion bullet-time. Every single character is granted a useless 360 degree slow-mo shot of them shooting off their weapon. It makes the transition from "ridiculous" to "completely ridiculous" when Rudy (Jonathan Cherry) takes a moment, in the middle of the carnage, to reflect on the events so far. The flashback is simply a super-fast collage of clips from the movie up to that point. I don't know about you, but the last thing that I'd do in the middle of a battle for my life would be to take time out to think about things. Utterly pointless and insulting. It's like we needed a refresher because we hadn't remembered what we've seen in the last 30 minutes.
This film should have never made it into the theaters, plain and simple. There's nothing redeemable, nothing original, nothing even fun. I can imagine Uwe Boll thinks he's very clever and his use of all the flashbacks was creative...it wasn't. He probably thinks his action scenes were mind-blowing with all the slow-mo and his camera tricks...they weren't. He, for some odd reason, thinks he can actually direct. He can't.
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yeah...
As plainly as I can put it:
This is the WORST movie I have ever seen in my life. Keep in mind, I've seen Zombie 4: After Death!!!!
Silly beyond belief with the lame inserts of the video game footage, the wretching acting (i wanted them all to be killed) and the stupid, crazy over the top main bad guy
this movie...i cant even believe anyone paid money to have this PRODUCED
Stay away, or you will smash your face into a wall in hopes that the blinding pain will force you to forget what you just watched.
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Downright laughable.
Downright laughable. I have never laughed so much at a zombie movie. From zombies that seem out of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon with their tree jumping abilities, to swimming zombies, to the director's use of video game like approach to shooting the movie, to the really really really bad accents.
The movie is about a group of friends that go to a rave in an island by the name of 'Isla de la Muerte' (Island of Death). There, they encounter zombies, tons of zombies and start dropping one by one.
As I mentioned the director used a video game like approach, with images from the arcade game House of The Dead and whenever someone dies the screen revolves around the character and becomes red. The director also uses this revolving camera motion for the action and shooting scenes. The soundtrack is pretty good (befitting of a rave), at least much better than the movie itself. The director uses a lot of slow motion techniques to show the bullets firing and some action sequences.
There are a lot of clichés in the movie: from "there must be a scientific explanation", a member of the group wearing the requisite goofy outfit with 'Matrix-like' moves, stupidity, and of course the zombies. The people got tough fast, as soon as they were given weapons and instantly learned how to use them. "Movie Rapid Learning Technique": All for the sake of some action! I mean, these people are fighting like pros. And swords, let's not forget the swords or the machetes!
The movie also has 'Matrix-like scenes' downright to ripping off the moves. Throw in some old Spanish legend, some old newly found forgotten books and you have yourself what should be a sci-fi movie of the week. If you must watch it, watch it for the funny action sequence about an hour into the movie. It's like House of The Dead game, The Matrix and Soul Calibur (or any similar fighting video game) all rolled into one. I really like the arcade game and played it growing up. Some things are meant to stay video games.
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Yet another minority member...
I know, I KNOW! No one likes this movie. People enjoy taking a big dump on it.
And I know my reputation is at stake here, but I liked this movie. Did I love it as one of the best out there. Well, I won't go that far. The acting, plot, random daytime rave, and swordfight at the end were... well, in a word, not the greatest.
But for me, the saving grace of the movie is the gun battle on and around the boat and the assault on the island cabin that houses the mystery. Or, the House of the Dead.
Seriously, any real fan of zombie horror has dreamed of getting a stack of weapons and unloading on an army of zombies. This movie delivers that in spades! Zombies blasted from top to bottom, and tremendous exploding headshots! The movie has gore aplenty, as per any good zombie movie, and zombies getting blasted, just like the video game.
I agree, not the greatest zombie movie, but I've seen much worse.
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1 star, but because I have no choice.
Yip, if you've read any of the other 1-star reviews, then hopefully you've cottoned on. I think the person who most needs to understand is the director, Uwe Boll. As a musician and entertainer, it is important to develop thick skin, because there will always be some who don't like what you do. But I have standards, and in Nelson I'm well-regarded as an accomplished artist. Still I wrangle with self-doubt, and I strive to better myself. Uwe, are you getting the message? Just because you enjoy doing something, doesn't mean you are any good at it, or have the right to inflict the "finished product" on poor unsuspecting civilians. You must have the gift ot the gab to be able to get the funding to pull off dreadful film after dreadful film. Either that or your daddy is rich. Go away man! Stop adding to the already-too-big-trash-heap of lazy pointless "art" that those of us with taste have to wade through. Just go away, stop inflicting your films on the world. Take up waterblasting or something. BOYCOTT BOLL!!!!!!!!!!
This is a first for yours truly--Wi-Fi from a commercial flight: I'm blogging from somewhere above 10,000 feet on Virgin America's press event flight to kick off its commercial launch of Internet in-flight Internet service. The flight is littered with e-celebrities and a few real ones (a couple of the great ensemble from 30 Rock are here). We're flying over the ocean. And the Gogo Internet service from Aircell seems to be working just fine. I've Twittered, I've IM'd, and I'm about to post this blog entry. (Success! Updated later.)
Twits du Jour
