Meat Market
Meat Market
| 06 December 2000 (USA)
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Animals attacks, says the TV news. But two ex-security agents know the real cause - maybe the real culprits. Shahrokh and Argenta are former employees of a company they knew to be conducting bizarre medical experiments. What has resulted are not animals attacks, but attacks by humans turned into vicious, decomposing, cannibalistic zombies. Their efforts to stem the violence in vain, hunted by the authorities, Shahrokh and Argenta escape the city just as it is engulfed in chaos. Their only hope lies in finding and organizing the few remaining survivors. What they find - three women claiming to be vampires with high-tech weaponry, a deranged and washed-up Mexican wrestler, a wounded soldier, and a scientist who may know more than he lets on - offer more questions than answers. Can this tiny cadre hope to defeat an army of the undead? And if they succeed...will there be anyone left alive?

Reviews
Colibel

Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

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Melanie Bouvet

The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

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Hayleigh Joseph

This is ultimately a movie about the very bad things that can happen when we don't address our unease, when we just try to brush it off, whether that's to fit in or to preserve our self-image.

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Darin

One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

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Uriah43

After a medical experiment goes haywire, zombies are created and soon wreak havoc on the human populace. Most of the population are unable to deal with the situation and within only a few weeks are either consumed or turned into zombies themselves. However, one young man named "Shahrokh" (Paul Pedrosa) and a woman by the name of "Argenta" (Claire Westby) team up and manage to survive by scavenging what they need and finding a secure place to hide out. Then one day they meet up with three young ladies who have also managed to survive but as it turns out aren't what they appear to be. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this movie had potential as most of the actors seemed adequate for the task at hand. Unfortunately, rather than empowering them with a good script and the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities, the director (Brian Clement) chose to focus on poorly-developed action scenes, bad makeup and a plethora of cheap special effects. The decision to include a Mexican wrestler named "El Diablo Azul" (Cam Pipes) for comedic value was especially awful. Likewise, there were a couple of sex scenes which may have crossed the line into X-rated territory. Not that any of them were all that interesting or erotic. Again, this movie had potential but the wandering plot, bad dialogue and the inability of the director to play to his strengths and minimize his weaknesses doomed this movie from the very beginning. Because of that I have rated this film accordingly. Bad.

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jewbo23

Two former employees of a company that did experiments with nano science or something of the like are out trying to take care of the things they have a small responsibility in making. The dead are killing the living and eating their flesh and soon there will be no more of the living. With the help of three vampires and a Mexican wrestler, can they stop the onslaught? As soon as the film starts you should know what you are in for. It's a no budget zombie fest. The plot doesn't hold up to much but it's a zombie film what do you expect. The acting is defiantly the worst part of this film. It is dire. The writing doesn't help. These people talk like no one I have ever seen in my life. Questions are often answered with just a strange look of movement of the head. The effects are OK for the budget but at times the film gets a little boring and it seems you're just waiting for some more gore to show up so a little more wouldn't have gone a miss. As I said, at times it gets a little slow and you wonder what the two main characters are actually trying to achieve. At first it seems like they are just going to barricade themselves in for a few years then they go out looking for more survivors.The characters are pretty one dimensional and there isn't much development of them. The Mexican wrestler is hilarious thought, especially with his obviously dubbed on voice. That was a great little touch. There are also some nice sex scenes to keep us amused including a lovely lesbian scene for the guys. These seem put in just for the sake of it but then I'm not going to complain.Even with all its bad points it is a very entertaining film and it was the directors first so it's a great first effort and I'm sure he learnt a lot form it. For all zombie film fans it should go down pretty well. For everyone else maybe not 6/10.

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mage360

This movie sounded too good to be true, and it was. Oh, sweet and merciful Gygax it was! So you got a zombie infestation, a Mexican wrestler, and lesbian vampires with laser guns. AND THE MOVIE STILL REAKS!!! Yes, ladies and gentlemen, this movie has all the charm of a college movie experiment without all that great college acting. And that $2,000 budget's probably a bit literal with the math there. Most of the action takes place in either college dorms, one single condemned building, someone's basement, and a rock quarry. Yes, there is a bit of lesbian vampire action, but the shear stupid horror of this film doesn't make up. And the main character recites bone stupid poetry at inconvenient times. Now, the makeup job on the zombies is OKAY. It's not that bad. Oh, except for the fact that the SAME EIGHT EXTRAS MAKE UP THE ENTIRETY OF THE ZOMBIE POPULATION!!! This is what Meat Market does to children's shows: MAGIC JACK: Howdy, Mister Greenjeans! Do you know what today's secret color is? MR. GREENJEANS: (kills self with hammer) Yes, Meat Market kills. I cannot convey, yea, even through interpretive dance, how bad this movie is. And to prove that anyone can make a better movie, I'm taking donations so that I can raise the three thousand dollars to make a far superior zombie movie with 98% less suck and 42% more lesbian vampire action. This movie gets a 1.

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darkcrow14

If you are a fan of action, horror, and especially zombie films, check out both Meat Market and its sequel, MM2! Made on shoestring budgets, these feature length films are loaded with action, more zombies then you can shake a stick at, and best of all, look good and are thoroughly entertaining! Brian Clement is destined for greatness, watching his first few films makes me remember watching a once-unknown Peter Jacksons "Dead Alive" and thinking the same thing, destined for greatness....when the day come that Brian makes his "Lord of the Rings", I'll still remember these first films of his fondly, just like I do Jacksons!

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