Admirable film.

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Gifted director Ellory Elkayem pulls off one of the most difficult feats in cinema in bringing to the screen one of the most clever dark comedies in some time. Using his camera like a finely tuned instrument, he creates an atmosphere that is both sinister and outrageous simultaneously. He skilfully incorporates Romanian locations into the film and makes the slightly foreign background work for him in many of his most visionary shots. Aaron Stongoni and William Butler must be given due credit for supplying Elkayem with a script that is quite dark yet manages to be uproariously funny as well. Although the entire cast have superlative comic abilities, Peter Coyotee is a standout in a rare funny turn as Uncle Charley, one of the most memorable characters he has played on screen in years. For the entire movie, there is barely a missed opportunity to bring on the belly laughs while scaring us half to death in the process. Do not miss the closing shot, one of the truly hilarious final scenes in cinema and one that is sure to elicit side- splitting spasms. In its own way, it is as brave as the lengthy dramatic shots that close Carol Reed's classic, The Third Man, and Antonioni's Jack Nicholson masterpiece, The Passenger. But Elkayem is a courageous film maker who takes a swing and hits it out of the park like those aforementioned great auteur's. It is a bold choice and has all the impact of the last line of Billy Wilder's comedy jewel, Some Like It Hot. It is quite refreshing indeed to see a creative director risk doing something so stunningly original.

This is a truly hateful movie, towards fans of the series and zombie fans in general. The ROTLD movies have often pride themselves on being the "true" story of Romero's NightOTLD and have been usually fun to watch for the humor and effects. This one has neither, nor anything that truly ties it together with the past sequels. The only thing this movie is full of is stupidity; pure, undiluted stupidity.Having found one of the familiar 'zombie' tanks, that just happen to be lying around, a group of college students take it to their campus labs in hopes of understanding what it is...so they use it in making a drug called "Z"(...Ha...ha...). What follows is menagerie of plot holes and thoughtless actions, which are the only way the plot, which is deader than any of the 'zombies' in the film, is able to move along.As for the reason I mention 'zombies' is because unlike the previous movies, these 'zombies' CAN die from head-shots, or even getting their ears punctured. They smell when they turn, pretty much instantly, even though they aren't really rotting or can sweat. We also have 'zombie' rats that can't tell a real brain from plastic one on an anatomy figure. Then we have a line of up people just meant to be eaten; not batting an eye the panicking people, hear or see the 'zombies' coming, or able to even fight back, to help spread the plague.As for the 'zombie' drug, it has a random release time depending on weight, age, and other factors of the buyer, which we learn about a quarter into the third act. So even though the drug has been in circulation for maybe week, and consumed countless times by annoying DJ and the dealer, we don't get any 'zombies' until near the end of the second act. Which also gives us time for a bunch of time with the truly despicable characters of the film.There is not even a single thing laughable in this movie. It tries to be funny, thinking that oblivious characters or ironic T-shirts are humorous, but ultimately falls short of the punchline with both ankles snapped off. It does manage a statically impossibility ability to not make you laugh at the sheer stupidity of anything.If you are a fan of zombie movies, never watch this one. It's not even 'so bad it's good', more like 'so bad you will be buying a new TV because you'll have put your fist through the screen'. If you find a copy, I implore you to burn it to ashes, never spend a dime on it, rented or otherwise.

I rented this movie (never having seen the other "Living Dead" movies) hoping for a chilling, creepy, over-the-top horror movie, but once again, my habit of judging a movie by its cover has earned me another two hours of dissatisfaction. This is a sad modern comedy (being synonymous with sex, drugs and alcohol) with the feel of a cheap B-Movie falsely advertised as a horror movie... Horrible lighting and simple camera angles give the distinct feeling that the creators of this movie hadn't the slightest idea what they were doing, and had never laid their hands on a video camera either. The acting was, for the most part, pathetic (including emotionless reactions to the death of family and very cheesy, corny lines delivered by the all-too-fake DJ). The plot is as ridiculous as the way in which it was filmed and the entire movie is designed only to attract teenage audiences hoping for breasts and cheap thrills. If you have any love for your own intelligence, leave this movie on the Video Zone shelf where it belongs.

This is a horrible, horrible movie. Do not watch this if you're looking for quality. If however, you are looking for something to laugh at, this might be a good pick. There are some genuinely ridiculous elements, some quotably bad lines, and some comically low-budget special effects. And there are breasts. It is 86 minutes of brain-hungry lab rats, cheerleaders getting bitten in the butt, and ambiguously foreign bad guys that end up dressed like female vikings. The fact that the climax takes place at a rave, and that the movie came out about five years after rave culture effectively died out, makes it even more campy and off-target. I had a hard time deciding whether to give this movie just one star, or all 10. I believe it is a success because it does actually achieve something. It's easy to make a film that is mediocre, say, four or five stars, but you know there's something special when it's really this bad.