Admirable film.

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

Set in a genre which has grown over the last few years (if not bordering saturation) this film is a mix of horror and comedy with all the elements you'd expect to find in a film aimed at 20-40-year olds - bad language, sexual content, nudity, gross-out gore, action, and tongue in cheek humour. It tells the story of 3 boy scouts who want to grow - two of them have been enticed with the prospect of sexuality and all things cool in a coming of age way, while the other just wants to be the best darn scout he can possibly be. To coincide with a camping trip a zombie virus is let loose in their small town, with the residents slow to respond most people are wiped out and it's left to the 3 scouts to build bridges amongst themselves and save anyone near and dear to them. Tye Sheridan, Logan Miller and Joey Morgan take the lead roles in this film and they deliver well in this Christopher Landon film. It's a cross between "Shaun of the Dead" and "McGuyver" (or the "A-Team") in that, when the film gets going there is no end to their creativity and inventiveness - evidently the skills of being a good scout transfer well to zombie killing. It's an entertaining film which has some fun moments in it, the plot isn't that revolutionary as it follows a standard trope; boy fancies girl but daren't say anything, boy loses girl due to zombie apocalypse, boy realises his feelings due to impending doom from zombies (and a little help from cocktail waitress), boy fights the horde to get girl. Eagle eyed viewers and fan of zombies and horror will be quick to spot some fun Easter eggs along the journey, from the "Haddonfield" sign to the "Jockey" zombie from the "Left 4 Dead 2" game, to the trampoline escape a-la "Zombies ate my neighbours" game. All in all, an enjoyable ride which seems to have suffered from bad marketing - I say that because I'd never heard of the film and only stumbled across it by accident. Pacing is decent and I can't remember many wasted moments of screen time, and the score/soundtrack was as young and fresh as I'd expect from a film of this kind. Much better than a lot of the run of the mill B-movies being pumped out nowadays and I'd recommend this to friends without a doubt. I'm giving this a solid 7 out of 10.

Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse is a fast, fun zombie film that doesn't do anything new, but is pretty entertaining.The zombie effects and make-up were really well done, giving us some really bloody, freaky zombies to watch die. The visual effects were really well done, both practical and CGI, giving us some really cool kill scenes ranging from traditional headshot kills, to glass bottles to the head with blood pouring out of it, to makeshift hardware store kill machines. There was some inventive stuff in this film.The characters were fun and worked well together. All parts were acted well enough although they struggled to deliver some of the less-than-stellar lines at times. But each had their moments and I don't have any complaints about the 4 protagonists. The comedy was pretty good with a few laugh out loud moments. Some moments were chuckle worthy and others you may have given an internal giggle. There was a lot of gross sexual humor in terms of zombie genitalia and the likes so if you're easily offended, you probably won't like these moments a whole lot as the film isn't afraid to show anything and I can dig that.The sound effects and design were pretty well done, giving us the typical meaty, disgusting gore sound effects. There were some good music choices in here that made for cool or funny scenes. The film soundtrack itself was uninspired however.The cinematography was fine and so was the editing for the most part. There were some problems though. A trampoline scene that was edited to make them look like they were jumping the fence even though they clearly weren't getting distance (although this might've been done as weak visual comedy). Towards the end, the party strobe lights are almost epilepsy inducing and are a little distracting.Overall, it's another zombie film. It's gory, full of action and damn fun. Nowhere near as good as say, Shaun of the Dead, but it gets the job done and I recommend it. 6/10 good gory entertainment

Comparing this film to other Zombie films, Scouts Guide doesn't rank among those other films such as Zombieland or even Shawn of the Dead. Scouts is rating R which is filled with lots of language, some nudity and typical zombie violence but the atmosphere of the film feels more so PG-13 (or so towards its audience). Not much comedy in the film and it results in off bizarre zombie gags that aren't funny. The lead character of Ben (Tye Sheridan) does a good job playing the likable lead character along with his friends, which are there as typical characters and not as likable. This film plays out as a cross between Superbad and Zombieland, but not as funny or entertaining, interesting as those two. Scouts is quite decent but as a whole it's otherly predictable and quite forgettable.

A great little movie, that doesn't achieve the heights that it could have, but ... there is enough here as a silly, non-serious zombie flick that actually has some great laugh out loud moments that most films simply cannot achieve.Well put together, a few generic story lines ... but weaved together with joy and enthusiasm ... this must have been a hoot to make, with a good cast and some great moments ... zombie cats anyone?Get some friends, some booze and kick back for some unexpected giggles ... and some penis grabbing, booby loving, teen style zombie bashing goodness.