Official Score = 1 1/2 Devils[/caption]You know I have been fond of the sub-genre of horror movies that are essentially, 'Nazi Zombie' ever since I saw the movie, Shock Waves (1977)... I mean that movie was just a total blast, and told the story of the last bastion of the Nazi's and how yachters end up finding the old Nazi and his creepy Zombie Nazi unit!
Well the truth is, is the one thing I am starting to find is that this type of movie so far seems to have been done really well in the past, but for some reason filmmakers seem to have taken this sub-genre and have started destroying it!
What I mean by this for example is, Bloodstorm (2012)... This movie had a lot of promise, in that this movie told the story of an American scientist in the arctic, and how he would basically give selected members of his team over to the last Nazi base on Earth... Or rather I should say in Earth... (Their final base is at the center of the Earth.)
Well the problem with this movie is that it was so ridiculously constructed, that in the movie the Nazi's end up bringing Adolf Hitler back to life in to some weird robot body!
Not much of a fan, and well even though, Frankenstein's Army (2013) was definite better then Bloodstorm... sadly not by much!
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Sadly one that should be forgotten![/caption]You see this movie, which was written by: Miguel Tejeda-Flores (Revenge Of The Nerds), Chris Mitchell (De Poel), Richard Raaphorst (who also directed this movie). Starring: Karel Roden (Hellboy), Joshua Sasse (Rogue), Robert Gwilym (Escape From Sobibor), Alexander Mercury (The Golden Compass), Luke Newberry (The Heart Of Me), Hon Ping Tang (The Fifth Element), Andrei Zayats (X-Men: First Class), Mark Stevenson (The Last Horror Movie) & Christina Catalina (Chasing Robert Barker).
This movie told the story of a Russian reconnaissance unit near the end of world war 2 that is sent on a top secret mission to rescue another Russian recon unit... Or so they think...
You see, once they get to the town, they discover that most of the town's inhabitants appear to be missing, but when they finally make it to a converted factory, they discover a strange monster that seems to be vaguely human... And when it attacks the commanding officer of the unit... They discover from that, and through a couple of German soldiers and the woman that was with them, that a Doctor had been re-animating the dead and creating new Soldiers for the Nazis... And that the camera man is actually a, 'Captain' in the Red Army that has been sent in with these soldiers to capture him!
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One of the soldiers finding one of the re-animated corpses![/caption]After this, they end up a whirlwind nightmare that all of them are going to have to survive, before they become one of Hitler's, 'undead' Soldiers!
In the end, this movie has it's moments, but the truth is, is if you are looking for a fun exciting found footage movie... This isn't it... Even though this is a found footage movie, the filmmakers decided to use modern filmmaking (i,e... This, 'found footage' movie makes it looks like Russian Soldiers from the mid-1940s are using equipment that had been made in 2013!)
But that is unimportant to the over all problem... This movie has almost no story, no character development (As a matter of fact, most of the Russian soldiers portrayed in this movie are pretty much assholes, and the only person worth routing for is the Polish man serving with the Russians...) The special effects are alright... But the special effects are about the only thing of any real value in this movie...
To say the least... I found this movie pretty useless, and not worth my time, and if you try this one, I suspect you might find the same thing as well!
http://youtu.be/dOF8GiIXtGY
this crusty old Nazi as he is getting a tune up with new body parts![/caption]
The modern day 3rd Reich... the last Army group made up of spare parts from victims that make it to their final base![/caption]