Osombie

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It was only a matter of time for the movies to start flowing in regarding the killing of Osama Bin Laden. This year showcased three different films, but only one stepped out of the world of the truth and into the world of zombies to deliver a fun take on this important moment in history, Ozombie. The trailers offered a peek into what could be a pretty fun film, but will it deliver or just be another goofy spoof? Ozombie follows a group of NATO special-forces on a special assignment that alongside a yoga instructor in search of her conspiracy theory brother who believes Bin Laden is still alive despite being buried at sea. To their shock he has returned from his watery grave and is making an army of zombie terrorists. Now they must kill Bin Laden again and stop the zombie insurgence before it infects the rest of the world. This film pretty much delivers the silly nature you would expect, but not the quality. They had a perfect opportunity to deliver a fun take on this moment in history with plenty of action and zombie gore, but instead ended up delivering more of a Syfy original movie style film that is almost laughable in a bad way. Much like most of these sorts of films, the acting is pretty bad and there never seems to be a sense of urgency for the onslaught of zombies. There is a quick explanation to attempt to tie everything together, but never really fleshes it out. For the most part this is non-stop action, which would have still worked perfectly well had they spent a little more time on the action itself. Most of it worked OK, but when it's supposed to be a Special Forces unit, they need to look like they have a bit better skills than your average soldier. For all this films flaws it's still pretty fun if you enjoy some good cheese. They used way too much CGI blood instead of practical effects, but still deliver a decent zombie body count pretty much non-stop throughout. If you're a fan of films from the Asylum or SyFy then you will most likely have a great time with this one as well. If you can step away ignoring the bad acting and lame effects, there is still a fun film here to enjoy.

Great production value for what it is. The CGI is pretty good, and the costumes and props are excellent. Also, if you like good movies, you won't like Osombie. If you like bad movies, you won't like Osombie, but hey! If you think Ewe Boll is a genius and ahead of his time, then you'll love this movie. If you know anything about military tactics, this movie will offend your sensibilities. If your military experience comes entirely from media, this movie will still offend your sensibilities. This group of soldiers, purportedly Army Rangers, utilize the "rush into the center of a hoard of zombies and fire in all directions" combat method. They don't hold a line. They rush to melee range to shoot .50 BMGs from the hip. In their defense, they never look surprised when someone is bitten, which is at almost every encounter. Interestingly, the meat head who likes to fight zombies half naked shows impressive survivability. The dialogue is horrid. Whoever wrote it tried to cram in every colloquial metaphor they'd ever heard in a tragic failure to sound cool. I could forgive "Tomboy's" flawless makeup in every scene and the fact that everyone looks clean and well-fed in spite of daily temperatures in excess of 120 degrees Fahrenheit and near-freezing nights in Afghanistan, but the dialogue is just so, so bad. This movie exists as a vehicle to hamfistedly deliver us to cliché zombie movie moments, which are then poorly executed. The only reason so many people have heard of it is due to its exploitation of one of the most reviled men in history. Good sets, good costumes, good props, a very nice camera, and actors that I believe could have delivered if given literally anything to work with... It just breaks my heart that the makings of a great movie were in place, and the people running the show produced this tripe.

I really expected the worst, but this movie is really funny. Although I do understand that some people might have problems with how it is made. There's a lot of dialog in it and if you don't like the humor, you won't like the movie either. But the fact, that Osama is back for someone to kill him again, is an idea that is destined to be a great sell. And who'd have thought it: Someone opened a theme park (if you can call it that) in America, where you can kill Osama for 300 or 400 dollars. Something quite a lot of people wish they could do, as is evident in this movie too. But there are other ideas in this movie, some I really liked. Some subtle jokes, some not so subtle. And of course not all of them hit their mark. But as mentioned above, they talk so much, that eventually there is a gem to be found. I liked it and the CGI isn't really bad, especially for a low budget movie. The actors obviously had fun shooting this and if you let yourself you might have fun watching it too.

one of the most surprising movies that i have watched this year and one myself and the family enjoyed. yes there was some silly things in the movie, but nothing that could not be forgiven. as to how this movie was missed by Hollywood is truly beyond me, although saying that if Hollywood have there hand in it, then it may have come out worst. the cast seemed to gel together and there was action from the get go. but with out a doubt my favorite character had to be joker for his bad taste in jokes, specifically the last two in the movie. again i can not really praise this little movie enough and i am now quite happy that i didn't give this a miss. strangely i want to watch it again.

I was psyched to see this movie after watching the trailer. It looked like it was going be along the lines of horror/comedy. Something in the realm of Army of Darkness. Oh, how wrong that impression was... In the place of a fun and enjoyable movie was a 90 minute pain-fest that felt like 2 1/2 hours. Really, really bad zombie makeup. Continuity problems. A samurai sword wielding female soldier killing zombies by stabbing them through the chest or slashing across that same chest, yet it was clearly established early on that headshots are the only kill method. Sound problems (or mumbling actors, who knows). And it was obviously made by someone who doesn't know anything about military tactics or how to use military weaponry. Shooting a .50 cal sniper rifle from the hip? Really? REALLY?!? At least this movie doesn't hold the title of "Worst Zombie Movie I've Ever Seen". There's that.

I went shopping and waited in the car for my partner while she got a milk bread and a DVD with 3 films for just £5!Not the first time i have had to watch a film that if it was on TV i would have just switched channels.OK there are zombies who get killed A LOT, all the zombies are Afghans, American soldiers laugh and wise crack as they slaughter them in different ways,plenty of blood, not much plot,the zombies move so slowly a tortoise could outrun them but every now and then someone other than a Zombie dies somehow,its pretty stupid and i did start to feel a bit uneasy that Afghans, even zombie Afghans were being slaughtered with such obvious relish by the U.S forces with the current political climate, anyway it fails to provide the entertainment of say eight legged freaks,which is in the same genre, cheesy but entertaining,substitute zombies for spiders there is not much difference.The actors are not half bad really its difficult to shine in a film like this,its very clichéd in places only watch it if you have very very low expectations and have no desire to think when watching a movie.

Osombie, the story of a group of marines and a yoga instructor who stranded in Iraq hunting down Middle Eastern zombies. On the surface this sounds like a dumb, implausible and annoying movie but in reality this is entertaining from start to finish. It's original, the dialogue is fluid and realistic, the graphics are great though fairly cheesy and dangers the team is put in is refreshing. From team members turning into zombies while holding grenades to fighting zombies in a land mine field to having zombies on one side and enemy soldiers on the other this is a great and relentless action flick. I expected this to be a dumb afternoon matinée but by the end of it I was ready to buy it off amazon. It's easily one of the best zombie films I've seen in a long time and I make no exaggeration in saying I've seen all of them. The team is logical and realistic without any typical movie drama and a complete lack of stupid typical movie mistakes. There's no pointless nudity, no unnecessary language and the gore is kept in control which is just amazing to have in a modern zombie flick. This is a really great flick and should be watched by anyone who enjoys action or zombie flicks. I really can't express how surprised I am by this and how much I recommend it.

The war is on....for all terrorist zombies !.This film kinda came out of nowhere for me. I am always down for a zombie movie,and i like a good war flick.This movie was both.The actors were all good,played cool parts, and made good story.The fx were great,with lots of great looks,done without c.g.i. .(o.k. ,the blood-splatter from the tons of head-shots were comps)As far as story ,its simple-Bin laden may,or may not be dead-or alive.A group of merc's go behind enemy lines to take care of things...for good. All in all,this is a great little flick.Decent story,acting,gore,zombies,no comedy,and the props,weapons fx,and costumes were great.Of odd note,this film has no overt cursing,or swearing,no nudity,or sex.Though there,s plenty of the red stuff,the film really never gets very gory.Makes for a decent movie for younger fans to watch.

Firstly, and let's get this straight for those people reading these reviews in order to see "just how bad it is" before buying it at Tesco for eight quid, 'Osombie' is very good indeed. Yeah, you read that right. It's very good. But, but, but, you say- it's cheap! It's about Bin Laden's return from the grave! It looks a right laugh! It's a zombie movie for the luvvapete! HOW CAN IT BE GOOD?, you scream. Well, it is. Very. Here we have a Kickstarter funded action horror film with high production values, a cinematographer with an artist's eye for composition, glorious zombie makeups, a cast evidently having a whale of a time and who seem to be proper actors who are good at their jobs, a script that takes the whole thing seriously without winking at the audience like an episode of The Chuckle Brothers but which is also warm and witty and satirical at times, and a thousand and one splattery zombie headshots. Admittedly, the majority of those splattery zombie headshots are cg- but in this case the old ZX Spectrums are used so well, we can forgive that- if only due to the sheer volume of blood spilled. More zombies are put down on screen here than, I think, in the entirety of Romero's six films so far. And there's not a crap zombie in the mix. Aficionados of the much-maligned zombie subgenre will find much to love here- I'd say it was one of my favourite such movies of the last few years- and certainly up there with the Ford Brothers' 'The Dead', if for completely different reasons. I urge anyone browsing in Tesco to pick this up. You will never spend a better eight pounds.