Several friends take to the mountains and shack-up in the wilderness of back-of-beyond to enjoy a little R and R together. Their peace is soon interrupted by a mysterious old man who informs them that during WWII, Nazi invaders of the area were brutal and harsh in their methods of control until, according to a legend, a villager's revolt drove the invaders up into the cold, dark mountains, where they perished. But now there's the rumor that they returned in the form of zombies -evil Nazi zombies. Zombie Nazis, what's not to like? Well, Dead Snow wasn't great, but it was a good time especially in the last half. I liked that it took mostly place in daytime instead of the usual night to hide the clunky makeup and special effects.
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And, it has the Zombie Squad, a fictionalized version of a very real community of zombie and disaster preparedness enthusiasts. “Speaking with the Dead Snow 2 crew, it became apparent that they understood what Zombie Squad really is about,” says Kristan Nickels of the Zombie Squad. ” We are not militia or survivalist nut jobs, we are a.
Speaking of which, the Nazi zombies only looked like zombies from their dessicated faces. The Nazi angle was in fact exploited very little, which is a shame, as the Nazi zombies could have been any other slightly-more-intelligent-than-usual zombies in uniforms. There was acceptable makeup, but I've seen better.
There were some good gory moments. Some were copies of other films (or 'hommages'), some seemed original (but I haven't seen everything). I particularly liked the parts with intestines (no, I'm not sick:) because they were clever. I didn't care much for the characters (or future victims) as they were cardboard-thin (basically one trait for each one, if that) and sometimes acted stupidly.
One of the last confrontations and what ensued after a bite was brilliantly funny in a dark twisted way. There were other funny moments, but not that much. Not so much, but some tense moments. It veers more towards comedy than horror, but doesn't go full-blown ridiculous (as in the characters stay serious once the bloodshed begins). You could do worse than rent this.
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Rating: 6 out of 10 (good).
Writer and director Tommy Wirkola is back behind the helm of the Dead Snow franchise after pulling studio duty on Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters. We’ve now got the proof that he’s back Norway to direct the action-filled with some set photos and a synopsis (via Twitch).The film, “ will be shot in both English and Norwegian. In the sequel the story follows the sole survivor of a Nazi zombie attack who battles an even larger army of Zombies with the help of a professional gang of American zombie killers who call themselves the Zombie Squad.”Per Wirkola, “ I am delighted to step back into the world of Nazi zombies yet again with Dead Snow: War Of The Dead, a world that is very close to my heart.
We have a script that I am super excited about, which is bigger, scarier, funnier, more action-filled and gorier than the previous one, and I can’t wait to unleash another horde of undead Nazi zombies onto the world again.“.
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