Friday, July 1, 2011

Movies from my couch

The world probably has enough zombie movies to last it for a few years but that didn't keep me from enjoying the workmanlike, well-crated ways of "The Horde," a French flick with a beaucoup blood and grue. I won't bother witht he cast or the director; you haven't heard of them, but all concerned do a good job of delivering the grim goods.
The story starts in the aftermath of a drug gang slaying of a police officer. The cops pals decide to take the law into their own hands and punish the gang members in a less-than-official manner. But the cops' raid on the druggies goes bad and soon they are taken hostage. This all occurs just in time for an unexplained outbreak of living dead munchitis which quickly spirals out of control.
The cops and hoods are forced to team up to try and escape the zombie horde, but it's an uneasy relationship at best.
The violence is pretty much non-stop; the direction is tight and there's humor as well as horror in the mix.
A well done, unpretentious little zombie flick I picked up from Netflix.
Recommended.

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