RISE OF THE ZOMBIES


Let me get this straight, Danny Trejo fighting zombies? FUCK YEAH!

rise of the zombiesRise of the zombies is a straight to TV zombie flick set in San Francisco.  A group of survivors are holed up on Alcatraz Island with doctors trying to find a cure to the zombie plague.  As the growing horde seeks fresh flesh, the island is attacked and over run in a suitably gory fashion. The survivors leave the island to track down a brilliant scientist who is close to cracking the genetic code. 

 As this is a straight to TV movie, I’ll be honest, I wasn’t expecting too much. I was pleasantly surprised to find a gore soaked movie, starring one of my favorite B movie heroes, Danny Trejo. Rise of the zombies has lots of zombie killing, buckets of blood and oodles of guts and gore, just how I like my films! There are a few slow points in this movie, but they’re offset by the brutality of the action scenes.  Don’t get me wrong; this is not a Dawn of the Dead quality film, but for a straight to TV movie? It’s pretty good.

 I would suggest that Rise of the zombies is a good filler film. It’s certainly not something I’d plan to watch on a Friday night, but it’s definitely a good no brainer hang over movie. Most of the casts are good, with a few bum notes, but don’t worry too much about that, the killing starts pretty much straight away.

 Would I recommend Rise of the Zombies? There is a real over saturation of zombie movies currently available, but if you’ve seen all of your favorites over and over, it’s worth a peek.

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