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PLEASE READ THIS DESCRIPTION BEFORE BUYING THIS ITEM - This Dvd is Ex-Display - Maybe A Few Very Fine Surface Marks Due To Cleaning - Tested & Cleaned - Plays Fine - Please Note When Using Cleaning Machine It Sometimes Leaves Minor Surface Marks - NEW BUT NOT SEALED.The case may be slightly shop soiled but the disc has been kept in a plastic disc sleeve in a dry area). THIS DVD HAS BECOME VERY COLLECTABLE & HARD TO FIND
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not as good as i thought,
By DeanB (Uk) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Zombie Diaries [2006] [DVD] (DVD)
The front cover of the dvd makes you think, WOW London on fire! Zombies! Guns! But no. Its a docu style film which i dont think are all that bad but when you watch it and think i could have done better with a hand held cam some ketchup and beer then you realise its not such a good film.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointing,
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This review is from: The Zombie Diaries [2006] [DVD] (DVD)
While lovers of all things zombie can find things to like in this movie, it's ultimately a pretty poor effort.
The acting is variable (one guy makes Keanu Reeves look like John Gielgud), the script is flawed and it is difficult to judge as a film as it just comes across as a student film project. So rather than shuddering with fear at the mouldering undead, you find yourelf thinking, "Yowch, that guy is a bad actor. Couldn't they find someone else?" or "Considering they've got a £100 budget these zombies look pretty good!". And that is what is so sad about this film. The film-makers cope admirably with the problems of a low budget; the make-up is great, there are some nice shots of empty streets and so on, and there's even a military incursion (by a real Army platoon!). But where it comes apart is the bit that is unhindered by budget - the script, which is deeply flawed. Of the three stories, the second is ultimately pointless and in none of the stories do you care about (or even get to know) the characters. It also has absolutely nothing new to say about zombies - there is no new take on them, no new perspective. It's taken as read that these are shuffling Romero zombies who are dead and can only be stopped with head shots despite the fact that the zombie plague is caused by some kind of flu virus a la 28 Days Later. And while the SFX are great, the budgetary restrictions do mean you rarely see more than three or four at a time, and "shufflers" aren't exactly scary unless there is a horde of them or as another reviewer said, you are trapped with them in a confined space (and sadly 90% of this film takes place in woodland and fields). Worth watching if you like zombie movies, but really this is something that if an amateur film-maker friend of yours showed you, you'd be impressed by, but judged by "professional" standards is distinctly below par. (That said, it is stil better than the later Romero steadicam-zombie film, "Diary of The Dead", although that is rather damning with faint praise rather than saying anything good about this particular film).
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Awful,
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This review is from: The Zombie Diaries [2006] [DVD] (DVD)
This movie is awful, slow paced, awful acting and of course, a bad storyline. The list of characters are all dreadfully wooden, only one seemed to have any personality to him but he spoke so little it made no difference.
I believe the problem with this is that it jumps around too much, you can't like any of the characters since they all have about 5 spoken lines. The acting is wooden, most of the lines feeling forced and for some reason the writers feel they need to explain to the 'audience' about how dangerous it is to go and get food because they have to go into a town to get food. We (the audience) know that already and certainly they do, they don't need to just randomly say it out loud, a clear sign of bad writing. The zombies, I'm sure is the reason most people were attracted to this movie, including me but don't rush out to get this movie if thats the reason. The zombies are useless creatures, the traditional 'slow zombie' dialled down a few times. They walk so slowly they pose no threats to the characters, walking far slower than any other zombie I've ever seen. The characters have a lot of weapons meaning that the VERY small groups of zombies are quickly and easily dealt with. Despite all the screaming and shouting that happens they basically never face more than 10 zombies at any one time and all die before they even get close. Zombies play such a little role in this movie that it shouldn't be called 'The Zombie Diaries' and when they do they play no threat. Few people are even TOUCHED by a zombie. The special effects are pretty bad, the zombies being the best while the 'gore' scenes of zombies eating people do just look like they are pulling strings of sausages out from under their clothes. The shooting scenes are bad, the weapons seeming to kill without producing a bullet wound on the zombies most of the time, and a point-blank pistol shot to the face does extremely little damage. The director seems to know this so there is very little combat in the movie, one time where a woman attacks a zombie with the butt of her rifle is truly a terrible example. She runs at the zombie and swings, the camera immediately pulling away for a brief second before going back to her beating up some unseen body hidden in long grass. I wouldn't reccommend this movie to anyone, its not scary, wouldn't act as a combat movie or even a basic zombie movie. In my opinion (and that of many others) this will be a waste of money. If you want to get it, rent it, don't buy it, you'll regret it. I know I'm going to get a lot of negative feedback for this but I don't really care, in my opinion this is a bad movie so I'm going to say it.
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