Review of Cockneys vs Zombies (2012) by Alex F — 14 Oct 2014

A fantastically made movie with the best sort of makeup effects, that were used for the scary zombies depicted in the movie, and humour that leaves you glued to your seat ( well, to a certain extent, that is ). Set in the East End of London: the home of the cockneys is about to be cursed by a zombie apocalypse that will lure people out of their homes to get bitten accidentally by the zombies, with the outcome of the newly-infected cockneys turning into zombies, and joining the others for a feast of human flesh.

While all this is happening a care home is about to be closed down and replaced by an apartment building, but it's sure as gone any way as the hungry zombies aren't far behind. The pensioners that live in the care home are forced to fight for their lives and their sanctuary, whilst the head pensioner called Ray - played by Alan Ford - is relying on two of his nephews to come to their aid and help them escape. The nephews are brothers called Andy and Terry - played by Harry Treadway and Rasmus Hardiker.

These two brothers join sides with a professional female hit girl, a coloured psychopathic gunman and weapon organiser and the organiser and expert of the bank heist. These eejits are planning to rob a bank to get the money that will go towards Ray keeping his care home and living peacefully with his friends. Although their biggest avoidance and challenge is returning to the care home without getting bitten by the hungry zombies that are lurking everywhere on the East End.

It sounds like a very silly storyline and the movie's script is overwritten with excessive swear words that can be off-putting and unbearable to watch, but the humour has a way of overcoming the doubts the audience may have with this movie, and there's a brilliantly shot shootout sequence in the movie's finale. As weird as it appears to be it's enough to entertain you throughout different parts of the movie.