Review of Outpost (2008) by Tristan M — 08 Aug 2014

The plot is ok enough, as confusing and strange as it is. It is kinda a zombie movie, but the nazi soldiers are invincible all together, and instead of eating their victims and acting all rotten they act more human, and run, have brains and stab people.

So it was different than expected, in a better way problably. The whole electro-magnetic field thing that slowly grows and the undead stay withing wasn't the bet way the film could have been done, although without it there would be no point of going to the outpost to destroy the generator.

It starts off ok, and gets more interesting and better as the film goes on, but near the ending is where it all goes down the drain. The shutting off of the generator takes away the undead invincibility, but they fight on until being shot.

Then there is a random guy who has been trapped in a bunch of cables for about 50 years still there who is alive and shoots some sort of electricity out of his hand into the undead like a sith would in Star Wars.

So that stupid ending compounded with a bunch of other stuff in the ending that shouldn't have been there more or less ruined the film for me. The begining was ok, the middle was the best part and then the ending threw it all away.

The action is ok at best, with dull sounds and effects. In terms of scaryness, it wasnt very scary if ever actually other than the fact that they are walking around in a dark underground bunker with eiree lighting, there's creepy moans and laughing of the undead and we're always awaiting a jump scare (that only happens mabey twice).

The scaryest part of the movie was at the begining where we see through a soldiers headcam as he navigates a dark house. So not a very good film in any means, and I don't think I'll be watching the sequel.