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Summary: Swill
Comment: Imagine 'Dog Soldiers' without the engaging characterisation, pace, or script. I found myself
swearing at the film and the friend who brought it round by the end. Truly, truly awful.

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Summary: Best horror film I've seen this year
Comment: If anyone ever needed proof that brainstorming sessions can produce occasional sparks of pure
genius, surely they need look no further than Outpost. One can almost imagine the conversation
amongst the producers when they came up with this one:

"Okay, let's have a horror film
with lots of shooting and swearing and dark rooms and stuff. Hmm, we need to add something a bit
different. Okay, let's have Nazis in it. No, wait, let's have evil undead zombie Nazis. Sorted."

Well, regardless of the creative process behind it, Outpost is a great example of an
effective, offbeat action horror movie that doesn't rely on expensive computer animation or A-list
actors to get the job done.

Set in a conspicuously unspecified Eastern European
country, Outpost kicks off by introducing main character DC, played by a paunchy but authorative Ray
Stevenson. Leader of a rag-tag band of mercenaries, he's lured into escorting a wealthy scientist
out to an abandoned WW2 bunker in exchange for lots of the green stuff. Once on site however, it's
not long before bad things start to happen as the team uncovers evidence of gruesome Nazi medical
experiments. Worse still, mysterious soldiers seem to appear and disappear at will, picking off
members of the team one by one, usually in gruesome fashion.

It's typical horror movie
'anything to string things along' stuff, but it's surprisingly well executed. And despite the fact
that Nazis have been used as movie villains roughly three times as long as I've been alive, there's
still something wonderfully chilling about those swastikas, battered steel helmets and leather
trench coats.

A word of warning to any amateur physicists out there however - the
inevitable explanation scene, involving something about Einstein's Unified Field Theory, will
probably be enough to bring on a seizure. For most of us uneducated plebs though, it provides a
suitably jargon-filled sci-fi twist.

Full marks to the casting department on this
one. The mercenary team is filled with wonderfully fleshed out characters, ranging from theives to
former terrorists, child soldiers and full on lunatics. More importantly, the cast, made up largely
of unknown but solid actors, really seem comfortable in their roles. They're not young and super-fit
archetypes, but grizzled and seasoned veterans. And by deliberately not trying to make them
likeable, they actually achieve quite the opposite effect.

Overall then, Outpost is one
of those rare films that manages to span two separate genres without selling anyone short. Action
fans should enjoy some impressive set pieces and grittily realistic combat, while horror buffs will
appreciate some genuine scares and the sense of lurking menace that permeats the whole production.

Customer Rating:

Summary: Absolutely Appalling...
Comment: Possibly the worst film I have ever rented. I have no idea how this film even gets its 18 rating as
being extremely violent as there is hardly any gore or action for that matter anywhere! Seriously
people, zombies and Nazis are two separate evil entities that really shouldnt be mixed. The film is
basically a lot of talking, and just tells us for about an hour how the Nazis made zombies back in
WWII that could have been summed up in 15 minutes. Not scary, poor acting, no gore and hardly much
swearing. Oh, and just because the front cover looks pretty ace, does NOT mean the film is like
that! Avoid this one at all costs, and go spend your money on something decent or decent-er like
Wanted or for that matter, The Dark Knight!

Customer Rating:

Summary: Poor
Comment: A poor script which was a shame for the cast. Too many holes in the storyline. One minute the nazis
were ghosts appearing at will, then they became zombies who appeared at night with a forward on
attack. Avoid.

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Summary: SCARY........................................
Comment: A scary, fast action horror flick......A bunch or ruthless, hardened mercenaries are on a mission in
Eastern Europe and come up against more than they were trained for!
Made on a budget with an
all male cast, this is a gem extending to only 80 minutes. The tension is non-stop and I was scared
out of the little wits I have.
With limited sets, and atmospheric light, the superb acting
makes the whole thing seem natural and realistic. The cast is absolutely outstanding and not one
single performance lack-lustre.
If you can take REAL horror, then DON'T MISS THIS ONE. />

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