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Outpost [2008]

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Binding : DVD
EAN : 5035822119635
Label : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Manufacturer : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Publisher : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Release date : 2008-09-15
Title : Outpost [2008]
Actor : Array
Audience rating : Suitable for 18 years and over
Format : PAL
Number of items : 1
Original release date : 2008-01-01
Region code : 2
Running time : 86
Studio : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Customer reviews

review by: GTA fan date: 2008-11-21 rating:

Nothing original, but good fun.
OK, this is nothing orignal. There are other films that are very similar in plot, etc but this is not too bad (and there are others which are worse). For a low budget film this is very good and i'd recommend watching it (but perhaps not buying it).

review by: date: 2008-11-13 rating:

A cowpat of a movie
The storyline for this film had great potential. A former Nazi bunker in Eastern Europe, where experiments to create a supersoldier were conducted. Mix in some space-time science and a band of mercenaries and you have the makings of a good movie.

It is unfortunate then that there are so many plot holes - the Nazi soldiers are first ghosts, then zombies, they can appear and disappear at will yet do not use this power. There also seems to be no reason why the Nazi soldiers cannot begin reconquering Europe, but instead they are happy to roam the bunker and the woods immediately surrounding them.

I'm not a big fan of horror films and Outpost has helped to remind me why. Save your money and don't rent or buy this film.

review by: john24526 date: 2008-11-10 rating:

Swill
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.

review by: date: 2008-11-09 rating:

Best horror film I've seen this year
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.

review by: woot date: 2008-11-08 rating:

Absolutely Appalling...
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!

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