Customer Reviews

Legion of Dead

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(14)

 

 

From what I read of other viewers this American version was cut and was supposed to be much better than this. But wow!! I have not given a 1 star for a film in a long time. The film does not have any continuity and makes absolutely no sense at all. It now makes all the more sense when the others who have watched the uncut versions, to see how butchered this film is because it makes absolutely no sense at all. THe only good thing I could say about this is it does have some humor in it that will totally make u laugh but its not enough to make up for the ... of film this is. If I could go back to the past in a time machine, I would tell myself this was a mistake.

Good points: some humor that is unique
Bad points: choppy story, bad plot, boring film, no action

Overal grade : F-

Well,congratulate the MPAA for another job well done.
I have owned the Japanese and German dvd of this movie
for about a year now.I received my copy of the American
release today and what I got was a superb picture,
top notch sound, and EVERY GOOD PART REMOVED AND CUT
FROM THE MOVIE!WHY IN THIS DAY AND AGE SHOULD WE HAVE
TO HAVE THIS MUCH CENSORSHIP IN A SILLY HORROR MOVIE?
There are many movies out there that show way more gore
than what was taken from this movie.Those of you that
have the foreign versions of this film,hold on to them!
The first cut appears in the first 10 minutes when our
first victim is recruited for the legion.Yes folks,the
last half of that scene is totally gone!OLAF ITTENBACH
is a GERMAN FILM EXTRAORDINAIRE who is on the rise in
the business and is very god-like to the serious horror
fan who likes their special effects on the outrageous
side.He does ALL of the special make-up,writes and
directs all of his movies!This movie un-cut is a 5 star

movie all the way.It has humor,action,suspense,special
effects(very little cgi-mostly original),and a story.
Oh well,sorry to have to break the news.There is no reason
that this movie should have been edited this heavily or
even edited at all!Major letdown!Well,I hope DOG SOLDIERS
is much better.Thank god for multi-region dvd players!

I rented this movie tonight and just finsihed watching it. I thought I would write a reveiw to save someone from buying this awful movie. Thank god I only rented it. Until tonight I thought no move could be as bad as "The Jersey Devil" (another movie to stay away from) but this movie proved me wrong. I watched the whole thing from beginning to end and I couldn't tell you what it was about to save my life. It skips from scene to scene and never explains ANYTHING. I don't know what idiot let this movie be released but he should be hunted down and tortured! Whatever you do, don't rent, buy or watch this movie. It will only make you angry that you can't get back the time you wasted on watching it.

Please do yourself a favour and do not spend money in a movie so edited and cut that it's impossible to understand it. I bought the movie because I believed it had something to do with vampires (if you see the cover you'll understand), however it is far from it. Anyway, I cheched the "Making - of" documentary and found all the escenes that I didn't see in the movie. I believe they cut almost 15 minutes of the film. It might be a good movie, but not in this condition. It should have never been released like this. REAL PITTY.

This should be nominated for at least 10 oscars no doubt. It is a piece of art, truly set a new bar for drug indused movie ideas, buy it you wont regret it unless you spent more than like 12 cents.

Ok, so it wasn't the movie of the year. It doesn't however necessarily deserve all the bad reviews. Perhaps, the plot could have been slightly more developed, rather than handing us snipets of the stories motive. The reason that I say this is that if it were simply a slasher style film with little plot that would have been sufficient, but the storyline for this film required that the viewer have more knowledge of what the events leading up to and occuring in the film concerned. High points of the film included the following: decent acting, and subtle dark humor, as well as a few moderately entertaing action sequences. Of course, the highest point of the film...actress Kimberly Liebe. Her acting was comparable with the acting of the other cast members, but her beauty was the most memorable! I give this film 3 stars.

I would like someone at Artisan to explain to me why they even chose to release a movie by Olaf Ittenbach. This is a director who is known for comedic horror soaked with over the top gore. This Artisan release is so severely edited that not only is there very little gore, but key character development suffers, the story loses continuity, and the comedy is left feeling flat. This is not how this movie was intended to be seen. Imagine watching "Aliens" but without all the scenes involving suspense and the aliens themselves and you can get an idea of how this version compares to the uncut release.
If you must, buy it for the "Making Of Legion Of The Dead" documentary. It's far more entertaining and infinitely gorier than the movie itself.

..what this movie is all about? While stylish and often times very funny, LEGION OF THE DEAD doesn't know whether it wants to be a tribute to EVIL DEAD or just an excuse for some bloody goings on. Two friends drifting through the California desert are picked up by a deranged hitchhiker. Meanwhile two grey-suited hitmen are going around killing people to enlist them in a legion of the dead. The hitmen are funny, especially the inept drunken one who is always getting himself killed over and over again. They answer to a tall blonde who purportedly may be the Devil. We also have a buxom barmaid named Geena who is the one person the Devil is seeking. how does this all come together? It really doesn't and that's what keeps this movie from being a good one...it does have some funny moments, but the acting is histrionic and since we don't know what in the world is going on, its ending only manages to confirm the lack of coherency.

The movie starts when a dudes father (who created the ninja zombies) died from some mafia gang. So he decides to make his scientist friend re-create ninja zombies and makes them go out and kill the mafia gang. Then some scientists decide to resurrect the mafia and then gains control of the ninja zombies and sends them after the dude. The dude gets killed by the ninja zombies and he is ressurected to go after the ninja zombies and the mafia (in which the leader sounds like he got his hoo hoo dilly chopped off). I just keeps going back and forth, back and forth.

NOT A BAD MOVIE!! Not many zombies in this film but the action is rather decent for a B-movie. The story is somewhat repetitive, the gore is a bit weak but in the end it is an enjoyable film. BUT I have a serious problem with the advertisment. Some idiot tried to compare this movie to NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD on the back cover. IT'S NOT! It's nothing compared to this movie. These zombies don't eat people. FALSE ADVERTISMENT!!!!!!!!!! :)
(not much zombies)

most entertaining part: | the high-pitched mafia guy |

How can I put this? "IT STINKS". It seems they spent the majority of the budget on the cover then on the actual film. The movie makes no sense what so ever. It jumps from scene to scene without continuity. What was this guy thinking This is not even worth renting. Save your money folks, this one is not even boring enough to be called a sleeper.