Product Details

• Actors: Karen Admiraal, Jack Bailey, Ray Bullock Jr., Emma Choy, Terry Cole
• Directors: Matthew Hope
• Writers: Matthew Hope
• Format: Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
• DVD Release Date: September 30, 2008
• Run Time: 89 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001AYWY7W
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #133,018 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Vanguard" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Studio: Starz/sphe Release Date: 09/23/2008

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Much Better Than I Expected, September 28, 2008

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S William Shaw (The Nether) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Vanguard (DVD)

The Vanguard is the story of civilization in the near future; a world where governments have collapsed, and "Biosyn" zombies roam the world, outnumbering surviving humans.

The movie focuses on Max (played by Ray Bullock Jr.), a deaf survivor who is holed up in the middle of the woods. We are treated to the manner and lengths Max must go to survive. Ray soon stumbles into a corporation soldier and two resistance fighters. It is here that the story takes off.

For a lower budget flick, The Vanguard features a very immersive and fresh story. The acting is very good, and Ray Bullock Jr. is a real pleasure to watch. He carries the film well for the first thirty minutes, creating a very believable character and a very believable predicament. Emma Choy also adds a sturdy performance as Rachael.

The action is fierce and enjoyable, with flashes of gore. But, with that said, the gore is not overdone to the extreme. You will find plenty of blood, and plenty of satisfying battles with the zombies, but nothing that causes you to turn your head away from the film.

Despite all The Vanguard's good points, it does have several minor flaws, preventing it from being as good as it could have been. The story lulls a bit at times, but not so much that you want to give up on the film. The story also can be unclear at times, but I didn't find this to be too annoying. After all, the film is set in the future; a future where many things have changed and there is much we must be informed about.

Fans of horror, action and zombie flicks should definitely check out this movie. It is a film with some very memorable scenes, and a movie that just might be better the second time around.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A film for people that like lots of trees in films., March 23, 2010

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R. Diamond "Diamondback662" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Vanguard (DVD)

I'm sad to say I actually own this one.
After reading reviews on Amazon about this movie I had decent expectations for this film. Many reviewers have described this as a post apocalyptic zombie film. It really could just be a nutter that runs around the woods with hatchets killing everyone he comes across and we just see everything through his deluded mind. We may never know for sure.

The acting in this film is bad. Even the actors playing zombies are really bad at it.

The cinematography is boring. Trees, lots and lots of trees.

There is no plot to speak of.

The early scene with the main character riding a kid's bike through the woods was just embarrassing.

Nothing about this film is memorable...other than it was bad. I'm slowly recovering by watching actual zombie movies.

I'm not sure why they bothered with the refugees from the Road Warrior, perhaps they wandered onto the wrong set and the director said "what the hell, let's put `em in the flick". They really served no purpose and actually slowed the movie down.

Very little here for the zombie fan. There are a handful that do very little. I believe they were tossed in as a marketing ploy.

Very little here for the post apocalyptic fan. Unless, "post apocalypse" means "trees" to you.

I'm pretty sure the 5 star ratings on here are from people related to the making, marketing, or cast of the film.

Did I mention this film was bad?

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars One of the worst movies I've ever seen, August 16, 2011

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James Brian Webster "Zealut" (Charlottesville, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Vanguard (DVD)

I actually bought this movie on a whim because it looked cool at Wal-Mart. The story sounds pretty interesting so what did I have to lose, right?

This movie is complete and utter boredom at it's worst. Now, imagine a few teenagers reading lines in the woods and running around pretending to kill things. THAT would have been more interesting than this was. Don't get me wrong; I think they had a decent story to work with but the execution is just horrible.

Do yourself a service - save your money and your time. You will have more fun picking individual fleas from your pet's fur.

My copy currently resides in a landfill somewhere. I'm giving it two stars but that's probably nicer than I should be. However, they took the time to film it right?