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• Actors: Janette Armand, Doug Fahl, Cooper Hopkins, Russell Hodgkinson, Cornelia Moore
• Directors: Kevin Hamedani
• Writers: Kevin Hamedani, Ramon Isao
• Producers: Ali Hamedani, Bob Parker, Cheryl Cowan, Dan Thornton, Jenny Klimenko
• Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Lions Gate
• DVD Release Date: March 23, 2010
• Run Time: 89 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00344EAQY
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #22,212 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Zombies of Mass Destruction" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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13 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Death is no laughing matter, February 2, 2010

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C. Christopher Blackshere "Mackshere" (hampered by what's acceptable) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Zombies of Mass Destruction (DVD)

ZOMBIES OF MASS DESTRUCTION--what a spectacular title. No way an After Dark Horrorfest entry could live up to such a masterful name, is there? I had some pretty low expectations for this movie, and was somewhat surprised by the overall results.

But after thinking about this movie for a couple of days, I've come to an important realization--I'm getting kinda tired of my zombie films being infected by this outbreak of comedy. I enjoyed Shaun of the Dead and Zombieland, but I'm starting to crave a totally serious, well-made undead film. Something along the lines of the classics White Zombie, I Walked with a Zombie, or Night of the Living Dead. I'd even settle for a brutal gorefest with a cardboard script, as long as it didn't cram politics down my throat in a completely obvious manner. No teen romance, no trite morality tale, no transparent social criticisms, PLEASE! It's getting overdone.

Although I really enjoyed ZOMBIES OF MAS DESTRUCTION, it didn't totally avoid any of these cliches. It did bring some immaculate gore--the heinous, blood-soaked flesh-chomping madness that is vital for this type of film. The type of stuff that will make you shudder, wince, and eventually chuckle a bit to cope with the absolute mayhem. Very well done in that regards.

But there is plenty of gay humor that's worn pretty threadbare in this film. It focuses too much on the town, family, and church's response to the gay couple, and it's completely overdone.
Other stuff that came off pretty heavy handed--the media's reporting of the zombie crisis. They quickly called it the work of terrorists. This causes one idiot to become overly suspicious of his friendly Iranian neighbors. Ok, ok, I get the real life implications, just thought it was forced upon us way too much.

Still I thought ZOMD was very solid. I actually liked it more than Zombieland even. It didn't have anybody near as cool as Woody Harrelson though. No sweet cameos either. But this is must see stuff for the zombie fan. It doesn't quite live up to the genius title, but it was a decent try.

Zombies rule!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Fairly decent film that just doesn't work all the way., April 2, 2010

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Philip C. Perron "Philip" (New England, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Zombies of Mass Destruction (DVD)

I saw this flick at the theater during the Horrorfest itself and right away I knew we were going the horror-comedy route so I was like, okay, not my favorite but when done well it usually can top any real horror flick easily.

We have some island community right off the coast in the Pacific Northwest, just like "any small town" in the US (or even Canada for that matter). Instantly we find out that almost everyone in the town is a caricature or an exaggeration ... think the Simpsons humor. We have a gay couple that are truly stereotypical where one is deciding to come out of the closet. We have a crunchy-feely hippie middle aged woman. We have an ethnic father from the "old country" (in this case Iran). We have his teenage daughter who is a typical teenager (pop music lover, dresses like Britney Spears, dates a boy her old man doesn't like, etc.) The next door neighbor family who seem to be clueless of what an American is. The girl's rock and roll boyfriend. The local pastor and his pulpit somewhat as a political tool. The conservative mayor running for re-election. Now take these characters and make them so exaggerated and poof, you have the Simpsons. Only the teenage girl is "normal" and pretty much is the straight-man for the flick.

The movie actually was pretty fun, the humor was great (from Archie Bunker ridiculous, to parody like the Simpsons), and the story seemed pretty cool. Basically a zombie outbreak occurs, started by an Islamic terrorist group, and then the island goes into total chaos with jokes created within the extremes of the caricatures themselves. The main jokes focus around the misunderstanding of the teenage girl's heritage and how the typical "dumb" American doesn't know the difference between a middle eastern American and a Middle Easterner. Also, the gay couple gets it good from "right wing" crazies even though a zombie outbreak is occurring. Anyone that happens to be on the right of the political spectrum are turned into either evil people or the typical uneducated religious, political, or sportman crazy. Anyone on the left of spectrum are turned into stereotypical ethnics, gays, or hippies. The only likeable character out of the whole film is actually the teenage girl who is the type of person you'd see at any McDonald's eating a burger with her boyfriend; in other words, completely normal.

I loved the film when I watched it but looking back I slowly grew to not like it as much as I originally thought. I guess making everyone a "joke" and throwing in the political/religious aspects of intolerance and showing the "bad" in people makes it not as enjoyable or even as funny as I thought. And again, the point of the film was to show the "bad" in people but the "bad" that was shown was more of the exception and not more of the rule as the director/screenwriters presented. So as a result, I have a bad taste in my mouth. The funny aspects were more ripping the right-from-center folks and not seeing the gray in both political sides of the table but simply the black and white.

Would I recommend this film? Sure, watch it and you'll either love it, hate it, or feel as I do. It really all depends on where you are politically. If you are on the left, you'll love it. If you are on the right, you'll hate it. If you think both right and left are flawed but neither are "evil" as the film makers show, then you'll probably be right where I am. But then again, if you go into this film and try your very hardest to overlook the stereotypes of the characters and any political statement presented, you may get a good enjoyable experience.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Satirical Zombie Gorefest, April 8, 2010

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P. Taegel (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Zombies of Mass Destruction (DVD)

Zombies of Mass Destruction is one of those flicks that, based on the reviews I'm reading here, people seem to either love or hate. I was initially a little surprised because I watched ZMD at the After Dark Film Fest and thought it was undeniably brilliant. And by "brilliant" I mean pure zombie-shredding awesomeness. But then again, Evil Dead 2 has some seriously negative reviews on Amazon, so go figure. So hopefully this review will serve as an aid to help you determine whether you ought to click either the "add to cart" button or instead do a search for "New Moon."

Like Evil Dead 2, Zombies of Mass Destruction doesn't fit neatly into one genre. If you're the kind of movie geek I am, this is a huge buy sign. It suggests to you that not only are you about to watch a gory Zombie movie, but also that the film has a shot at throwing in some nice surprises. If, however, you're one of those people who, in order to enjoy a movie, your predetermined expectations about it must be met, then I daresay "Twilight" might be the better option for you.

If you're the type of person who discovers cool movies and music on their own, then gets their friends into it, then I'd say you have a good chance of digging this flick. If, however, you go see movies only after someone tells you it's good, you might want to wait until you get to college where it will suddenly be hip to see culty movies like Zombies of Mass Destruction. Now, I'm not suggesting you have to be any kind of genius to get this flick, but be honest with yourself: Are you strictly a main-streamer? (e.g. You like movies about daywalking teen vampires). Did you think the parking garage/Gypsy fight scene in DRAG ME TO HELL was "unrealistic" or "lame" or "silly?" If the answer to either of those questions is yes, then this flick may not be for you. In fact, do that search for Kristen Stewart right now.

The fact is, ZMD is at once a very scary and gory bloodbath, but also a perverse black comedy that could have been done by an unholy alliance between George A. Romero and Matt Stone & Trey Parker. The performances are compelling and the film balances its humor with its horror nicely. But the political satire and the subtle homages to classic cult horror flicks never get in the way of telling a solid zombie survival story.

But lastly and most importantly, if you've read this review and have failed to understand that I consider the insinuation that you might enjoy the "Twilight" series to be an egregious insult, then Zombies of Mass Destruction is definitely not for you.