Maidexpl Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast

2freensel I saw this movie before reading any reviews, and I thought it was very funny. I was very surprised to see the overwhelmingly negative reviews this film received from critics.

Patience Watson One of those movie experiences that is so good it makes you realize you've been grading everything else on a curve.

Yazmin Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

Woodyanders A lethal plague called the Lazarus Virus causes the recently deceased to come back to life as deadly, shambling, flesh-eating zombies. The media and military work together to keep the blithely ignorant public unaware of the full severity of the dire situation, feeding the masses a ceaseless supply of total bunk which paints a dangerously erroneous and homogenized picture of the catastrophe. It's up to eager beaver aspiring reporter Sherry (the winningly pretty'n'perky Rachel Morris), her cynical smartaleck pothead cameraman Torch (an excellent performance by Billy Garberina, who brings an engaging blend of sardonic humor and resigned humanity to his role), and smitten, protective army escort Roger (the solid Patrick Cohen) to find the truth, record it and broadcast it to the populace before it's too late.Director Richard Griffin and screenwriter Trent Haaga take your basic run-of-the-mill zombie scenario and ingeniously subvert it, cleverly using said generic premise as a framework for relentlessly barbed, biting and fiercely incisive social satire and social commentary. This commendably bold movie chiefly addresses how the media is essentially an opiate for keeping the public passive and pacified, how the media and military alike are completely unreliable in a crisis, and how people use such things as sex, drugs, partying hearty, staying at home, and watching an excessive amount of television to insulate themselves from harsh and bitter reality. The TV commercial parodies are spot-on sidesplitting; the funeral service for reburying revived loved ones and the "just play dead" instructional short are flat-out gut-busting. Moreover, the characters are unusually well-drawn and believable everyday folks caught up in an extraordinary situation. And the hauntingly bleak and nightmarish conclusion packs one hell of a punch. Sure, this picture definitely delivers the gross and graphic blood'n'guts splatter goods, but it's the tasty wealth of substantial food for thought evident throughout which really makes this movie so good and praiseworthy. While the film does suffer from wildly uneven acting, a low budget being stretched a bit too thin (the crummy CGI effects are especially groan-inducing), and satiric content that's often rather crude and unsubtle, it's overall still an interesting, intelligent and above all admirably ambitious indie addition to the zombie horror genre.

wuttttttttup Woa Kev Keefe obviously doesn't know much about George A. Romero. George has, on numerous accounts, made fun of reviewers of his dead films that said that the social commentary was subtle. Kev Keefe asked "What's subversive or subtle about seeing a military guy masturbating to death and destruction?" referring to FEEDING THE MASSES and I ask him what's subtle about a black man being shot in the head by a redneck (notld) or mindless zombies stumbling around a giant mall to the sounds of "save now" PAs (dotd)? I don't think the filmmakers behind FEEDING THE MASSES intended their message to be subtle, and besides who says that art has to have a subtle message anyway. FEEDING THE MASSES succeeded in being an entertaining zombie flick that commented on the media of this country. I give it a 6.

jaymz-15 The DVD cover claims to put it in a higher class than all three of the ROMERO classics. That's utter nonsense. They are either total liars or smoking some really good stuff. This crap should not have been released. And the acting was horrible also. No one can compare with George Romero and putting his name on the cover to give this waste of money credibility is a crime. Don't rent it. Don't watch it for free. Run as far away from it as possible. I know that a lot of ZOMBIE movies are not very good, But this one is the king of BAD ZOMBIE FILMS. See "Land Of the Dead" or "Undead". These are two new Zombie flicks worth your hard earned money.

BraveHawk Feeding The Masses was just another movie trying to make a little money off of the zombie craze that is going around, mostly due to the popularity of movies such as Land Of The Dead and the Resident Evil series.It starts at a television station, which is guarded by the military, and are reporting that The Lazarus Virus (zombies) are close to containment and the city will soon be free to do their business again. The problem is, this is totally false. Zombies are running rampantly and only a small minority of people are aware. Among them are Torch (William Garberina), the camera man, Sherry (Rachael Morris), the lead anchor woman (who for some reason is listed as playing Shelly on this website) and Roger (Patrick Cohen), their military escort. Torch and Sherry are against lying to the people but the station is being run by secret service (or some other government agency) and they are heavily censored.This movie gives itself a pat on the back on the box-cover saying "We hold FEEDING THE MASSES on a higher level than any o the three 'of the Dead' films by George A. Rombero." The source of that quote has lost ALL credibility with me.Let me just say that this movie is BAD. I don't mean bad like I was expecting more (I obviously was, though) but I mean bad in that I could not find any redeeming qualities in the film, whatsoever. The acting in all parts are either over done or too wooden. Did anybody remember their lines or are they reading off of cue cards? I can't even think of what the best part of the movie was or the best actor/actress. There really was not one. If I had to give a nod to someone, I would say Roger, the military escort was probably the most interesting character but that is really not saying much.I would have to recommend to pass on this movie, despite the box-cover looking pretty good (It's what originally drew me to the movie). 3/10