Re-Kill

2015 "We are the endangered species."
4.9| 1h27m| R| en
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Five years after a zombie outbreak, the men and women of R-Division hunt down and destroy the undead. When they see signs of a second outbreak, they fear humanity may not survive.

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Tetrady not as good as all the hype
Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.
Huievest Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.
Freeman This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.
shoulderdevil Seriously, I hope the camera crew don't have to list this movie on their resume. It's more horrifying than the movie plot ever could have been. Don't bother unless you want a headache or worse. I know they were trying to spoof the camera work on COPS but they failed miserably. The story plays out much like Starship Troopers and could have garnered a cult following but the camera work completely takes you out of the story. Whenever there is an action sequence, you can pretty much guarantee that you won't be able to actually see it. The camera shakes and the cameraman spends far too much time focused on (way too close) close ups of the actors.
James Wright First thing's first; if you hate shaky-cam then you won't be able to stand this movie, because there is a lot of it. Otherwise this is a great zombie movie that draws heavily from Starship Troopers to give a satirical look at a zombie apocalypse via reality shows, news reports and commercials.The acting and writing are both decent and make for an enjoyable experience overall, again if it falls down anywhere it is in the action scenes where the attempt to give a realistic feel to being in such a situation leads to a lot of confusing and sickly camera movements. There is certainly something to be said for the film's commitment to its world and dedication to putting its audience into the action.Overall the segments away from the main story make this worth watching, and the main segment itself is pretty compelling if you can look past the occasional camera craziness. A sequel with a bigger budget could do really well for itself and this could easily turn into a fun horror franchise if the standards are kept up.
brijohns All the other reviews basically cover almost everything good and bad about this movie. The only thing worth mentioning, that already hasn't been, is that almost every single problem in this movie would have been solved or avoided if people actually used common sense and proper restraining procedure on any of the zombies.****SPOILER ALERT**** As an example, one of the dumbest scenes in the movie revolves around a sting operation on zombie smuggling truck drivers. This scene is stupid for many reasons, the first being that it exists. I cannot even imagine the events that convinced those people that smuggling zombies, especially after they almost wiped out humanity, was a good idea.However, the real gem of this scene is when the R-division guys open up the trailer and find a trailer full of zombies with not a single one, in any way, shape or form, restrained or otherwise impeded from exiting the vehicle.This entire scene left me with so many questions. Why isn't there a cage inside the trailer to prevent the zombies from immediately rushing for the exit the moment the door's opened? Why did the truck driver open the back when there's no restraint on the zombies? Did he really not know they were back there? Why didn't anybody tell him? Etc.The real reason that none of the zombies are ever restrained throughout the movie is so we can get gratuitous action scenes. Poorly shot, convoluted, and oh so confusing action scenes.
ericrnolan I want to give "Re-Kill" (2015) more than a 5 out of 10 rating. I do. It's an ambitious post-apocalyptic independent zombie film that earnestly and unpretentiously tries to give fans of the subgenre everything they're asking for: great action, decent makeup effects, gore, good scares and lots of creative world-building, all culminating in a nifty little sci-fi subplot that isn't stupid and isn't too forced.There's a wealth of fun ideas here — the original story was obviously developed by people with a love for zombie tales. We follow a "COPS"-style reality-TV program documenting a"Re-Kill" unit, a squad of specially trained commandos who repel brushfire outbreaks during a global, stalemated war between the living and the dead. They "rekill" the "re-ans," this universe's slang for re- animated dead.We see the entire program, complete with commercials from this fictional world: PSA's to encourage people to have sex (in order to repopulate the world), and drug companies opportunistically pushing drugs for PTSD and depression. My favorite was an ad for a Desert Eagle sidearm marketed to protective mothers, "for the children." We get wicked-cool peeks into a fairly detailed fictional world, including the activities of the police, the military, the media and civilians.This would have made a fine book series, in the manner of Max Brooks' "World War Z." Or it would make a terrific TV series … like a far faster paced and more expansive equivalent of "The Walking Dead."Tragically, though, this movie's execution is too often lacking. The acting is sometimes poor (but not from the always awesome Roger Cross, who you and I know as Curtis Manning from "24.") The script has problems. And worst of all is the absolutely unnecessary shaky- cam directing. This movie could have been a fantastic action-horror flick … if only we were able to see the action a little better. The style of shooting here was a disastrous creative decision.Oh, well. It's still a fun watch for hardcore zombie fans.