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May 10, 2024, 09:46:24 AM  | Zoombies (2016/) IMDb |Trailer |
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Stars:
Ione Butler as Lizzy
Andrew Asper as Gage
Lala Nestor as Thea
Kim Nielsen as Dr. Ellen Rogers
Marcus Anderson as Rex
Plot:
When a strange virus quickly spreads through a safari park and turns all the zoo animals undead, those left in the park must stop the creatures before they escape and zombify the whole city.
Extras:
- Scene Access
- Feature Trailers
- Bonus Trailers
- Deleted Scenes
- Featurettes
- Outtakes/Bloopers
My Thoughts:
When I saw this one I seen listed in Redbox I didn't think there would be much to it. I thought more or less a bad movie to laugh at. But I must say... it was better then I thought it would be! It is definitely not what I would call a great movie Maybe it is because I wasn't expecting much going in... but I would say it is worth the time put in to watch it. I found the story to be interesting... but at the same time the effects and look of the infected animals to be lacking. I may add this one to my collection if I found it cheap enough.
Rating:
(From May Marathon - Animals on May 11th, 2016)
Member's Reviews
Contagion, a review by Antares
Contagion (2011) 3/5 - Steven Soderbergh films for me are like Chinese food, after I finish it, I'm hungry again very shortly after. Meaning that I find his films very stylized, yet very cold, clinical and lacking any real depth, and I don't feel like I invested my time wisely in watching it. I get a sense that yes, I watched a tactician present a story, but I'm left indifferent to the characters and the story in general, and I want to watch something else, by someone else who can grab me by the throat and suck me into the story. Soderbergh has failed me in this regard repeatedly. When I finish one of his films, I don't find myself going over it in my head, and its pretty quickly forgotten. Contagion doesn't break this string for me. It's not a bad film, but it's not a great film either, for the most part it's pretty mediocre. Sure, it's got a lot of big name stars, but they're pretty much wasted in their brief moments on screen. The first hour of the film starts off well, with the outbreak in its initial stages of incubation and transmission, and there's a slight bit of suspense as to how many people are going to get infected worldwide. Yet as this scenario is being played out and news organizations are reporting of outbreaks around the world, people still seem to be relatively calm about the situation. And this is what I mean about cold and clinical, Soderbergh has events transpire in a ho hum manner which doesn't fit the material. The film is definitely much better than the ridiculous Outbreak with Dustin Hoffman and Rene Russo, but that's not saying much.
(From Antares' Short Summations on February 19th, 2012)
Member's TV Reviews
The One Where It All Began: The Pilot Marathon, a review by DJ Doena
Burn Notice
What's the show about?
Michael Westen used to be a spy. But one day he got "burned" and was dumped in Miami. Ever since he tries to find out why he was burned and by whom. In the meantime he helps people the normal police can't or won't help. He has help, though: A trigger-happy ex-girlfriend, who used to rob banks for the IRA; another retired spy who has settled down in Miami and makes his "special lady friends" happy; and his mother!
"Pilot"
Michael Westen was about to finalize a deal with a local crime lord to protect a certain piece of land in Africa, but when he tries to get the money wired he's informed that the deal is off because he got burned. Although they beat the crap out of him he manages to escape. The next time he regains full consciousness, he's in Miami and his "emergency contact" (his ex-girlfriend) Fiona is sitting by his bed. He tries to find out why he got burned and how his mother had fount out that he was in town. Since his credit cards won't work anymore he takes a small job to find out who stole a number of paintings from a rich man's house.
My Opinion
In the beginning it was just OK, but it got better with every episode, especially when the "burn notice" arc fully kicked in. The characters are all great, especially when Michael's mother Madeline becomes more and more involved in Michael's cases and he has to deal with her and Fi at the same time.
The show is very humorous but it's still an action show and people get killed all the time - but usually not by any of the good guys: Michael is a master "chess player", he usually manages to make the bad boys kill each other, thus solving the problem.So, that's all folks, no more pilots in the pipeline...
(From The One Where It All Began: The Pilot Marathon on September 28th, 2009)