Masterwork.
Added 1/19/2010
This is another of visionary director Uwe Bolls brilliantly forged masterpieces. I believe this film was secretly banned from Oscar consideration due to the fact the committee felt it would be unfair to the other nominees.
This sweeping epic tells the story of several nameless teens who travel to Isle del Muerte, Canada, to party and are swept into a tale of zombies, deceit, suspense, and moral choices that push the boundaries of the human psyche.
If you buy this, you will watch it so many times you may wear the disc out, so I suggest buying at least 2 copies. I personally have gone through 9.
Uwe Boll deserves an award for his contributions; he is truly a pioneer of German tax loopholes, and will continue to inspire future generations with his brilliance.
I salute thee, Mr. Boll.
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Soooooo much trash....
Added 12/14/2009
I really can't believe that somebody gave this the green light. The plot, cinematogrophy, acting, actors...ah everything sucked. Bah!
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First and (hopefully) last exposure of Boll
Added 12/14/2009
I honestly don't think I can seriously review an Uwe Boll movie, but since this was the first of his garbage I ever lay witness to I might as well give it some effort.
Movie Checklist:
Plot: As far as I saw this was a no plot zone. Something about stupid teenagers going to the "Rave of the century" (which only has like 2 tents and 15 people) when suddenly zombies break out...oh, and something about some cursed prisoner dude who...do I really care? This entire movie makes no sense!
Characters: Pathetic, pathetic, how he got the captain from Das Boot I'll never know.
Setting: This movie has some many consistency errors in its locations it's not even worth pointing any out. Oh, and we also get a nice rip-off moment of Peter Jackson's Fellowship of the Ring somewhere in there to further anger viewers.
Effects: Who could think mixing video game footage into a movie could work? I'll tell you: Uwe Boll!
I enjoy bad movies for entertainment, I really do - give me a copy of Congo, or any of Ed Wood's films and I'm a happy man, but Uwe Boll is so inept that it is physically painful to sit through his travesties. This is a man whose films are so bad that he kills even the chance of them having camp value and that takes a really bad director to make a film that can't even be fun on a B/Camp level.
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So bad it's good
Added 11/20/2009
I LOVE this movie! Yes, it's god awful: the acting is horrible, the action sequences range from over-the-top to lame, and the story goes nowhere... but all this goes into making it my favorite campy zombie fest ever! Plus it's got some of the best campy quotes ever! "This book looks really old, maybe it can help us!" Classic!
What makes it so great is that it feels like they were really trying to make a top notch horror flick, but just failed miserably. Maybe it makes me a sadist, but I don't think it would be funny if they were trying to make it campy. I heard they released a version with a laugh track, but I attribute that to them trying to save some face (which makes it even better!). I don't understand how movies like Evil Dead (I love that too!) can have such a cult following, while this movie gets taken to the curb. Probably just because Uwe Boll has a reputation of being a jerk, or maybe because people are just trying to take it as seriously as they meant it to be.
Bottom line: if you watch this with some buddies, and with a sense of humor - maybe with some beers - you'll have a blast.
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Uwe Boll may be a bad director, but at least he knows it
Added 5/8/2009
There are some movies that are so bad that they can only be made watchable by gathering a group of friends and heckling the movie for its entire running time. "House of the Dead" is one of those movies and director Uwe Boll (who is often labeled the worst director ever) realizes it, which is why he came up with "House of the Dead - the Funny Version" (well, that and, presumably, the desire to make more money - but I'm not going to hold that against him). "House of the Dead - the Funny Version" takes the original "serious" version of "House of the Dead" and adds in out-takes, alternate scenes and pop-up captions throughout, turning what many consider to be an ordeal of a movie into the equivalent of a night of heckling. Boll may be a terrible film-maker, but he has a great sense of humour and is prepared to make jokes at the expense of his work. The captions that appear throughout the film are absolutely hilarious (for example, at the commencement of the far-too-long fight scene: "Thus, begins the longest fight scene in film history. You might like to go get some refreshments now... or hang yourself). For some people, there is nothing that could make this film watchable, but for those with the right (or should I say wrong) sense of humour, watching this film is a great experience.
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Masterwork.
Added 1/19/2010
This is another of visionary director Uwe Bolls brilliantly forged masterpieces. I believe this film was secretly banned from Oscar consideration due to the fact the committee felt it would be unfair to the other nominees.
This sweeping epic tells the story of several nameless teens who travel to Isle del Muerte, Canada, to party and are swept into a tale of zombies, deceit, suspense, and moral choices that push the boundaries of the human psyche.
If you buy this, you will watch it so many times you may wear the disc out, so I suggest buying at least 2 copies. I personally have gone through 9.
Uwe Boll deserves an award for his contributions; he is truly a pioneer of German tax loopholes, and will continue to inspire future generations with his brilliance.
I salute thee, Mr. Boll.
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Soooooo much trash....
Added 12/14/2009
I really can't believe that somebody gave this the green light. The plot, cinematogrophy, acting, actors...ah everything sucked. Bah!
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First and (hopefully) last exposure of Boll
Added 12/14/2009
I honestly don't think I can seriously review an Uwe Boll movie, but since this was the first of his garbage I ever lay witness to I might as well give it some effort.
Movie Checklist:
Plot: As far as I saw this was a no plot zone. Something about stupid teenagers going to the "Rave of the century" (which only has like 2 tents and 15 people) when suddenly zombies break out...oh, and something about some cursed prisoner dude who...do I really care? This entire movie makes no sense!
Characters: Pathetic, pathetic, how he got the captain from Das Boot I'll never know.
Setting: This movie has some many consistency errors in its locations it's not even worth pointing any out. Oh, and we also get a nice rip-off moment of Peter Jackson's Fellowship of the Ring somewhere in there to further anger viewers.
Effects: Who could think mixing video game footage into a movie could work? I'll tell you: Uwe Boll!
I enjoy bad movies for entertainment, I really do - give me a copy of Congo, or any of Ed Wood's films and I'm a happy man, but Uwe Boll is so inept that it is physically painful to sit through his travesties. This is a man whose films are so bad that he kills even the chance of them having camp value and that takes a really bad director to make a film that can't even be fun on a B/Camp level.
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