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The Killing Strain (2010)
Not all that bad
I don't know what version of the movie you guys watched, this was the broadcast premier on the Chiller channel by the same name.
The acting really wasn't that bad. The FX weren't really that bad either. It wasn't really exceptional, just what you'd come to expect from a mid/low level budget made for cable movie.
You can't expect the quality of a polished production from some major studio, but this was much better than a lot of garbage that's been produced and then, somehow, actually gets aired.
Yeah, there are a few of the maddeningly stupid plot devices to build suspense - let's go down into the dark cellar all alone, and if you hear a strange noise don't bother to tell anyone or call for help.
There's the loudmouth bully, and the nerdy guy, and the chick who lost her family, and the sensible guy everyone wants to listen to. Nothing too revealing, but well played non-the-less.
And you do notice one or two scenes that never seemed to be followed up on even though you knew something was supposed to happen with them. But nothing was so glaringly terrible that it would ruin the entire movie.
Solid B grade movie with decent acting and storyline.
One in the Gun (2010)
Ridiculous
I hate reading the cover blurb on a movie that makes it sound like an action/adventure and then I have to sit through something like this.
They're supposed to use code-words like 'psychological thriller', so you know whether you really want to rent the movie, let alone watch it.
I guess you could compare it to other movies with off-the-wall twists if you really had to, but I think that would be doing those other movies a disservice.
The acting and story can be quite melodramatic and over the top at many points (if intended) so, if you were expecting this sort of movie, you would probably be a bit more forgiving. But the movie continually goes from weird to weirder and was not what I was looking for.
If you've seen other, similar movies (John Cusack , Identity) then you've already seen a decent movie and there's really no need to rehash a good concept with bad acting and bad writing.
If you watched the movie and liked it, fine. But it's really not what you would expect from the DVD slip cover.
Zombie Apocalypse (2011)
relabeled the video release!
Decent story, decent action, a group of noobs (start yelling "Hello" and banging on vending machines, see how long you last - check your Zombie Survival guide often) run into a group of veterans and hook up looking for a safe zone.
SFX cut corners in some places but still fun to watch - entertaining, and that's what I look for.
Although it's a half-way decent undead movie, the jerks (Asylum) relabeled the video release as '2012 Zombie Apocalypse' so you'd think it was something different. Just rented from RedBox, but already saw it on Syfy. Now I'm ticked.
Hard to tell when Ving Rhames stars in half the zombie movies released in the past year or two.....