The Walking Dead Fan Club

Greetings my shambling shuffling friends.

I just finished watching the German answer to zombie movies named Rammbock, aka Seige of the Dead, aka Rammbock: Berlin Undead.

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Siege of the Dead was directed by Marvin Kren, and written by Benjamin Hessler, starring Sebastian Achilles, Ingrid Beerbaum and Carsten Behrendt.

Let me start by saying, that having dead, or undead in the name is not correct, these are infected people, not zombies, zombies are people who became infected, died and reanimated, in Siege of the Dead, they become infected, get upset, and adrenalin tiggers the crazed reaction, resulting in rabid, mouth foaming, running, strong, agressive, infected.

With that out of the way, I can say that this is a really good movie. Siege of the Dead, had a good storyline, a good plot, and was able to add a new twist to the ever growing genre of zombie movies. The market has been flooded as of late with too many zom"B" movies, and I was tickled to my rotten funny bone to be able to watch this first class movie.

The movie begins with Michael visiting his ex-girlfriend to return her keys, when at that moment the infection begins trapping him and another guy in her apartment. Everyone else who are trapped in there apartments in the same building, can only communicate by shouting at each other from their windows across a courtyard, which keeps reattracting the infected everytime things calm down. Michael escapes the apartment through a hole in the wall, and barely makes it to the building attic, when Michael stumbles upon his ex-girlfriend and the man she cheated on him with in hiding. The guy is a real prick and forces Michael onto the roof, where he takes the time to start helping other people in the complex.

Michael and company soon discover a novel way to chase away the infected safely, and are able to close the courtyard doors, giving them time to plan an escape to the harbor where boats are awaiting any survivors.

I can't say much more without giving away all the good points so it is time to give Siege of the Dead a G.R.E.A.T. Score.

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G-ore: While there were no gut spilling scenes, the make up jobs on the infected were fantastic, 7.0

R-ealism: The way people were dealing with the situation they were handed was believable, the characters seemed like real people you could meet anywhere and they handled themseleves accordingly, 8.5

E-ntertainment: This movie had my attention the whole time, no boring parts, and is very well written, 9.0

A-ction: Normally I would list this as acting, but I covered that in realism, so I am going with action, lots of action, with great little twists thrown in, 8.75

T-hrills: as they venture through the building, I could sense the excitment building in myself, while the main characters were trying to avoid the infected, 9.0

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This great score averages out to 8.45! That is a fairly good score, and one of the best I have given.

Remember you can find this movie on Amazon.com, and I highly recommend adding this to your zombie movie collection.

But before I go, I would like to pose a question to you:

Would your love for your ex be strong enough to make you forget they cheated and make you want to be with them till the very end during an apocalyptic situation?

You will have to watch Siege of the Dead to find out.

Thanks for reading, and until my next post, I will be shuffling along with the lost.

Jimmy Blue Eyes
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