Die Zombiejäger (2005)

Zombies over run Gothenburg, Sweden to death metal music. A team of German killers come in to kill them with Euro-techno/industrial swagger music. Fighting generally done to regular metal music, a compromise of the two. Aldo Cunel who has played the Italian assassin Dragonetti in another Jonas Wolcher production appears in this one as the same assassin.The satanic aspect of it was not done well. The make-up was hit and miss and at times looked like what was stuck to the face was peeling off. Apparently head shots are not required and ninja stars work on zombies, which may be nice to know if you are in Sweden during the zombie apocalypse. English subtitles.Guide: F-word, sex, nudity (Margareta Strand)

The short version:How do you make a movie about three German zombiehunters in Gothemburg and manage to not make it entertaining?!The long version:I picked this film up on darkdisc.com for 99 crowns( like 10 bucks) and gave it a watch last night. It's a sort of gory zombie/exploitation film.We follow a bunch of retarded Germans with peculiar hair-cuts who makes their living killing zombies. They go to Gothemburg to wipe out 150 zombies. I don't see how the Gothemburg police could not handle 150 zombies. I live in Stockholm, but I am 100% sure the police of Gothemburg could handle 150 zombies. If it were like a 150 000 zombies it could work, but now it's not. There is also a Italian psychopathic hit-man who is captured av tortured by Merlin's evil twin.A annoying reporter follows them and abuses her cameraman.There is also a necrophiliac who has a date with a corpse, but this has nothing to do with the plot. I don't mind people putting small and funny scenes in their movies that douse not really have anything to do with the plot, but this was way to random. The beginning is pretty good for being such a low budget film with good tempo, but then the zombie-killers arrive in Gothemburg it loses it's good paste. Half of the film is zombies getting shot by the zombie-hunters.For the most it's ugly looking computer blood, but at times we have some cool real blood coming out of the zombies. The make--up effects are good for the most for the budget being so low, but there are 2-3 zombies that look horrible. There is ripped of skin and eyes being eaten.There is also nudity. There is a scene were a girl rubs her naked breasts and a sex scene with full frontal nudity involving the two ugliest people I have ever seen in my entire life. Why any one wanted to go naked in this film is a mystery to me.The acting is horrible. Aldo Cunei actually gives a solid performance, but he has way to little screen time. The reporter is annoying and adds nothing to the film. The Germans are OK, they are funny at times but also pretty boring at times. I liked their boss Hans, but the other members had little personality. The villain is just weird.

I've never heard of a Swedish zombie movie before, so I had to give it a try. Granted; it's low-budget (and zombie flicks should be) and it shows. But it's made based on pure will/with heart/love of the genre, and I give them credit for that. Sure, the director doesen't always seem to know what he's doing, but you can't blame him for trying. The actors are doing the best they can with what they got, but the only one really jumping out is Nick Holmquist, and I'd like to see more of him. The story is interesting, to say the least. The movie is also funny with the story, dialogue and the 80's-feel the everything. let's not forget the soundtrack, which is great almost all the way. I think the Swedes suck in horror and are marvellous in drama, but I think it's time to reconsider my opinions. Keep it up, lads!

This is a low budget project... and it shows. I know that zombie movies are suppose to be bad, and that is what I like about them. But this movie isn't bad in a good way, it's bad in a really really stinky bad way. The actors performances is pretty good. It's at least as good as can be expected in a low budget film. The script is OK, I mean, it's a zombie movie. What has destroyed this movie is the camera-work and the post-production. I don't know if the decision was made while filming, or in post-production, but all action scenes is filmed in extreme close-up... and I mean ALL scenes. There are no scenes that let you get a feel of the surroundings. You never get to see where the zombies are in relation to the living. A good example is one of the main cast who is some sort of martial arts-fighter. You get to see him hitting something outside the screen, but you never get to see what. You don't even get to see a cut of a zombie falling to the ground or something like that. Another example is a guy with a gun standing by a house shooting. Next you see zombies getting shot in a park. You never see if the park is across the street or if this shooter actually is pinning zombies in a park three blocks down. I can guess it's across the street, but I never get to see it or get the feeling of it. The film contains grate music, but of course the post-production has screwed that up too. To tell you the truth there are so many post-production "mistakes" that were made that it will take forever to list them all. My advise, spend your money on something better.