American Zombie (2007) -5/10

Over the years the Zombie genre has become so oversaturated that film makers are going to great lenghts to "reinvent" the genre or show it in a totally new light. American Zombie tries so hard to do that, but fails....miserably.

American Zombie tries to blend the zombie genre with mockumentary with "hilarious" results. Instead they get "tediously boring" results. Let me begin by saying that i don't like mockumentaries in general, so understand that before reading on. Its the easiest genre to make. It doesn't take the writing or preparation of a narrative film nor the investigative, you've-got-one-chance-to -get-it documentary difficulties. Nope, a film maker can just "be funny" and have his actors improv the whole movie. Doesn't matter if looks like crap because its supposed to be mocking documentary form. So like i said, no skill. American Zombie's film makers have less then no skill. They have negative skill. Someone that's never made a movie ever would get a better rating for their movie that doesn't exist, then these guy's movie that does exist. The film is set in the near future when zombies rise up and try to be a functioning part of our society. A documentary crew sets out to interview zombies and get the "real" perspective on who zombies really are.

The problem is that NOTHING HAPPENS. its terribly boring. The whole movie is "commenting" on our societal views on minorites and gays but instead comes off as just simply being repellent. The film makers here obviously have no respect for anyone that lives a "normal" life. They constantly make fun of the zombies that are just trying to live decent lives and insteand glorify the douchebag zombies. It seems that the people that made this pretty much hate everyone, everyone but themselves that is. What an arrogant piece of crap this is. Never once did i laugh, or even smile. The film portrays the nice zombies as losers and the fighters for zombie rights as fanatical and silly. The documentary film makers actually play the biggest parts in the movie, a movie about ZOMBIES! Why the film makers take center stage i'll never know. They're portrayed as "funny" but actually come off as nothing less then compassionless jerks, which is exactly who made this film. Compassionless jerks that hate everyone that isn't them. Screw this movie.

Nudity-none

Gore- none

Overall - -5/10