There is plenty
of awful in Zombie Hunter, but
nothing is quite as annoying as the film’s cover art. With Danny Trejo’s
picture in full focus and his name over the title, you would naturally assume
Trejo to be the title character, but is instead just a passing bloodstain in
this unintentionally humorous horror action film. Any film clinging to the
celebrity of one of the bit players in order to be more marketable worries me. Zombie Hunter is 93 minutes of cheesy
acting, effects and one-liners. Aside from the handful of shots with Trejo
alone or shot from below to make the actor look taller than he actually is, Zombie
Hunter focuses on the base elements of B-filmmaking, including a heavy dose of
breast-flaunting women.
Though this is
yet another end-of-the-world zombie movie, it shares more in common with the Resident Evil franchise than anything
else, complete with inexplicable morphed zombie creatures. Our title character
is a gravelly-voiced narrator with something of a Road Warrior complex, mowing down zombies as he travels a solitary
path. When he comes across a group of survivors, they band together to fight
the zombies and whatever other elements of danger there are. This includes a
man dressed as a clown who enjoys killing anything that crosses his path,
zombie or human.
Imagine “The
Walking Dead” without any of the smart storylines, good special effects or
characters you care about, and you would still have a zombie tale that is ten
times more engaging than this film. More than anything, Zombie Hunter feels as
though it wants to be a Robert Rodriguez movie, if only for the mere fact that
Trejo has a few scenes to do what he has done moderately well for at least a
decade.
Entertainment Value:
4/10
Quality of
Filmmaking: 3/10
Historical
Significance: 1/10
Disc Features: 0/10
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