1941, World War II. A platoon of American and Finnish soldiers led by the two-fisted Captain Martin Stone (a fine and credible performance by Andrew Tiernan) run afoul of a squadron of seemingly unstoppable German SS soldiers who turn out to be zombies.
Writer/director Marko Makilaakso keeps the enjoyable and engrossing story hurtling along at a constant quick pace, makes nice use of the desolate locations, maintains a tough gritty tone throughout, and stages the plentiful and exciting zombie attack scenes and action sequences with rip-roaring go-for-broke brio. The sound acting by the capable cast keeps this movie humming: Jouko Ahola as the hard-nosed Captain Niemi, Samuel Vauramo as helpful local Kolya, Mikko Leppilamp as the no-nonsense Lt. Laakso, and Magdalena Gorska as the frightened Dasha. Kudos are also in order for Hannu-Pekka Vitikainen's sharp widescreen cinematography and the moody score by Neal Acree and Joel Goldsmith. But the key reason this film works like gangbusters is because it rarely lets up for a minute; it's pretty damn relentless and hence packs one hell of a ferocious punch.
Writer/director Marko Makilaakso keeps the enjoyable and engrossing story hurtling along at a constant quick pace, makes nice use of the desolate locations, maintains a tough gritty tone throughout, and stages the plentiful and exciting zombie attack scenes and action sequences with rip-roaring go-for-broke brio. The sound acting by the capable cast keeps this movie humming: Jouko Ahola as the hard-nosed Captain Niemi, Samuel Vauramo as helpful local Kolya, Mikko Leppilamp as the no-nonsense Lt. Laakso, and Magdalena Gorska as the frightened Dasha. Kudos are also in order for Hannu-Pekka Vitikainen's sharp widescreen cinematography and the moody score by Neal Acree and Joel Goldsmith. But the key reason this film works like gangbusters is because it rarely lets up for a minute; it's pretty damn relentless and hence packs one hell of a ferocious punch.