My review for Zombi Flesh Eaters

[Raynauld]

Well first of all i have to say im not doing the actor thingy and most of the other things Andrew does in his reviews, just because i want to show you all there can be other type of reviews. (And im a verry lazy dude).

But to get to the movie, i do know the movie had come out with different names like Island of the flesh eaters, zombi 2 and some more names i have the zombi flesh eaters name. Dont think this movie is called zombi 2 because its an sequel cause its not. The dirrector Lucio Fulci had written his script before Dawn of the dead but he saw that DotD was verry succesful under the name Zombi in Italy, that he changed his script a little bit so that it could be the sequel to Dawn of the dead... Yeah, i know.

The movie begins with a ship looking desserted floating around New York bay. 2 coastguards go check it out. And before you can say ''bad acting'' one of them gets bitten by a undead scoundrel walking who was hiding in the boat, i have to mention he gets bitten in the neck what apparently can make a gruesome scene but is used verry often by italian dirrectors. The zombie walks updeck and of course the other agent doesnt really take notice of the rotting and scarry other things his atacker seems to have. He just screams ''Hold it right there... Stop right now or i do will shoot!"
Believe me if you saw what he was screaming against you think ''Just shoot the damn motherf**ker! What the f**k are you waiting for!?"  These things come verry often. I love it.
Eventuelly he shoots and the zombie falls into the watter driffting to new york.

After this little intro you get to see the leading players and a stupid plot.
Anne Bowles is a girl whos father was the owner of the ship who wants to understand whats going on. And Peter West is just a journalist who is just anoying and cocky.
They decide to go to the island where her father did his research.
Meanwhile you get to see a little story about an other researcher on that verry same island, who is constantly shooting people in the head who are already dead.
This of course not without reason.

Our leading players find a couple of sight seeers who agree to take them to the island.
Under way one of the sight seeers (i really dont know how to write that word, im dutch... yeah i know.) takes of her clothes so we can see her breast. Puts on equipment and jumps into the water.
There she finds a shark. Well those things can happen i guess.
But wait not only she finds a shark she also finds a zombie.... Underwater yeah.
She manages to escape from the zombies grasp by using...Sigh... by using seaweed.
Zombies apperently are verry scarred of seaweed.
Anyway she escapes and the zombie and the shark go into battle.
Yes your right a fight between a zombie and a shark. Verry weird and i diddnt who to root for.
The fight ands with a tie.

They get to the island to find the doctor who sents them to his wife, they mysteriusly know how to get to his house on a island never vissited before and find her while she is being eaten by a pack of zombies. (The way she died was the best part of this movie, even a good reason to watch this movie once! So im not going to say how she died! Well its not THAT special, but still verry cool)
They run for their lives get into the car, the car underway of course crashes so they have to go on foot. Peter has broken his foot or something in the car, wich was a bit strange acutually.
After a while he has to take a break, the other couple moves on forward. While Peter and Anne take the time to... make out... Yeah worst timing ever. Of course the get atacked by zombies, and the man of the other couple runs to them to save them, while his wife stands shocked as there comes another zombie towards her. Of course she doesnt scream or run altough she could have lunch in the time the zombie finally atackes her. She too gets bitten in the neck/trought and dies.
After a ''emotional'' scene the 3 remaining heroes... ahem... get to the hospital where that strange doctor is. He explains a thing or 2 before the hospital is atacked by a lot of zombies.
The doctor dies because a zombie biets his cheek for good sake! His cheek!
His black male assistend dies because he gets bitten in the arm! His arm!
And his female assistend dies because she of course gets bitten in the trought.
So now the 3 leading characters are fighting the pack of wild zombies, with shotguns pistols and molotov coctails. And run away when the building collaps. Their male friend finds his zombie wife and he cant do s**t because its his wife when he gets bitten in his shoulder. They do kill her and manage to get to the boat.

On the boat the guy who was bitten and who was retarrded, really.
Dies of his wound and is putten in the shack so Peter and Anne have proof to show the world what has happend.
They put on the radio only to hear a news reporter telling New York and some other citys are run over by zombies.... Thus the end of this movie the beginning of Dawn of the dead.

Conclusion: Not a bad bad movie, but neather a good bad movie.
Its was just a bad movie. I do think it should have gotten reviewed on this site.
It had a slow and bad plot and exactly the same can be said about the acting, but the gore was good. And some scenes really made this not a bad bad movie. Like the shark/zombie fight, and the dead of the doctors wife. If you have never seen a bad movie before i wouldnt recommend this, of course you have to see braindead then. But as a regular bad moviegoeer, this movie is worth the trie.

Well i hope you guys liked my review, any critics are welcome. But i do liked it so maybe ill do some more if see an other movie not mentiond on this site. I hope my review wasnt to long and boring, but thanks for your time if youve read it completly.
For the spelling faults i have to say.... Im dutch give me a break!

[Menard]

Which part of a linear, sensical plot strikes you as stupid? Unlike many of Fulci's other efforts (The Beyond, House By The Cemetary), Zombie/Zombi 2 has a more developed and complete plotline without many of the gaping holes often associated with Fulci's gore efforts. It is deliberately paced, as is a lot of Fulci's latter work, but moves in a more progressive story arc than much of his work in the same field; making for a more watchable film. Elisa Brighanti(sp) scripted the movie, not Fulci. Fulci was approached by the studios to do a follow-up to the success of Dawn of the Dead/Zombi; hence the reason why Fulci's work was also titled Zombi 2 in Europe. Although many critics had called Fulci's work a ripoff of Dawn, other than both movies having zombies in them, there is no other similarity and Fulci's work stands well on its own as an original work which has had more influence on the industry than even Dawn of the Dead has. My suggestion for anybody reviewing a movie is to actually pay attention to the movie you are reviewing.

[RCMerchant]

I think ZOMBI 2 stands great on it's own merits as well.It's got good jungle atmosphere,the Zombies are MUCH scarier than the blue faced corpses in DotD,and the music is even kinda catchy/creepy.And it's dam gory! It's a great Itailian gore flick.

[Raynauld]

jesus christ  i said you can have critics not burn my review to the ground, i mean come on.

And the plot really wasnt good. I mean it wasnt terrible and havent said that, but my main problem with the plot was that it took itself to serius. It tries to explain the zombies but doesnt really succeed.
And any plot with people doing stupid things like, the scene with the doctors wife where she puts something small for the door, wich is already clearly being broken down on the upper side, i cant call good.
 While im at it letting you and your wife staying on an island filled with zombies is stupid. And you can say that they really werent there before... Why the hell do they show up at exaxtly that time!? Why are dead people burried so undeep? What the hell do the spanis have to do with it? Did they triggered the voodoo? And maybe i diddnt know that about the writer and stuff, i mean come on who searches those things up. I do know its a fact that this was supposed to be the unofficial sequel to dawn of the dead. And i never called it a rip off. Both movies have nothing in comparrison. But calling the movie more watchable... For me it was not because of the build up and all, if i watch a zombie movie i actually just want to see gory stuff.

And he wasnt aproached do do this movie, he had the scripten before dawn of the dead came out.
Or IMDB is wrong.

But still the plot really wasnt good and certenly not complete or developed. The acting was bad. The gore wasnt THAT creatife. Although the eyeball scene was good. I do think of it as a good zombie movie though, but not the best.
And i do want to see other italian zombie movies.

Last but not least... So what the heck do you mean with not paying attention.

[RCMerchant]

Well,I most confess...Fulci movies are not big on logic.7 DOORS of DEATH makes no sense at all.Or MANHATTON BABY.Now,if you wanna see a real nonsensecal zombie flick,try BURIAL GROUND.(Oh,by the way,I like that one too!)

[Menard]

With regard to the explanation of the zombies, or lack hereof, it was intentionally left unanswered to heighten the mood of the film; which the film itself was rich with atmosphere. Romero originally did not care to explain the zombies in his films as he felt an explanation lessened the impact of the horror of an unknown origin. Doctor Menard made a point to state that they had considered various explanations; 'nothing fits'.

There are certain elements which do not necessarily make sense, such as the Conquistadore zombies, but they fit with the background of a Carribean(sp) island (an explanation of the presence of the Conquistadore was given previously in the film). The acting in the film is above par for a zombie film; better than much of the acting in Dawn of the Dead.

If you are looking for logic and explanations in a film, you do not need to be watching Fulci movies as they are notoriously absent of both.


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[Raynauld]

This is stupid you just diddnt understand me, al those things you just said i said, only i said them as the reason why i do liked this movie.
I do have to give you credit for saying i diddnt mention the atmosphere, altough i found the music a little bit campy it the atmosphere was really good. Your name of course comes from the doctor in the movie, who dies of bitten off cheeck.
And what my problem was  that i really got the feeling the plot tries to explain where the zombies are coming from but just gives you more questions, that is alright and was probably their intention.
But i just cant dig it, and thats personal. I do understand it if you found that a creatif way of telling where they came from (yeah i was a little bit sarcastic there, not personally ment).

But all in all, all your critics exept for the atmosphere, wich i do had to mention (thanks for that),
werent really critics because i said them with the same feelings about them like you do. Only i said them in a matter of looking at a A movie. I mean because of those things many people would dislike this movie! I do like this one verry much.

And the burriel ground i seriusly want to see for i saw a trailer of it of the dvd.
It looks prommising with a lot more neckbites, and a weaker plot. Not that i could seriesly know for i havnt seen it..... yet....

[Scott]

I'm glad you answered this question for me Menard. I could never figure out why Fulci's best zombie film is called Zombi 2. Found myself wondering if I had seen the movie and finding it to be the classic Fulci film.

Trailer - Zombi Flesh Eaters (a.k.a. Zombi 2)