Osombie

2012 "Bin Laden will die... again!"
3.6| 1h32m| en
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Following the 9/11 attacks, the war on terror against Afghanistan continues. With the Taliban insurgents hiding out in the mountains however, they become increasingly difficult for the US military to engage. The solution is to try and flush them out by adding low level chemicals to the water supply. Little do the USA know however that enemy scientists have adapted the chemicals to make their own formula, one that can bring the dead back to life.

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Raetsonwe Redundant and unnecessary.
Pluskylang Great Film overall
Bergorks If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.
Lidia Draper Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.
GL84 After the terrorists' supposed assassination, a sqad of soldiers fighting the zombies in the middle of the War save a lone woman searching for her brother intending to put an end to the fighting and must join forces to not only save everyone but stop the zombies from getting free.This one emerged as quite a decent offering overall. One of the better aspects featured here is the rather nice action that continually pops up throughout here which is to be expected considering the setting. Taking place in the middle of the Afghanistan War, this one emerges as pretty much guaranteed to provide all sorts of shorter and longer confrontations with the soldiers as it alternates from scenes like the group shooting stragglers along the route their traveling on or finding two or three in an ambush to several full-on extended gun-battles that are exceptionally fun. The opening assault in the underground lair to initially capture the main terrorist, the first encounter with the full group out in the desert where they take out the swarm on the dunes of the desert and the series of battles in the bombed-clearing or the outskirts of the deserted town work as enjoyable longer confrontations that provide this one with the kind of action that's worthwhile throughout here to lead into the fantastic finale which has tons to like about it. The series of zombie battles that break out from the released swarm taking out the soldiers guarding them to the different gunfights that occur underground with the swarms coming after them which gives this a lot to really like as these here make this one such a wild, continuous ride. Complete with some solid zombie make-up and lots of gore, this one has enough to really hold it up over it's few minor flaws. The main issue with the film is the complete lack of reasoning why the lone vigilante is in the area knowing that it's overrun with zombies. There's little reason for him to be here other than to provide a secondary side-plot that doesn't need to be there with the main part of the film already taken up with a main storyline that could've worked. It's also quite low-budget and shows it with the constant irritating CGI bloodshed for nearly every wound and blood-splatter unleashed. These here hold this one back slightly.Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Violence and Graphic Language.
stephoch This movie was something I accidentally stumbled upon and had high hopes but was truly disappointed. While I enjoy Zombie and gore movies as much as the other guy, I also appreciate some cinematic finesse thrown in. Unfortunately Osombie tries to survive on a single interesting idea with flat characters and an even flatter story. The movie itself is quickly summarized, Osama Bin Laden supposedly "alive" as a Zombie, guy goes to kill him, his sister goes after him and meets some soldiers along the way in a zombie- infested Afghanistan. While this might be a lot of fun (think Dead Snow) it is not since the action is poorly dramatized, you never really feel that there is any real threat coming from the zombs. Also none of the characters offer any particularly likable traits why you would root for them.Overall this movie was uninspired and while it had some nice CGIs and obviously some budget it really failed to create a story arc that would allow me to call this flick entertaining.
steevhopper Firstly, and let's get this straight for those people reading these reviews in order to see "just how bad it is" before buying it at Tesco for eight quid, 'Osombie' is very good indeed.Yeah, you read that right. It's very good. But, but, but, you say- it's cheap! It's about Bin Laden's return from the grave! It looks a right laugh! It's a zombie movie for the luvvapete! HOW CAN IT BE GOOD?, you scream. Well, it is. Very. Here we have a Kickstarter funded action horror film with high production values, a cinematographer with an artist's eye for composition, glorious zombie makeups, a cast evidently having a whale of a time and who seem to be proper actors who are good at their jobs, a script that takes the whole thing seriously without winking at the audience like an episode of The Chuckle Brothers but which is also warm and witty and satirical at times, and a thousand and one splattery zombie headshots. Admittedly, the majority of those splattery zombie headshots are cg- but in this case the old ZX Spectrums are used so well, we can forgive that- if only due to the sheer volume of blood spilled. More zombies are put down on screen here than, I think, in the entirety of Romero's six films so far. And there's not a crap zombie in the mix.Aficionados of the much-maligned zombie subgenre will find much to love here- I'd say it was one of my favourite such movies of the last few years- and certainly up there with the Ford Brothers' 'The Dead', if for completely different reasons.I urge anyone browsing in Tesco to pick this up. You will never spend a better eight pounds.
tony bernardini (horrortheater) Here's a perfect example of a film under the Hollywood radar that is a gem. Calling it a gem does not mean it's perfect, but it gives you more entertainment on it's small budget than most big budget Hollywood films.You have to admit, to produce a film that has Bin Laden producing zombies to fight the Americans in the war is certainly a fresh idea.The zombie make-up is much better than it needed to be. I didn't spot one bad looking zombie (make-up wise) in the entire film. Was the CG used in the film perfect, no, but there are plenty stunning effects, several I have not yet seen before.You'd be wise to not listen to the reviewers panning this film. There is no perfect zombie film out there, but Osombie is certainly a fresh one and you should not pass up the chance to view it. You will certainly not be disappointed.