Listonixio
Fresh and Exciting
Limerculer
A waste of 90 minutes of my life
Guillelmina
The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.
bobbo924-840-832871
This film is a grand and successful goof. It's over the top. It contains a wealth of literary gags and allusions. It has a huge, delightfully klutzy political premise that some will enjoy and some will not find amusing. I found it hilarious. Most of all, it's great fun. Robert Englund is having a ball as Ian Essko (get it? Ionesco? "Rhinoceros?"), and that communicates to the audience. Did I say over the top? This film leaves the top behind in the first 15 minutes and never looks back. There are cheap ethnic jokes, cockamamey puns, serious stripper dances, outlandish gore effects (very well done in most cases), paramilitary parody, satirical commentary on Bush/Cheney, some hot rockin' music, including three songs by one of the "strippers" (also very well done). There's a Nietzche joke that had me laughing for days. And there is the big surprise, Jenna Jameson. Jenna is best known for her adult film work (why do they call it that?) but here she shows off her amazing comic timing and, at times, disturbingly physical sense of conveying her living dead status. Her "death" scene is the most harrowing I've seen in a film. She does one dance number that manages to be, at once, very sexy (she has had 18 years of serious dance training in ballet, jazz, etc.) and at the same time, somehow "off," neurologically… and very hungry. Some of the funniest moments in the film belong to her. I'm not a fan of porn, but would buy a ticket to see her in a mainstream film. It's odd that she'd take on this kind of anti-right-wing jocular- jugular-prop, being a confirmed Republican. ("When you're rich, you want Republicans in office," she said), but through it all she's a great sport and surprisingly funny.In short (too late for that, I suppose), this is a crazy indie foray into delightful excess, and a very funny film if you're not too restrained by political correctness; there is nothing correct about this film. It also has a high gore content, so be warned. It's delightful, far more than it might have been. Highly recommended.
Scott LeBrun
There's plenty of wacky genre hijinks in this one. There's also an element of satire, but mostly what it is is a relentlessly trashy, tongue in cheek sexy / gory zombie horror comedy. The cast performs it for all that it's worth, and there's enough erotic dancing to keep things spicy. (It might have been nicer had there been more stripping, though.)It's the future, and George W. Bush has been elected to a fourth term with Arnold Schwarzenegger as vice-president. The U.S. is waging war with several countries, including Canada...and Alaska. Against this backdrop is a tried and true story of the Army developing a chemical weapon that will re-animate dead soldiers. Of course things go wrong, and a special military squad is sent to take care of the problem. One of the squad is infected and hightails it out of there, ending up inside a strip club. He infects star dancer Kat (porn star Jenna Jameson), who in turn infects other dancers who infect club patrons. Caught in the ensuing mess are people such as cheerfully sleazy owner Ian (an ingratiating Robert Englund).Talented Jay Lee wears several hats on this show: writer, director, cinematographer, editor. He keeps the pace pretty consistent and the action lively. There may be way too much digital gore for practical effects fans, but at least the movie doesn't skimp at all on bloody mayhem. One of the coolest effects is a patron who gets the entire lower half of his head chomped off. The dancing is naturally pleasurable to watch, with the comely actresses just throwing themselves into the routines. Lee has his offbeat movie just hit the ground running and takes his audience on a decent roller coaster ride. Roxy Saint co-stars as Goth styled stripper Lilith; cast member Joey Medina is endearing and funny as put upon janitor Paco. Carmit Levite is a hoot as Madame Blavatski; UFC followers will note the cameo appearance by Tito Ortiz as a bouncer.It's easy to become jaded with the many horror offerings from year to year, but this one really was surprisingly entertaining.Seven out of 10.
breakdownthatfilm-blogspot-com
Zombies - a popular horror icon, is now a contemporary plot device used in many horror films. But of course, some one will find a way to make a movie that either parodies the genre or makes a film similar to the popular ones but with a different premise. And this movie borders along both of those. Unfortunately, from what the title gives its viewers, there's not much to really expect here. If you're a fan of strippers and zombies, then you will love zombie strippers, plain and simple. But for me, it just didn't make sense when it ended.When a medical facility performs experiments to re-animate dead bodies into zombies for the use of super soldiers, it looks like a plan for disaster - in theory and actuality. People already know that re-animated bodies are not controllable, especially when they have a strong appetite for human flesh. How does it sound like they could be used as soldiers efficiently? It's obvious that director and writer Jay Lee is mocking the idea if this were to ever happen, but come on. Some things are better left joked about and not actually made into fruition.After a group of soldiers fights off a hoard of zombies, one of their members is infected. He runs off and hides in a stripper outlet until he fully becomes a zombie. Then he attacks one of the strippers and the rest is apparent. And if that's what you're looking for, you'll have fun. There's plenty of silly and mediocre dialog. The actors aren't that great nor are their characters truly likable, even the ones who play the protagonists. Though maybe Joey Medina who plays the janitor - at least he tried to show charisma. The music provided by TV composer Billy White Acre was garbage too. Barely heard a thing.Of course, because this entire plot revolves around strippers, the eye candy is there. Enough said. Also the special effects such as gunfire was terrible. It didn't look real at all. But what I did find surprising were the practical effects used on the zombies. Specifically for the budget it had, seems almost impossible but they pulled it off so kudos to them. Other than that, it's not worth the time for a zombie film. One is better off watching an actual George A. Romero film, which is the true definition of a zombie film.A parody of sorts a long with bad writing, acting and shoddy special effects make this zombie film tough to sit through. It has the eye candy and good practical effects but that doesn't add up to much at all.
calvin_hermse
Zombie movies are usually my second favorite kind of movies. What's more fun than zombies? The story starts at some lab far away. A special new product is used to make soldiers rise from the dead. But the infected start killing people. When a group of soldiers storms in to kill the zombies, one of the soldiers gets infected and runs away. Later, he infects a random stripper. After that, the infected soldier is removed from the strip club. I think it's incredibly odd that the story continues at the strip club. A zombie is walking around outside! It turns out zombie strippers make much more money, and that's why the owner wants to turn all the strippers into zombies.That's the story. That could have been pretty good,but it turns out it isn't as good as you may think. The actions in the movie (Ripping someones skin off so you just see bones, biting off someones gentlemen parts)are unnatural, and far, far from realistic. That's where another part kicks in: The special effects (Gunfire, explosion of zombies, body parts) makes it look like a low-budget 1980-ties movie. The camera work is unnatural ( I thought the strippers were shooting a videoclip) and the acting isn't as good as it is supposed to be. The only actor that played well at several points was the male stripclub owner. The script itself isn't perfect either. While stripping for example, one of the strippers just rips off an customers arm. And all the other men cheer. Which made me pretty mad. It's unrealistic, and again, unnatural.So in short: Pros: + Story idea itself is pretty original + The plot is unexpected + Some actors/actresses did their bestCons: -Overall poor acting -Bad special effects - Bad scriptwriting when you continue to watch. The 3 stars are for: 1 for the effort, 1 for the male stripclub owner, and one for the original idea.
