Freaktana
A Major Disappointment
Donald Seymour
This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.
Geraldine
The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.
gavin6942
Picking up where the first film left off, the survivors are now on a race against time to defeat the evil that has trapped Athens before international forces drop the bomb that will destroy them all...The first film probably should have ended where it did without this follow-up. While I appreciate the attempt to explain the evil's origin, the introduction of the world outside Greece... and the presence of Billy Zane (who either speaks Greek or has a person who does voiceovers with his tone perfectly), it just cannot compare to the first film.The effects are cheaper, the plot is thinner (which is a bold claim for a zombie film)... and overall it was just not as fun. The increased supernatural elements were a big turn-off. I liked the introduction of militant groups that take advantage of the chaos, but they did not have time to be developed and I have no idea what their motives or anything were. Perhaps they had none? Worth watching? Not so much, but maybe if you really need to see who survived the first film and how...
Coventry
This is splatter/comedy for a very select audience, with a lot of inside jokes and tastelessly absurd gore, but very little substance and style. This is a sequel to "Evil", a zero-budgeted amateur zombie movie that came out in 2005 and unexpectedly grew out to become a modest cult hit. The budget for the sequel was much higher, but apparently all the cast members were volunteers. "Evil in the Time of Heroes" implements a bizarre and unappealing narrative structure that constantly jumps back and forth between Athens in ancient times and present day. In both eras, the place is infested with zombies and only a small handful of people (courageous warriors in the past and random losers in the present) remain and battle for survival. Out of nowhere Billy Zane ("Titanic", "Dead Calm") shows up as some kind of prophet slash Jedi Master and he shepherds the pack of undisciplined survivors in their fight against the living dead. How about that? Billy Zane speaks Greek and appears in a crap horror movie for free? The make-up effects are often splendid and the film contains numerous very creative killings sequences, but the lack of subject matter and character development quickly gets on your nerves. The whole thing is hectic, very incoherent and desperately tries to appeal to the comic book fanatics. This is fun & relaxing for about ten minutes, but what remains is a completely immature and easily forgettable "just- another-zombie-comedy"
Dim Zee
The movie is simply wonderful. And as humour is indeed universal, I don't see why the film should refer only to the Greek Public.Amazingly funny, I would characterize it as something in between Shaun of the Dead, Doghause, Brain Dead, Evil Dead and...300! The story is not bad at all, the actors often perform great (keep in mind the movies I mentioned as point of reference), photography is astonishing, camera from wonderful angles gives colour. The effects more than enough in my opinion. Clever gigs here and there, make the movie watchable a second time just to spot all the little details.In short I don't see why I should watch all the recent Romero's, supposingly scary, supposingly funny Zombie second trilogy, instead of making better use of my time watching a rare gem coming out of nowhere! 10 out of 10 without even a second thought! P.S the first evil was good but no comparison between the two
opeth-548-780681
This is by far one of the worst movies i have ever seen. The plot is virtually non-existent. I don't know what the producers were thinking about this movie. Zombies in modern and ancient Athens??Billy Zane playing a WoWish rogue-alike prophet??It looked like a cheap comedy version of "dawn of the dead" combined with "300" with the stupidest scenario ever.Characters are weak, lead acting sucks and the visual effects are not nearly as "hollywoodish" as the producers would like them to be. The only scene to laugh is the Tsimitselis scene and two or more others in the whole movie. Bottom line, i wouldn't recommend this to anyone. Complete waste of money!
