darthslug
You know, with a title like Pro Wrestlers vs Zombies we already kinda know what this movie is supposed to be about. It's not even the first movie that goes in that direction, since there are at least "Monster Brawl" and "Zombie King and the Legion of Doom". With those two movies in mind, i was a c- to d-quality movie and it pretty much is what i got. But the movie is fun and Roddy Piper is just a blast. Every scene with him is directly ten times better. Besides Roddy there is not too much great stuff in it. Kurt Angle's short appearance was nice and i quite liked the Matthew Rush in it, as they seemed to have a really great time playing there roles. The other actors were fun too, but Shane Douglas really tried to act too much.All in all, for what it is supposed to be, i think this movie is okay for a watch, but only if you are into that kind of low budget movie.
ironhorse_iv
Being a fan of both zombies movies and pro-wrestling. I was pretty interested in, seeing this movie try to combine them. Sadly, while the movie concept is over the top fun. The movie didn't delivered. First off, the pro-wrestlers acting. Directed by Cody Knotts, the film feature a lot of pro-wrestlers playing over the top, version of themselves, but most of them are pretty already run-down has-beens. It really sucks to watch, action scenes, that some of these wrestlers can't perform, well, due to being barely able to move due to being overweight, on drugs, or too injured. Due to this reason, most of the action scenes, are just too similar to each other. It got tiresome and dragged on for too long. I got tired of grab and pound brawls. I like how the opening of the movie shows a lot of botch moves from some really skinny and overweight wrestlers. Honestly, the mat work display here, need some more mat work. Nobody looks like a pro-wrestler, here. Another problem is most of the wrestlers feature here are just unlikeable characters. This give us, little reason to care about them or to root for, to survive. Honestly, I have never been a fan of Shane Douglas, even during his days in ECW. I never thought, he was that talented. So, seeing him as the main character in the film was a death-blow for me. It didn't help that Shane Douglas was made into the biggest jerk in the movie by betraying friends and treating women, badly. The story opens with Shane Douglas supposedly accidentally killing a wrestler in the ring, during an Indy show. The dead wrestler's brother, Angus (Ashton Amherst) believes that Shane commit murder on purpose, because Shane found out that Angus's brother was sleeping with Shane's ex-girlfriend. To make sure, Shane get killed, he creates a zombie army to hunt him and his friends down at an abandoned prison— that he booked as a wrestling show. The only character that really try to act is Roddy Piper. You truly see the best, out of him, toward the end with Hacksaw Jim Duggan and Shane Douglas. He has the most emotional and in-depth scenes. There is a reason why Roddy Piper is in the WWE Hall of Fame, and known as a legend. Then, there is a reason why, Shane Douglas is now, well-known as working at Olive Garden than a wrestler. It's because Piper is a better wrestler. Talking about wrestlers, Adrienne Fischer, who plays the primary heroine, (Sarah Schuman) really comes out of nowhere, and you really thought, there was more than meet the eye with her since she's not a pro-wrestler. Sadly, she's just there, because Reby Sky & Taya Parker can't do, action scenes. It really felt out of the blue. One person, I was deeply disappointed, is the short cameo of Kurt Angle. Honestly, he was the only one that made the action scenes worth a damn. He should had been in the movie, longer. The movie is truly low-budget, and you can see it in the lousy make up and blood effects. It always look like somebody was throwing red jam around on mirrors and walls. Even the same zombies extras get killed more than once in this film. Audio problems are a problem throughout the film. I like how crowd cheers are pump in the audio, when the footage show little to no fan-fare. Honestly, these high school gyms have barely anybody there. If they are there, there is no way, they're cheering that loud! The lighting is so grimy and dark. In some scenes, it's really hard to see, what's going on. The camera shots are somewhat shaky, or pan too fast, making it hard to watch, but despite its imperfections, most of the camera shots are watchable. The movie does have some inconsistencies with the dialogue, too. The dialogue was somewhat dumb and crude. There were some interesting inside jokes that only a true-pro wrestling fan might get. A good example of this is the Coconut scene or the JR Ross nod. Don't look for any sense of logic in this movie. The movie, never explain how the zombies came to be, or why the bad guy need to set up a wrestling show, just to killed Shane. It's just mindless entertainment. The music is a hit & a miss. It wasn't bad music. It was pretty good music to rock out. Movie soundtrack features music by Dead in 5, Reverent Skye, Ken Hampton, and 2011 Italian Golden Globe winning composer Marco Werba, just sound too generic for me. The whole movie, almost plays as an 80 minutes, music video with all the fight montages. Overall: I would definitely recommend the film to fellow wrestling or zombie genre fans. Still, I wouldn't say, it's the best movie. It's mediocre, at best. Pure B-Movie, schlock.
