Monday 12 October 2009

Død snø (Tommy Wirkola, 2009)

How could a devotee of schlock horror resist something promising Nazi zombies?
Quite easily, it turns out. The premise is a pale mish-mash of any number of scenarios with young folk stuck in a remote cabin threatened by menacing hordes, with evil Germans undead thrown in for good measure. Sure, there's a dash of wit thrown in and the makers beg for forgiveness for their daylight robbery by including a character who keeps on relating their predicament to The Evil Dead, but once you start watching the whole enterprise through a US teen filter, to leach out the Norwegian and historical facades, precious little remains.
At least in Outpost they had guns.

4/10

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Man, if I hadn't read your review then that still alone would have been enough to make me want to see this film. I may well see it despite your warning.