Barry is a talented mechanic and family man whose life is torn apart on the eve of a zombie apocalypse. His sister, Brooke, is kidnapped by a sinister team of gas-mask wearing soldiers & experimented on by a psychotic doctor. While Brooke plans her escape Barry goes out on the road to find her & teams up with Benny, a fellow survivor - together they must arm themselves and prepare to battle their way through hordes of flesh-eating monsters in a harsh Australian bushland.
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I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.
There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.
It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,
There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.
Within the first two minutes of the movie, I saw dozens of zombies being blown away by rustic-armor clad humans, with guns, pipes, chains and a double barreled shot gun. And I thought to myself......"Whoooweeeee. Finally!!" There are phenomenally created zombies shown with nice close up views of them AND in slow motion! No stupid tricks here to try and fool the audience into thinking anyone on set did quality, creative, professional work. None of that too-shaky camera syndrome and swift pass overs or dark settings that are typical of so many crappy zombie films of today. Then within 13 minutes, and most of it spent on some pretty decently edited realistic and clever fight/kill scenes...the film makers threw in a bit of humor. And I thought again to myself. "Yeaaaaahhhh Baby!" It's like someone knows EXACTLY the "odd" mix of entertainment I find irresistible in an apocalyptic movie and made one just for me..... I think I was feeling a bit giddy by that point. Honestly now, there are some night scenes but you can SEE. My point is the quality of this flick was obvious right from the beginning on up until the end. Then 20 minutes in (The story and pace is fast and exciting) there was a significant twist within the genera introduced. Different, but creative and believable. There were a few times the blood looked hot saucey/ketchupy, but on the whole, gore effects were top notch. With in this same 20 minute time frame, a good look at what the acting would be like thru out the movie revealed the same quality and attention to detail that the previous 20 minutes had exhibited on all levels. The characters were presented with complexity and diversity. The camera work was creatively very well done. I noticed a few editing slips, but nothing that made me lose focus on the entertaining journey I was on. Score appropriate and complimented scenes well without overwhelming them. With all of this in the first 20 minutes, what else do you need? A written invitation? Well, here ya have it. This movie busted outta the starting gate at full speed, top notch high octane quality, so If you like zombie and/or post apocalyptic films, do yourself a favor and don't miss this one. If you are like me and have sat thru sub par movies of this genera, just to get your zombie/apocalyptic fix, you will be as thrilled as I was with this one. It is truly a gem.
Didn't know what to expect from this Australian zombie flick. It was supposed to be a comedy horror but I didn't had a smile on my face. I didn't see any humour. What I did see was a great zombie flick.Made in Australia I couldn't ignore to compare it with Peter Jackson's earlier splatter flicks. Filmed in the same way with wide angles and zoomed in and the explicit gore added this flick is indeed a flick for the gorehounds.After a while I had something like, okay, this I have seen before in this flick and the experiments at the lab are a bit weird but overall it's an excellent gory zombie flick.Gore 4/5 Nudity 0/5 Effects 4/5 Story 2,5/5 Comedy 0/5
When I started watching Wyrmwood I expected a trashy splatter movie. Which I am not a fan of, but the high rating made me curious. I was in for a good surprise. If you can get past the first few minutes without stopping the movie, you will discover that behind the occasionally gory and rather cheap violence it hides an interesting story, likable characters (even the villains) and some really good acting.I've seen "blockbusters" with more shallow characters than this small 160k $ project. The story features elements of both comedy and horror, reminding me of "The Evil Dead" a bit, but it has its serious moments too.I read that it's the first movie from Director Roache-Turner and I hope to see more like that in the future. Wyrmwood proves that a movie doesn't have to cost a fortune to keep up with famous competitors.
I purchased this movie solely because it is a zombie movie, and I had no prior knowledge about what it was about or if it was any good or not. But I had good memories from the last couple of Australian zombie movies that I have watched.Now having seen "Wyrmwood", I will say that it was entertaining and a rather unique movie in its own way. It was, as the director and producer said, a mix between "Mad Max" and "Dawn of the Dead". However, while "Wyrmwood" is entertaining, it wasn't a movie that will stand out as particularly memorable amongst the movies in the zombie genre.Personally I didn't appreciate the thing about the woman being able to control the zombies. It was just too stupid in my opinion. And I am not overly much a fan of fast, agile, running zombies.The acting in "Wyrmwood" was good for a movie of this type, and that helped the movie along quite nicely.And while this is a zombie movie, then zombies and the zombie make-up is a thing that can't fail or be slacked upon. And the movie-makers didn't fail here. The zombies were abundant and had adequate make-up. And there was also a fair amount of blood and gore - for the gorehounds out there.If you enjoy zombie movies that doesn't follow the generic and arch-typical formula, then chances are that you will get a lot of enjoyment from "Wyrmwood".