The Worst Film Ever

Sick Product of a Sick System

Admirable film.

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

For a rather short film (just over an hour) with a rather low budget it's not too shabby. The "dead" act like the infected from 28 days later, rather than zombies and are repelled with bright light but do love the taste of flesh! The action takes place in and around an apartment block and a courtyard so don't be mislead by the cover. I liked the film but found the main character to be a complete pain. The guy is a complete plank and its hard to sympathise with him though the other main characters (or should I say, character) were fine. In the middle of the apocalypse, he is completely smitten with his girlfriend and worries about her whereabouts which is plausible but he still comes across as rather stupid and pathetic. However this is a nice change from the hard as nails lead you expect in this type of film. Some people should be warned that the film is in German which posed no problems for me as I don't mind subtitles but folk do seem to moan a lot about having to read subtitles these days...

I lasted the first 5 minutes, then had to turn this off, so I can't comment on the quality of the film, other than its unwatchable for me.The camera shakes about 15% to the upper right, then 15% to the upper left again and again. This isn't a true shaky-camera movie (which I can't watch as they make me motion sick), its worse. 10 minutes later I'm writing this review and still feel sick.Maybe the guy with the camera couldn't stay still, or doesn't know what a tripod is.Complete waste buying this on DVD, avoid unless you like feeling like you're at sea.

Flesh-eating zombies of the type made popular by George Romero have become such common coin in movies, television, video games and comics that it's now a "given" that Something Went Wrong Somewhere and we're up to our necks in ghouls. The basic premise itself is rarely fully expounded any more. ("Go back and watch the original NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD," most of these newcomers would seem to suggest: "I ain't got the time- or the imagination- to clue you in on what's happening. Do I look like a ****in' scientist to you?") At barely over an hour, it's hard to think of BERLIN UNDEAD as a feature film; had the film makers taken the time to fill us in on what's happening and to build up to the inevitable siege, it would've both brought the movie to feature length and answered a question or two. As it stands, it's a good short that's just a bit too short.

An everyday man Michael is forced to take refuge with a teenage a boy in a room of a flat in Germany after a viral infection spreads rapidly turning the citizens into crazed zombie-like people.The title Rammbock probably refers to the battering ram that features briefly in one scene. Spain had REC, France Le Horde and UK 28 Days Later - this is a German take on a virus epidemic in which we see the population of Berlin turn rabid. There's a crazy old woman that goes nuts within a similar setting as REC. Just as everything seems all to familiar director Marvin Kren throws in a little curve ball, a suicide, a new character or adds a little relationship drama amongst the mayhem to keep things on track.However, even with it's very short running time there's a too much shaky camera work, this aside the performances and gritty look of the characters feel authentic. Actor Michael Fuith gives a first rate anti- gloss performance which complements the on location shoot. The flats looking down onto one courtyard take a leaf from Hitchcock's very own Rear Window.The music has a dream like melodic quality reminiscent of 28 Days Later and is used sparingly.When Benjamin Hessler screenplay moves from the one room to another there is some fine suspense created. Although how they repel the infected in closing act is a little anticlimactic - yet it's quickly redeemed by an effective a poignant closing.Overall, it's grim grey and efficiently made but with the virus angle already feeling worn you may find yourself wanting to see a film with some shambling dead instead.