How sad is this?

It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

it is finally so absorbing because it plays like a lyrical road odyssey that’s also a detective story.

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

The film has a frantic pace and the first scene is the discovery of a police officer found dead in a rubbish pit. At the funeral his colleagues vow to kill the men responsible and track them down to a condemned and abandoned tower block on the city outskirts. The raid isn't too successful and the police find themselves at the mercy of the violent gang members. However, something stirs outside in the night and within minutes all hell breaks loose. The cops and gang members must reluctantly work together if they want to escape from the tower block alive. There are one or two scenes of complete overkill and plenty of blood to keep zombie fans happy. Don't really know to refer to them as zombies or not but they are like the infected in 28 days later. The film only really slows down in the middle for a short period before heading to a bloody and violent conclusion. Certainly one of the better zombie films to be released in the last few years and very enjoyable.

Despite a plethora of zombie films being made around the world in the last ten years, very few of them are actually any good; I think the last one I really enjoyed was the Spanish REC. Good news, then, that the French have finally done themselves proud with THE HORDE, which turns out to be one of the most exciting - and desperate - zombie films of the last few years.Don't go here looking for originality, because you won't find it. THE HORDE's storyline is nothing to write home about, and the cast is typical for those of us familiar with French cinema like DISTRICT 13. In essence, a group of gangsters, cops and eccentrics are cooped up in a run-down apartment block and forced to fend off the frenzied attacks of the living dead.The characters are all hard-ass and the script is littered with tough-as-nails dialogue, but along the way there are some genuinely decent performances, particularly from Jean-Pierre Martins and Eriq Ebouaney, whose initial hostility gradually gives way to a grudging respect. But the characters come second to the direction, which is all about tense, close-quarters combat, and the film-makers don't skimp on the bloodshed either. This is a nasty movie, in which the zombies are vicious man-eaters all the way. There's even time for something new, in the form of some breathtaking hand-to-hand combat battles between humans and zombies which are like something out of THE RAID and just as great to watch. THE HORDE is a great little movie and one I'll enjoy rewatching in future.

Whoa! This is one quite unknown zombie movie which surpassed my expectations.What starts out as a typically vengeance drama between two warring groups(cops vs gangsters) in a run-down apartment takes an unexpected turn when they both least expect it. We don't get to know how the people result in zombies. Mostly, the movie revolves around the survivors who would have finished each other off if not for the undead...First rate acting by everybody. Yves Pignot as one of the crazy, trigger-happy apartment tenants is a powerhouse! Eriq Ebouaney as Markudi, the head of the gangsta mob also impresses with his intensity and searing eyes.What is quite creepy here are not the zombies, its the clash between the lead characters and how the zombies are really not cruel as these people. They are just hungry...Watch out for the violence, it's quite graphic.Of course, sometimes the scenes don't make sense - where did these zombies come from, how did they become zombies, how come they get up only when our survivors just tiptoe by.. :) Verdict: A claustrophobic yet very engaging drama. This's one movie, zombie or not, that hooks you whole.

This is one of the better zombie movies around. With so many coming out lately, most of them are pretty terrible with some decent zombie action. This one, while still cheesy, actually has really good acting, which goes a long way.The acting and gore effects are just as good as any big-budget zombie flick. The writing, or dialogue can be strange at times, but fills out its' own cool style.The zombies are runners, and are very ferocious -- almost like the vampires in Stakeland really...The best part of this movie, is people actually use their fists to fend off zombies instead of just crumble in defeat. One guy has a really long and awesome fist fight with two zombies in a hallway. This scene alone would make the movie watchable. Fortunately the movie has a lot of great stuff.I own over 50 zombie movies, and this one is definitely in the top 20 or 15 of those. Highly recommended for zombie fans!