The Horde (2009)
5/10
Not Bad
22 May 2023
The Horde aka La Horde is not a bad zombie movie but also not a really good one: the movie is heavy on the shooting and fighting side, and we get some blood, gore and brutality served, plus some (a lot) fast running high octane zombies, but what I mostly missed is a sense of horror or zombie-induced apocalyptic feel of terror: Mutants and The Nights Eats the World are regarding suspense far stronger (and more serious) French entries to the genre, that's at least my opinion. I guess, the weakest part are our heroes, I did not relate to any of them, so I watched the whole affair rather indifferently, regarding who gets killed and who not. Also I missed (like in many zombie movies) some originality and the setting of some cops and criminals fighting zombies together is also, well, not really an eureka moment of script writing. Not to forget, that many action sequences were so unrealistic and comic-like, so every illusion of watching something "real" happening got destroyed. You remember the episodes of The Walking Dead where Rick's group cleaned out the prison from all those zombies? Those episodes simply play in another league: action- and suspense-wise. Anyway, The Horde got some production value and the technical aspects are alright for a B-movie. The Horde - recommended, if you need some fresh fodder with fast running zombies a la 28 Days Later and the like.
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