By Chris Summerfield
Let’s take a moment to think, worst scenario, the dead do come alive again, so wherever the ones of us who survive head, we will always be hunted by the living dead and like in this movie, retirement homes would be no safe haven either…
Now meet, Terry (Rasmus Hardiker) and Andy (Harry Treadaway) both brothers who are planning a bank robbery, the reason being to save the retirement home their granddad lives, they recruit, Mental Mickey (Ashley Thomas) ex Iraqi war veteran with a steal plated forehead, (the plate not visible) he has an arson of weapons that would supply an army, they also recruit, Katy (Michelle Ryan) the brothers cousin and also Davey (Jack Doolan)
The bank robbery should be easy, straight in and out…
The armed police are waiting outside and Mental Mickey lets his huge gun do the talking before they retreat back in to the bank, however with two hostages, Clive (Tony Gardner) and Emma (Georgia King) they decide to make another attempt to leave, only to be greeted by zombies everywhere feasting upon the police.
A warehouse is where they head for, though the zombies follow and soon it isn’t long before they are under attack, tempers become frail, lives are lost, so escape they must, as for their destination, the two brothers and what remain of their party’s decide upon heading for the retirement home and to rescue their grandfather.
Meanwhile, Ray (Alan Ford) the boys grandfather and his fellow residents are enjoying a sing-along when the invasion starts, after a skirmish with the undead, Ray evacuates his fellow residents in to another part of the nursing home where they become sealed off and surrounded by the living dead, waiting and hoping to be rescued, however all the same preparing for their last stand…
As for this movie, there is plenty of cockney slang, lots of bad language, lots of gore and some great humour along the way, such as, when, Hamish (Richard Briers) a resident at the nursing home is trying to outrun the zombies with the aid of his Zimmer frame. And what really made me laugh was when, Eric (Dudley Sutton) a wheel chair bound resident tries to sum up who is attacking them, he says something like, “It is obvious isn’t it, they are vampires, we need crucifixes, silver and Christopher Lee.”
This is not a bad little movie, definitely worthy of a watch if you enjoy a good old Zombie/comedy flick…
Rating: 7/10
