Let's be realistic.

This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Back in the '70s and '80s, the Italians gave us some hugely entertaining and very gory zombie movies; Eaters, co-directed by Luca Boni and Marco Ristori, is unlikely to usher in a new wave of splattery Italian horror classics, being an utterly derivative and extremely dull addition to the walking dead genre.Taking most of its cues from Romero's Day of the Dead, the film sees a group of male survivors living in a secure compound leading a mundane day to day existence, while one of their number, scientist Gyno (Claudio Marmugi), conducts experiments on the zombies, trying to find a cure—or at least an answer—for the outbreak.Considering that most of the world's population has fallen victim to the zombie plague, actual zombies seem awfully thin on the ground, with the film's protagonists Igor (Alex Lucchesi) and Alen (Guglielmo Favilla) rarely interacting with the undead. For much of the time, the film consists of these two characters holding dreary conversations while driving around the countryside, occasionally bumping into other survivors, including a crazy painter named Caravaggio (Paolo Spartaco Palazzi), a group of neo-Nazis, and a teenage girl, Cristina (Elisa Ferretti).The clunky plot eventually reveals the cause of the outbreak, and exposes Gyno as a maniac trying to develop a new species of human, but by the time this occurred I was struggling to stay awake. A few enthusiastically gory effects aside (some practical, some achieved via rudimentary CGI), there is very little to recommend about this particular Italian zombie flick.

The world is devastated by an epidemic and is overrun by hordes of living dead. Three men, Igor and Alen, hunters of dead and a scientist, Gyno try to find an answer to what has happened to the human race.Everyone's having a stab at the zombie/virus flick since 28 days Later - Spain with REC, Germany with Rammbock and France Le Horde to name a few.Although Marmite director Uwe Boll has a producer credit, this shares little if anything with his films. Both writers/ Directors  Luca Boni and Marco Ristori deliver a competently constructed bleak atmospheric zombie horror that is stylishly shot and presented in washed out colour.Eaters opens with the standard zombie exposition affair of news clips how virus infection has spread. Gyno spins that the zombie epidemic maybe the next step in evolution while the hardened soldiers believe otherwise.There's some good zombie make up design, lopped off heads, blood, fried zombies, undead torture, skulls and exploding heads. Guns, grenades and machetes are used to dispose and there are some interesting kill scenes as the two hardened soldiers, Igor a likable hard-man played excellently by Alex Lucchesi and Alen notably by Guglielmo Favilla go to section F on a 'corpse hunt'. Notable is chained up Alexis (Rosella Elmi) who is a carrier of the virus. Young actress Elisa Ferretti as Cristina deserves a mention.Although Igor is likened to Leon it's doctor Gyno played by Claudio Marmugi who is the Jean Reno-alike. He experiments on the dead, shooting them after their used, chopping them up, feeding them scraps reminiscent of Day of the Dead. Interesting the zombies here eat their own body parts, encounters with a Cultist group, slow/fast zombies and armed zombies add to the pleasure.This serious slick Italian production is grim with a sense of black humour and irony there's characters reading 'corpse and girls' magazine. Crazy Caravaggio painter of dead people. The score is similar to resident evil with electronic heavy beat and it had a few flash backs and eerie dream sequences deliver some jump moments.Sector b's Nazi group aside the script delivers some tension as madness sets in as the character try to pass time, humour feels unforced and the acting for the most part realistic. Eaters may have it's faults debatably some CGI, editing and pacing issues but for the most part it's a fulfilling ride. Although it borrows from the likes of Resident Evil Apocalypse and 28 Weeks Later to name a few there's enough twists and originality as the leads try to accept their situation to prevent it becoming stale reinforced with an ending that goes against the clichés in the last act.Gory, bloody and overall more fun than it should be due to it's great execution and grimness.

Not reviewed for a while but a zombie film is relatively easy to do and always worth it.So, we have here a nice little Italian entry into the over populated zombie movie genre. It seems there's a zombie film popping up every other week since 2005 and before that they were 'dead' hard to come by.So, I've stated before in reviews it is hard to breath new life into this genre (uninteded joke there) so if you can't do anything original, make sure that what you do ticks the required boxes for a good zombie flick.....and most of the boxes are ticked.The film isn't of the highest budget but with some good make-up, nice locations and good use of the visual effects they have - it's not noticeable. A strong part to this film is the 2 male leads. They work perfectly with each other and the bad ass bald guy just has a totally likable character about him.The story takes elements from Dawn/Day of the dead and mixes a little bit of Resident Evil in. The zombie make-up and good is of a good standard and the running time passes nicely by......except for the last 15 mins which feels rushed against the pace of the rest of film.Negatives - some characters are silly and the acting is not always the best. The story can be slightly confusing with unanswered plot points.If you're a zombie fan then this entry is worth checking out. As a casual viewer then this may not do. I enjoyed it for what it was.

People who know me on this review site know that I am not really into zombie flicks. Mostly the make-up is so bad that it is unbelievable. But still there are some gems out to catch and even that this one is a bit low on attacks still I liked it very much. It reminded me (the zombies) a lot of those Italian zombie flicks from the eighties. Even as they used a lot of blue key or green key and some CGI to make the cities look like they just experienced Armageddon still I liked it. As I said before, don't expect to see a lot of zombies it is more a story of two friends trying to survive in a zombie world but once they are confronted with the zombies it does deliver the red stuff or sometimes even becomes gory. Blood do sputter on the lens a few times. A big cheer to the first time director. He surely know how to add his score and how to use colour grading by changing saturation to a low level and working in the grey scale. The fact that the actors talk Italian do add it to make it a trip down memory lane. But overall, it's the make-up used, you know, syrup and latex, for the zombies that made them look believable. It's not all about lenses in their eyes like in so many flicks nowadays. And if you know those old Italian horrors then you know how they exaggerated with the sound of wind. Nevertheless, one to pick up and surely to recommend to zombie geeks. A new race is rising...