27.4.13

Mantrap (1983)

"If you do that, you will be huge."
Martin Fry is picked as the new singer for a band who are about to tour Europe. But little do they know that the band are being manipulated by their manager in order to do a little bit of espionage.
A long form video, showcasing live renditions of songs from ABC's successful album The Lexicon of Love. As an experiment in concert film, it works, as a spy thriller, it is less successful, though not as bad as some would have you believe.

zombie self-defence force (2006)

aka Zonbi jJieita.
"How non-scientific."
A UFO crashes in a forest, unleashing a wave of radiation that revives corpses in its wake, and unleashing devistation on the local populous.
Extremely cheap, extremely gory, ripped through with black humour, and entertainingly over the top.

the horde (2009)

aka La Horde.
"Don't let one person into this building, not a soul."
Captured by a drugs gang, things look bleak for four cops. Then things get bleaker, as they see their city suddenly overrun by hoards of zombies. The only way they can survive is to team up with the gang, and fight their way out of the tower block they are barricaded inside of.
Well made actioner, with lots of gore, but full of instantly dis-likable characters. Worse still, none of them seem to learn from their experiences. For example, they soon find out that the only way to take a zombie down is a head shot, so why do they spend the rest of the movie wasting bullets shooting them everywhere but the head! Add to that a plot full of holes, and you've got a film that necessitates alcohol to stem the tide of questions it leaves you asking.

jerusalem (1987)

"Let's do a song."
Extended pop promo, written by Paulo Hewitt, and comes across as an 80's parody of the music business, and homage to the Magical Mystery Tour. The style Council land in a series of picturesque locations, sing some songs, and take the micky out of their more fashion conscious peers in the music industry.
Aside from the music, this actually holds together far better than I would have thought, if you look at it as an art-house product.