Humans vs Zombies

 (2011) ***

Humans vs. Zombies is an actual moderated tag game that is commonly played on college campuses. This film takes place on a campus where students who are actively playing the game are suddenly confronted with a real zombie attack. They find the transition from fake to real not quite as awesome as they anticipated and that their skills aren’t as refined against the real thing.

The film begins with the origin of the outbreak in a government lab but doesn’t get into the whole story. We just see the contamination incident go down as the beginning credits are rolling. One infected subject gets out of the lab and makes his way to a local beach where he bites a girl and the rest is history. Before long the whole campus is swarming with the infected and our small troop of zombie hunters are fighting for their lives. There are some interesting theories getting tossed around about how the outbreak started, who started it and how long it will last but none of this really matters, it’s all about survival.

With so many zombie flicks floating around out there and the awesome Walking Dead series as well I wasn’t expecting to see anything new and exciting. This flick opted for the fast zombies, which automatically eliminates the chances of survival for anyone who is not in top physical condition. The students save for one are all likeable, even the big dumb football guy is pretty okay. The one girl that really annoyed me was the hot chick computer gaming genius, she’s an unappreciative, mouthy, know it all with a grating voice. Of course you know she’s gonna make it right to the end, ugh. Annoying bitch and all, the film is a nice twist on the old familiar story and the red eyed zombies are pretty cool too. I really think we all need to put forth an effort in sorting out the good from the crap in the vast sea of zombiemania films flooding the genre, it’s way too much for one person to take on alone. Wouldn’t it be great to have a list of zombie films divided into four categories, Great, not bad, crap and so bad it’s good?