Re-Kill

Reality tv shows are really popular, at least most of them. You can follow people doing all kinds of strange jobs, or just follow families who have 12 kids, and barely have time to change diapers. We also have reality shows where we get to follow the work behind police officers, trying to clean up the streets from drugs, guns and prostitution. Cops, is probably the longest showing reality show on tv, and i have seen a couple of episodes. If there is one thing you learn from this show, and many other similar ones, is that criminals are usually very dumb. Maybe it is the drugs fault, or maybe many criminals never had the chance to learn to read, or go to school like many other kids or teenagers do. Either way, stay away from drugs, criminal gangs, and do much better things, like water gymnastics with Carolina Gynning. Each year we get so many reality tv shows, i can barely keep up with the latest ones. Am i sad about that ? Not really, i find most of them quite boring. So what would i do as a reality tv show ? Let´s see. How about having Britt Ekland going around the world, finding out different sex traditions in different countries, with Harald Treutiger as her companion ? Now that is a brilliant idea, sometimes i am shocked how easy i can combine fantastic combinations. Speaking of reality tv shows, how would you like to see a special military team, on a mission to wipe out zombies ? This sounds wonderful indeed, as if this was made to please the audience of Familjen Annorlunda. Here we have a film called Re-Kill, based on an idea of a reality tv show, where we get to follow a special force, sent out to wipe out the living dead. I noticed something special with this film, in the cast list. Scott Adkins is here ? Halleluja, the ass kicking actor from Ninja - Shadow Of A Tear and The Expendables 2, seems to be a part of this team. I am actually reviewing another film with Scott Adkins later on this month, so keep your eyes open. Since i am a big fan of zombie films, ever since the early days of George A. Romero, i had to see if this film had something special to bring to the genre. So a reality tv show, about killing zombies sounds like a fun combination. Is this the best idea for this genre in a long time, or is the zombie genre dying out of ideas completely ?

A reality tv show called Re-Kill, is showing the audience how a team of trained special soldiers, are sent out in the streets to wipe out all threats, where zombies are located. The team called R-Division, is led by team leader Sarge ( Roger R. Cross ), who makes sure everyone will follow orders, and kill anything that stands in their way. The team includes Matthews ( Daniella Alonso ), the only woman in the team, who is tough as hell. Parker ( Scott Adkins ) is a man with no fear, and is always ready to kill, no matter how brutal he have to be. Winston ( Bruce Payne ) is a man who follow the word of God, and tries to stay clear with his faith. Together with the rest of team members, they all try and make sure everyone is safe. The camera man ( Owen Davis ) follow the team, wherever they go on their next mission. The chances of survival is getting smaller, but Sarge is confident that they have to find another way out of this hell.

A tv reality show with zombies would probably be the greatest idea in tv history, if it ever was to happen. Now, i know the chances of zombies coming back to life in reality, is just as big as the chance of Peter André releasing a good album ( that will never happen ). But the idea of this film, made as a reality tv show called Re-Kill, is a pretty fun concept. There is a lot of brutal violence, so there is no chance you will be bored, like watching a math expert holding a bloody boring speech. The concept have been done before, in a british tv mini series called Dead Set. This mini series showed what happens, when a group of people are stuck in a Big Brother house, while the rest of the world is attacked by flesh eating zombies. The concept was pretty unique, and i can´t think of many films that have used this formula in the zombie genre. Re-Kill was actually finished in 2010, but didn´t get released until now in 2015. Why ? I have no good answer, maybe it just did not have a distribution company, or maybe it was hard to put it out because of economical situation ? Either way, Re-Kill is a fast, and brutal action horror film, with both classic zombie elements thrown into a tv reality show. I will say that the plot is very thin here, you basically just follow this military team trying to finish their mission. And if the film would have been like this all the time, i might have become tired of the concept. Luckily, director Valeri Milev, decided to throw in some funny commercials between the tv show, with everything from sex, medicines, and stories from how some people survived the outbreak. This is actually a great idea, to make it feel more like a reality tv show, just taking a short break. The acting is ok, i would not go much further on that subject. It is the intensive action scenes that makes this film fun to watch, combined with the funny commercials. Director Valeri Milev have directed 2 films, Code Red, and Wrong Turn 6 ( that i have not seen yet, since the 5th film was really awful. I would say that he have managed to make a different effort in the zombie genre, without breaking any important rules. Scott Adkins is of course here also, with a bad attitude that fits him great. Bruce Payne, remember him from Passenger 57 ? He is also in the cast, nice to see him still making films. Re-Kill is a fun moment, if you just feel like bringing out some ice cold beers, and chill in your sofa. I have seen better zombie films than this, but it is functional for what it is, a pure action horror film. I feel like killing some zombies right now, anyone know a good location where i might find them ? I promise, i will only do head shots, or chop some arms off, i always try to stay classy.

Rating: DDD