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A top-secret bacteriological weapon developed by the U.S.Government to create an army of super soldiers triggers an epidemic that turns the citizens of a quiet town into mutated zombies. In an effort to conceal the outbreak, a team of mercenaries is assembled to infiltrate the infected city and detonate an atomic bomb destroying the monsters and all the evidence along with them. No one has to know the truth...unless the mission fails.

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Zombie Massacre,

Christian Boeving,

Mike Mitchell,

Ivy Corbin,

Eaters

Peter Oberth — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 14:18:09 +0000

Eaters

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Apr 07, 2011

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Tuesday, March 5, 2013

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1 Hour, 34 Minutes

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Marco Ristori,

Germano Tarricone

The world, devastated by the Great Epidemic, is overrun by hordes of living dead. Three men a lone scientist and two zombie hunters may be humanity s final hope. Searching for a cure amidst a wasteland of carnage and slaughter, they encounter an insane artist, a group of Neo-Nazi s and a mysterious teenage girl, who could be the daughter of the feared Plague Spreader himself.

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In the Name of the King 2: Two Worlds

Lee Roberts — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:28:04 +0000

Bonus Features

Behind the Scenes, From Page to Screen, Commentary

A prophecy has been foretold that the man from the time beyond will be the one to slay the witch. Granger (played by Dolph Lundgren) is taken from his time in the present to be brought to the past to fulfill the prophecy but with the evil forces coming after him, he might not be able to do what he has been foretold of. Even his training during his time as a Special Forces solider does not prepare Granger as he fights against sorcery, evil ninja warriors, and a dragon that all want to stop him on this quest that he has been put on during the past that could change everything in the future.

DRAGONS AND NINJAS-KIND OF:
In the Name of the King 2: Two Worlds did something that I was not expecting this movie to be able to do, keep me guessing at what was going on. Ok, well that might be a little overstating it because what it really did was just kept changing who I thought was the bad guy into the good guy. Though the plot itself was a bit muddled, it turned out to be an ok movie. I was not surprised though at the acting given by the lead actor Dolph Lundgren, which is like it’s always been in every single one of his movies, raspy, harsh, and no emotion.

Now Dolph Lundgren might not be the best of actors in movies but he does know how to make a fun action movie. This is one of those movies that the plot really don’t matter that much, what does is that we get to see the main character going around being a tough guy beating up and killing anyone that stands in his way. Which is exactly what Dolph Lundgren does in this but the one fight that I actually wanted to see never happened. That would be with King Raven’s (played by Lochlyn Munro) guard who was out to get Granger from the moment he stepped foot in the past out of the portal and made it very clear that he only wanted to kill Granger. Only problem is that fight never happened. Oh sure they kind of scuffle some but that big fight that would have shown who of the two was the best (which I would have guessed being Granger being that he’s the main character) of fighters. As for the fights that occur in the movie, which seems to take up most of the movie, are fun to watch even though they are not too well played out. There are moments in the fights where one guy took a swing about 3 feet above the head of Granger or times that Granger would be making a counter strike even though the strike hasn’t even been started.

What just had me mystified about this movie was how causal everyone was treating time travel. Granger, who all of a sudden has this ninjas in his house attacking him gets sent back in time through this floating portal where he lands and the first thing that happens is he’s attacked by guys with swords. Yet he just seems to be ok with it all, being back in time, having to fight against magic, and a dragon, it’s all just another day. Not only that but the people in the past don’t seem to mind or care that there’s a guy from the future there. No one is trying to get information from him, there was one person who tried to kill him but it wasn’t because he was from the future and thought of as some evil demon but only because of the prophecy. Though I did like the dragon, it wasn’t in the movie for long but it looked decent, not as real as I’ve seen in some movies but also better than most of these lower budgeted movies. By the end In the Name of the King 2 kind of wrapped up the story, it at least explained why it was Granger that was picked to go to the past, and it was left open for a third movie.

In the Name of the King 2: Two Worlds

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2.69

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In the Name of the King 2: Two Worlds

Lee Roberts — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:28:04 +0000

In the Name of the King 2: Two Worlds

Release Date:

Monday, January 16, 2012

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Monday, January 16, 2012

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96 minutes

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Future,

In the Name of the King 2,

Past,

Michael Teigen,

Heather Doerksen

Tunnel Rats: Unrated Director's Cut

Pandora — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:15:48 +0000

Bonus Features

Interview with Uwe Boll, Behind the Scenes, Deleted Scenes, Trailer

With a title like “Tunnel Rats” seeing it is about Vietnam and directed by Uwe Boll brings images of huge R.O.U.S’ scurrying around in tunnels laid out like an ant farm eating soldiers left & right while non-descript techno music beats. However that is not what this is. What you get is a group of American soldiers fighting in the Vietnam War and in order to secure an area of the jungle they must go into underground tunnels that the Vietnamese are using as hiding and a way to cross through the jungle to ambush. The tunnels are confusing and full of traps which only makes the job that much more difficult.

So in our interview with Uwe he said that he did not write any of the dialog in the movie, he made the cast make it up as they went along. Instead he wrote down what would happen in the movie and the who/how/when of the deaths. If that is truly the case then I give the actors credit for what they did since they were not given much to work with. But what happens is you are given one war movie cliché after another. As far as what Uwe did write it is boring, slow, no development at all, and takes for granted that you have already seen many movies on the subject so you know all of what is going on. The deaths though go back to what I guess he is comfortable with as they start to resemble things you would see in horror/video game/zombie movies.

Not really sure what to say about “Tunnel Rats”. I mean it doesn’t stand out as a typical Uwe Boll. But it is a very bad Vietnam movie especially when you have things like Platoon, Full Metal Jacket and so many others. Of course had there been large rats running in the tunnels I’m sure that would not have been any better though it could have been a little more amusing. And now I find myself once again discouraging people from watching an Uwe Boll movie, how do these things keep getting made?

Tunnel Rats

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0.64

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Tunnel Rats: Unrated Director's Cut

Pandora — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:15:48 +0000

Tunnel Rats

Release Date:

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

On DVD:

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Starring:

Michael Paré

Studio(s):

Vivendi Entertainment

Director(s):

Uwe Boll

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Action/Adventure,

War

Running Time:

92 minutes

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Tunnel Rats,

Uwe Boll,

Michael Paré

Uwe Boll: The Interview

Matt Rodriguez — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:23:18 +0000

Tunnel Rats

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Shakefire.com sat down with Uwe Boll, who is most known for his rather horrible video game to film adaptations, to talk about his upcoming film, Tunnel Rats. Surprisingly, this one isn't based off of a game, although there is a game based on the film in the works.

[Shakefire]: Why did you choose not to have a set script for the film?

[Uwe Boll]: The movie would be very intense and the actors are supposed to be in character in that they live what they feel. We wrote exactly down what happens in the movie, how they die and what happens in the tunnels and everything. But, I said, I won’t write down the dialogue, they have to develop that on their own. To get that going in that direction it was important for me that they go to boot camp with South African mercenaries to really learn that basic fear, to get that feeling of what is war and how I feel here. And all the people I picked all have grandparents like the grandfathers who were fighting in the Vietnam War and I think they developed their character out of their grandfathers.

[Shakefire]: Tunnel Rats won you the ‘Worst Director’ Razzie Award. How much of an honor was it to receive this award?

[Uwe Boll]: Yeah, I think they put Postal, Tunnel Rats and In the Name of the King together just to have three titles. I don’t know if you saw the movies but I think they are far away from being the worst movies of the year to be honest. Especially Tunnel Rats and Postal are definitely not that category. If somebody says Tunnel Rats and Postal are worst than Elecktra or Cat Woman or Indiana Jones 4 or something then I don’t really believe in the abilities of that person to judge what a good movie is.

[Shakefire]: You’re most known for your video game to film adaptations yet for this one, it’s reversed. How is the game in comparison to the film?

[Uwe Boll]: In a way, the movie turned out darker, harder, and more shocking as it was written off the paper. When I got the movie finalized, they said this is a very depressing, very, very good empty war movie and now we have a video game in that genre. So you have Black Hawk Down that they make a video game out of, which fits in a way. But I think Tunnel Rats is very depressing. It gets a little bit deeper. It makes more sense in that nobody wins in the war. The video game is kinda an extra that has nothing to do with the content of the movie. It has a lot to do with the movie because it’s the story of the movie. We have the same music, the same composer. In the end, there are a lot of parallels between the movie and the game but at the same time you can enjoy playing the game and have fun but don’t bring it directly in connection to the content of the movie. I think the content of the movie is an empty war movie.

[Shakefire]: You’ve stated that you don’t play video games yet you continue to make these films based on them. Why don’t you leave them alone and let someone who’s passionate about them make the film adaptations?

[Uwe Boll]: No, it’s not true. I play video games but I don’t play ongoing 4 hour a day video games. At the same time, it happened that even though Alone of the Dark and House of the Dead, from the critic point of view, are the worst movies I did, they made money and I got more investors. They told me that they like that I do horror movies but make horror movies based on video games and get more video games because we believe that these movies are easier to sell worldwide which is true. If you make a vampire movie or if you make BloodRayne it’s different. If you make BloodRayne, you sell it easier to Japan, to Middle East, to Thailand, to Russia, wherever. It’s definitely an advantage. As a producer/director, I don’t get money; it’s not falling from the sky. I have to acquire it. I have to talk with people, with business investors, and you need a good story.

[Shakefire]: You’ve had some drama with Michael Bay in the past. Any plans on seeing the recently released Transformers 2?

[Uwe Boll]: No, to be honest, I watched Terminator 4 and I’m a big Terminator fan basically. I thoroughly enjoyed it even if it was by far the weakest and Transformers I didn’t even watch the first one. I’m not into Hasbro toys running around; I don’t like those kinda movies.

[Shakefire]: Any plans to have another boxing match between you and your critics in the future?

[Uwe Boll]: No, I think it was one really big event we did in Vancouver and it was good to do and after Michael Bay didn’t want to box me, I don’t need other guys in the ring. But I’m shooting a boxing movie here in Croatia in the Second World War actually. So it’s a war movie and a boxing movie which is fun. We shot ten days of boxing and we have international world champions playing themselves.

[Shakefire]: What would you say to all the fans of these video games that say you’ve ruined them with your film adaptation?

[Uwe Boll]: I think that one thing the fans have put into account is that it’s tough to bring the games one-to-one on screen and certainly in my video game movies, you can say they’re not translated perfectly. On the other hand, you have to make a movie where everyone understands it; who have no clue that the movie is based on a video game. You have to solve it. It’s like a catch 22 to get all sides or all the people satisfied with something. That’s what I probably think about. You have good games, like Alone in the Dark part 4 was really good for example, and I tried to satisfy the fans of Alone of the Dark. But on the other hand, Atari was supposed to make the game, Alone in the Dark 5, based on my movie and they developed it but never finished it. Then the movie came out and there was no game. Two years later, they brought the new Alone in the Dark game out which was a horror in Central Park type game and we tried to make a movie out of it, Alone in the Dark part 2, which will hopefully come out in the US soon. It’s not so easy.

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Postal (BLU-RAY)

Peter Oberth — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 04:00:00 +0000

Everyone keeps complaining about Uwe Boll continuing to make movies but, they are obviously going to see it otherwise they couldn’t complain about them and he couldn’t keep making them.

QUALITY:
Not completely horrible. The picture isn’t bad but it’s certainly not breaking new ground.

BONUS FEATURES:
A bonus disc with the video game. Highlights of Boll’s hideous boxing experiment, commentary and a few other pointless ditties.

Uwe Boll may be the Ed Wood of our generation but the difference is that Wood actually believed he was making something great. Making something bad on purpose doesn’t quite work as well. At least the bonus features are ok and the quality doesn’t suck bad.

Postal

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0.95

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Postal

Peter Oberth — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 04:00:00 +0000

Postal

Release Date:

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

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Tuesday, August 26, 2008

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102 minutes

Everyone keeps complaining about Uwe Boll continuing to make movies but, they are obviously going to see it otherwise they couldn’t complain about them and he couldn’t keep making them.

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