''Zombie Wars'' is a 2007 American

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written and directed by

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. It stars

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, Alissa Koenig, Jim Marlow, and Kristi Renee Pearce as humans struggling against zombie overlords.

Premise

After a

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, humanity becomes enslaved by zombies. Bred in captivity for food, these humans receive no education or training. Bands of free humans work to free the captives and turn the tide against the zombies.

Cast

as David * Alissa Koenig as Star * Jim Marlow as Brian * Kristi Renee Pearce as General * Jonathan Badeen as Sliver * Billy Hayes as George

Release

A trailer was released in November 2006. On March 15, 2009, ''Zombie Wars'' played at the first Paranoia Horror Film Festival.

Reception

Scott Foy of

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rated the film 3/5 stars and called it "a fun little piece of pulp action horror – a modern day drive-in movie, breezy and cheesy, but done so with an unmistakable enthusiasm." David Walker of

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rated the film 1/5 stars and said, "''Zombie Wars'' is not a terrible film in the sense that it is not completely unwatchable. It is, however, a terrible film in that the script is bad, the direction is lackluster, the acting is marginal and the premise, which has hints of ''Planet of the Apes'', is laughable in its execution."

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wrote that the film is "conceptually ambitious" but dragged down by its poor writing, acting, and production values.

References

Works cited

* Dendle, Peter (2012). ''The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia: Volume 2, 2000-2010''. North Carolina: McFarland Publishing. .

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0897444 2007 films 2007 independent films 2000s science fiction horror films American independent films American zombie films American post-apocalyptic films Direct-to-video horror films Films directed by David A. Prior American science fiction horror films American exploitation films 2000s English-language films 2000s American films American monster movies American dystopian films English-language science fiction horror films English-language independent films