Movie Roulette: Ridge War Z

 

Good morning, good afternoon, good evening....whenever it is you have found this entry.  Today, 2021-08-01 I am checking out the flick Ridge War Z.  The first of my new "Movie Roulette" series where the wife and I pick a folder number (1-27 for the alphabet and # folders) and then a random number based on the flicks in that folder!  The first in the series is the 2013 flick Ridge War Z!  "The last surviving veterans of the worst battle of a zombie war recount their horrific memories to an author who is writing a book about their experiences."  It stars Dominique Marsell, Travis O'Leary, and Kyle Gordon per IMDB.  158 people have rated this flick a 2.5 currently.

• Brain Damage films?  Is that what I am going to get from this flick?
• Wait...are they using grenades on zombies?  
• So basically this is World War Z without a budget?
• Is that Tom Brady?
• Why is he using a typewriter?  
• I do not get the blue filter on the camera
• Take it back he looks more like Brett Favre; probably as stupid as him
• Not great mic coverage 
• They just not realized that one guy is still in the car?  Did they at least roll down the windows?
• Half a million?  That is not much for a zombie war, is it?
• Why are soldiers just laying there?  I would think they would either be zombies or collected after the fact?  
• Are they playing freeze tag and they cannot move after dying?  Jesus, he was frozen stiff
• Good grief the dialog...no human being talks like this do they?
• For zombies being around, they are not very quiet 
• Secure the back door?  Phrasing?  Are we not saying phrasing anymore?
• All that shooting for 20 zeds?
• Why do they have a body in their fox "hole"?
• Why the bazooka?  I guess for a true herd?
• This is getting a little long in the tooth and it is only 90 minutes
• Why was he looking down his sight?  There is not a scope on the gun
• Oh, they are fast-moving zombies...I do not like it
• Oh maybe he does have a scope I did not notice the first time
• They are wasting a lot of ammo on only a few D-Cays are they not?
• Well that bazooka was pointless
• I guess a bit does not mean death or infection in this universe
• Or was Carter not bit
• Yeah he was not bit
• THAT ZOMBIE FUCKING KNEECAPPED THAT MOTHER FUCKER!!
• This movie HAS to be longer than 90 minutes.  I just had a birthday while watching it
• Do the zombies stop and let people have these heartfelt moments?  If so that is nice of them
• Why did Perez just run into the horde?  Did I miss them run out of bullets?  He could have shot a few if he still had ammo right?  

Trying to be critical I feel like there are a lot of good opportunities in the flick.  Everything!  While the acting was subpar at times, the story disjointed, audio bad and well you get the picture there was a lot of groundwork.  I think it would have either been a good mini-series or just needs a budget.  Overall not nearly as bad as I thought it would be.  I will agree with IMDB and roundup, giving it a 3/10.