Beast Within/Virus Undead (2008)

- written August 11th, 2010

Summary: Robert and his friends, drive to a small German village to settle the affairs and estate of Robert's late grandfather. That old man happened to be a famous biologist who died while studying avian flu. After clashing with Robert's old enemy, they run across his former girlfriend Marlene also. Marlene and her friend are invited to the mansion of Robert's grandfather for the evening. Then all hell breaks loose and neighbors and animals all seem to be infected with the flu strain!           Overall: Once you get disturbed/annoyed by something in a film, it’s difficult to get re-connected to the film. Once distracted, it’s pretty much over. Bad dubbing is the easiest example of this for me. These folks are speaking English, despite it being a German-made film. And yet the word/sounds don’t always mash up with the lips on the screen and that can bug ya. Overall, it’s just an “ok” film. I saw a very other reviewers found it “not half bad” but that’s because they had no expectations for the film either. Neither did I, and as such, you should start wow’ing me and getting my attention. The film didn’t. It’s not a bad film, as the acting and plot and all were fine. But there are better films, most certainly worth your 90 minutes instead this film.           Comparison: Birds meets Dawn of the Dead

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