Gets off to a flying start with an excellent D Day sequence, with troops being shot out of the sky and winding up at a mysterious Germany castle. But it takes 50 minutes before there's a hint of zombie suff and the filmmakers don't do much with it - you actually could have taken the zombie stuff out and it would still play: the beautiful French girl, her brother, the nasty German, the archetypes in the squad (good natured guy, ruthless guy, wise cracking New Yawkers), the mission to blow up the caste...
I didn't want them to cut out the zombie stuff I wanted them to do more with it. I can see why it wasn't a big hit - not enough zombies, some unpleasant torture, cliched characters and dialogue ("that was before the war... when everything changed"). No surprises, no twists.
It looks good and is smartly directed. Just a bit disappointing.
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