A posse of crooked cops, malevolent gangsters and a horde of walking dead are the centre point of this gruesome, tight, action packed, claustrophobic tale of retribution and escape. Penned like animals, on the top floor of a deserted high-rise block, these two opposing gangs find that they are not alone in the lair of bloodthirsty corridors of death. Joining forces to survive, they must reach ground level together or perish. Loaded with a bad ass attitude, guns, axes and extremely creative hand-to-hand combat sequences that project the fears and paranoia that are the fighting forces behind the need to survive, when caught up in the wrong place at the wrong time.
La horde (2009)
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Rating:
(6,224 votes)
- Runtime:90 minutes
- Directors: Yannick Dahan, Benjamin Rocher
- Country:France
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Actors: AuroreClaude PerronOuessemJean-Pierre MartinsAdewaleEriq EbouaneyJimenezAurélien RecoingBolaDoudou MastaTonyAntoine OppenheimGrecoJo PrestiaRenéYves PignotLe TchèqueAdam PengsawangSebSébastien Peres
- Genres:Action, Horror, Thriller
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Producers: Thomas Cappeauassistant producerBambou Nguyenassistant producerRaphaël Rocherproducer
- Plots: A posse of crooked cops, malevolent gangsters and a horde of walking dead are the centre point of this gruesome, tight, action packed, claustrophobic tale of retribution and escape. Penned like animals, on the top floor of a deserted high-rise block, these two opposing gangs find that they are not alone in the lair of bloodthirsty corridors of death. Joining forces to survive, they must reach ground level together or perish. Loaded with a bad ass attitude, guns, axes and extremely creative hand-to-hand combat sequences that project the fears and paranoia that are the fighting forces behind the need to survive, when caught up in the wrong place at the wrong time. Written by Cinema_Fan
- User's comment:Vive le zombie! by BA_Harrison
The French have been enjoying something of a horror renaissance in recent years, giving us some of the scariest and bloodiest movies that the genre has had to offer; La Horde, an apocalyptic zombie movie in the vein of Zack Snyder's Dawn Of The Dead and Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later, continues this trend, being a hugely entertaining Gallic gore-fest packed with superbly executed edge-of-the-seat horror action.
The film sees a team of vigilante cops break into a dilapidated tower block in order to exact justice on the gangsters responsible for the death of one of their colleagues; the vicious criminals turn the tables on the lawmen, however, but before they can carry out the execution of their prisoners, an outbreak of the undead forces a change of plan: the bad guys must reluctantly team up with the cops if they stand any chance of escaping from the zombie infested building alive.
Although the whole zombie siege schtick has been done to death since Romero's Night of the Living Dead way back in '68, directors Yannick Dahan and Benjamin Rocher attack their oft-told tale with so much vigour that this fact is easily forgiven. The spot-on direction, excellent decayed urban setting, gloriously splattery effects (enhanced by carefully considered use of CGI), and a whole lot of extreme fire-power combine to deliver a non-stop roller-coaster ride of splendidly gory action, whilst well drawn characters with emotional depth serve to enrich the film's basic set-up.
With several brutal fist-fights between the living and the hideous screeching zombies, a thrilling, bullet riddled, blood drenched last half hour and a satisfyingly bleak, but perfectly fitting ending, La Horde is not only one of the most enjoyable of the new-wave of French horror films, but also one of the most kick-ass zombie films ever.
8.5 out of 10, rounded up to 9 for IMDb.
- Also known as: The Horde (International - English title), The Horde (Italy - imdb display title), A horda (Hungary - imdb display title), Die Horde (Germany - DVD title), La horda: Bienerectus (Argentina - imdb display title), Legião do Mal (Brazil), Oi ordes tis ekdikisis (Greece - transliterated ISO-LATIN-1 title),
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January 1st, 2011 at 10:25 pm
If you want to see blood. Then see this movie.
The one thing I liked was that the zombies were not slow like in other movies. They are realy fast, and that offers a new dimension.
Ive never seen so much blood in any movie.
But oké, there is alot of action also