Zombie Allegiance (2010 Video) User Reviews

The Boredom of Staying Safe

[nogodnomasters · 3/10 · 31 July 2017]

The film opens with a monologue which boils down to: zombie apocalypse. It was caused by stock footage nuclear weapons, and other than zombies there are no issues associated with nuclear winter, radiation, or contamination.

George (Andre Boudreau) is a former insurance salesman. His family was lost during the apocalypse and he lives in a fantasy world believing he is President in a rural Connecticut farmhouse. He lives with Saul Carter (Rich Tretheway) the owner of the farm who keeps his zombie family chained in the barn. Along the way they encounter friends and foes.

This is amateur work. The sound was uneven switching from camera to camera. The framing could have been better. They created characters, but didn't know how to effectively use them. The zombie make-up and acting was less than adequate. Joshua (Brandon Luis Aponte) had the worst dramatic reading of the Poe line (Dream within a dream.) followed by ??? You can see they put forth the effort, it just wasn't overly entertaining.

F-word, sex, nudity (Rachel Knutton + zombie)

Failed to Meet Its Potential

[Uriah43 · 3/10 · 27 October 2020]

This film essentially begins after a nuclear war and a subsequent biological attack has decimated the United States creating a dystopian landscape where millions have perished and civil disorder has erupted with small gangs of looters can be found in the countryside. If that wasn't bad enough the biological attack also caused zombies to appear and they roam all over as well. Because of this two men by the names of "Saul Carter" (Rich Tretheway) and "George Miles" (Andre Boudreau) have taken refuge in an isolated rural part of Connecticut where they spend their time just hoping to survive from one day to the next. Then one day, while Saul is carrying out his usual surveillance he comes across a man named "Josh Rowa" (Brandon Luis Aponte) who was a former cop from Baltimore and is just looking for a safe place to stay. Since there is plenty of food and water available, Saul offers him the hospitality of his farm house but forgets to warn him about the fact that George suffers from mental illness brought about by his having recently lost both his wife and daughter. He also neglects to mention another secret which eventually presents a problem to everyone concerned. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this could have been a pretty good low-budget zombie film as the plot developed in a reasonable manner and the performances of Rich Tretheway, Josh Rowa and "Jen" (Jennifer Kimmerle) were also quite good. Unfortunately, some of the other actors weren't nearly as convincing with the performance of Andre Boudreau being particularly bad. Quite dreadful, actually. That being said, while this film definitely had potential, it failed to a large degree and I have rated it accordingly. Below average.