slayrrr666
"Feeding the Masses" is an alright if too opinionated zombie effort.**SPOILERS**During a worldwide viral infection, Torch, (Billy Garberina) Shelly, (Rachael Morris) and James, (Michael Propster) are charged to continue their regular news assignments despite the growing risk in safety. Ordered to go out with solider Roger, (Patrick Cohen) as their escort, they realize that the viral infection has turned those who into contact with it into ravenous, flesh-eating zombies, and are supposed to play along with the orders from Government Agent Barnes, (William DeCoff) who has taken over the TV station. Fed up with the government's out-right lying to the public and desperate to take the matter over on their own, they try to get out into the field and produce a report on their own telling the public of the true dangers of the zombie threat facing those still untouched by the infection.The Good News: When this one has some good points, there's some rather fun things to go around. The fact that the story here is rather strong and creative, and is a really strong plus here. The story about the zombie virus from the point-of-view of the news crew reporting on the massacre is really nice, and it makes the film feel different and unique, which is always a plus. This one here does have the really great first half about it where it focuses on that aspect and manages to make it feel really great because there is so many different areas that are fun due to this angle. When it becomes a fully fledged zombie film and decides to make some really good entertainment. There's also the last half of the film which has some of the best scenes in the film. There's a full-on zombie attack in the streets, where they're mowed down in huge numbers before taking over the defense forces, the plot comes full circle to reveal a great twist and then the finale, with the live broadcast during the mass breakout is incredible, as the zombies are seen in the background during the reporting, and once they take over the traveling bus, it becomes even greater and much more fun. It's rather nice and allows the film to end on a high note. There's some great looking zombies in here as well, which have a distorted, more damaged look than normal, but the bleeding wounds and dead hue are good enough. The last good one is the usual zombie violence and gore, which is perfectly acceptable. There's limbs ripped off or bitten into, plenty of bite wounds, gunshots blowing heads open, being swarmed and pulled open and much more in here, which is good enough to count, and these make the film good.The Bad News: This one here didn't really have much wrong, and what's wrong with it is merely a matter of taste anyway. The main problem here is that it's way too heavy on the political subplots. The entire middle section of this is purely political nonsense, with the government feeding false information and their inability to do anything about it that is actually harmful to the citizens. It's not all that much fun to have to keep watching that, and it really seems forced down the viewers' throat, which makes it even worse. The message is there, we don't need fifty different examples of it before something happens, and that's where the problem with that comes in. Having an agenda in these kinds of films is not a idea, but to beat it over the head by doing the large amount of examples that it has. It pretty much undermines just about all the good stuff and isn't that great to feature. The other flaw in here is the low-budget on display. The special effects here look very cheap, as the blood is entirely the wrong, never acts like real blood or is so blatantly obvious CGI that detracts from the scene itself, ruining most of the impact it could've had. Even some of the action, including the first attack on the city hall, is ruined by the completely unconvincing CGI explosions and gunfire that are featured in the scene. These areas are the only flaws with the film, and are perfectly for some, making them not really flaws in the truest sense.The Final Verdict: If only this one would've dropped the aggravating politically-charged stuff while keeping the other stuff, this would've been a lot better. This is still a nicely enjoyable zombie effort that is worth a lot for fans of the genre, while those who don't care for the political stuff would be well-advised to seek caution.Rated R: Graphic Violence, Graphic Language and Nudity
phildogger
This is perhaps the worst attempt at a Zombie film I have ever had the misfortune to see. Terrible, terrible, terrible. Any review found on this site is obviously the work of either the filmmaker, the filmmakers family, or a friend of the filmmaker. How does this film suck? Let us count the ways...The plot? Incoherent. Dialogue? Atrocious. I will not slam the effects/gore, as I understand that this is low budget. But was there even one zombie that was not obese? C'mon! And for a film set in Rhode Island, why did that truck sport a Massachusetts plate? Continuity, find some.The Girl dancing while the soldier "Stands at attention". Please, don't put your ex-girlfriend or buddy's sister in your movie naked. This was an ugly movie filled with ugly people, and has no business even mentioning Romero on the cover. Next time you decide to make a movie, don't.
movieman_kev
Some news reporters and their military escorts try to tell the truth about a epidemic of zombies, despite the 'government controlling the media'. The makings of the film don't understand that the George Romero zombie films only worked because he kept his politics subtly in the background of most of his films ("Land of the Dead" withstanding). This satire is about as subtle as a brick to the face or a bullet to the head is more apropos for this scenario. What's subversive or subtle about seeing a military guy masturbating to death and destruction? Anything nuanced about the various commercials that are inter-cut with the film? Nope. Furthermore the acting is uniformly horrible, the characters thoroughly unlikable, and the plot inane. Add this all up and you have the worst, most incompetent zombie film since, "C.H.U.D. 2" reared it's hideous head.My Grade: D