OZOMBIE

Another in the pantheon of straight to DVD zombie movies, but this one has a “They Saved Hitler’s Brain” type of bent to it.  

In “They Saved Hitler’s Brain”, Nazi scientists figured a way to keep Hitler’s head alive, thus giving an immortality, of sorts, to the biggest bogeyman of the last century. 

OZOMBIE kind of does the same thing with one of the most feared men of this new millennium, Osama Bin Laden (Walter Carmona), by zombie-fying him early on.

Although you don’t see much of Osama (or, more accurately, Ozombie) until the end of the movie, it’s the relentless drive of a group of soldiers to find and put down any Taliban Zombies they find. They are not even sure at first that they are looking for Bin Laden, so in the meantime, any zombie will do.

Some good splatter here, including heads which completely disappear, but no tearing of flesh in teeth that I spotted. 

There is a lady soldier here, Tomboy, (played by Danielle Chuchran) and man she is a gal after my own heart!  She is a great sniper in the movie but also goes all Rambo on the Taliban’s ass with a sword a couple of different times. 

Then there’s Derek Miller (Jasen Wade), who reminds me somewhat of actor John Glover), the one person who’s really SURE Bin Laden is still “alive” and who wants to be the one to “kill” him.  Again, apparently.  Derek is a likable guy and you really root for him to be the one to deal with Osama.  He has to go all over the place to find Ozombie to try to bring that sucker’s semi-existence to a screeching halt. 

Yeah, this one was a good time with one or two surprises in store.  Don’t pass it up if you are a fan of the genre.