Army of the Damned

I rated "Army of the Damned" 5 Stars for a variety of reasons. I love horror movies but not with as much gore as this movie. The more it progressed the bloodier it got. If you love guts & gore, you'll like this movie. I thought the camera work was great; for a lower budget movie I was impressed. My primary reason for watching this movie was to check out the acting skills of Sully Erna, the frontman of the band Godsmack, in his first lead role. In his role as Bridge, he proved his talent as an actor. He played the role very well for a first-timer, with just the right combination of sexy likable hometown boy and bad-ass cop rolled into one. Some of his lines intended as "comic relief" were actually funny, instead of cheesy, as they often turn out in horror films like this. I hope to see Erna in higher budget films with better scripts in the future, to give him a better chance to show off his acting skills. He is hot and sex sells!

It was on TV. Nothing better to watch.

I really needed that movie. It said horror, but it is more horror comedy. At least I laughed more than I did in a long time. Not sure if at all so much during this damned year of C word.

Sure it is not big budget movie, nor it has class A acting, but the idea and the execution and just everything sort of works together. Not every movie is made to impress the critics. Sometimes you just need to unwind.

I wanted to like this flick. Not really happening though. It was OK, but just OK. There were some good parts but it seemed just as it would get good it would then become tedious. Lots of action but it went nowhere. It was like the same 15 minute movie over and over again. Production value seemed pretty good as well as camera work and editing. The story lacked, not even sure what the story really was. It seemed to lose itself quite a bit. The acting of the leads wasn't bad. Wasn't good either, but wasn't bad. Best acting came from Michael Berryman(Crazy Earl)as well as a couple of the most humorous moments.

I was really looking forward to seeing Tony Todd in something new but he didn't show up until the 56 minute mark and he really wasn't around long. His acting was way under his normal standards. Guess he was dialing it in for a paycheck. Kind of sad, the man is capable of great acting but this ain't it.

I gave it a 5/10 because I have seen a lot worse but I've also seen a lot better. For a one time watch when you have a couple hours to blow it does the job but don't expect anything more from it then that.

So why the eight? That's part of the charm of this type of movie. Lots of crazy things happening, lots of blood, lost limbs, etc and of course, favorite evil entities, from years ago. Some that are now sort of the good guys. Great for laughs, if you into that and great loud music, also for years gone by. Will watch it again, after I get over all the blood and mayhem. I'm guessing the guy who gave it a 3 is a lot younger than me and is not into cult classics. I'm 75, I grow up with bloody mess movies. Lol.

"Army of the Damned" was as uneventful as it was non-entertaining.

So what just went wrong here? Well, initially the storyline. Especially because it was lacking a greater coherent red thread throughout the entire course of the movie.

Then comes the fact that the characters and their dialogue was likewise something that you just didn't care about, care for, or could take serious. Which really did nothing to help lift up the movie one bit. It was because of Tony Todd that I sat down to watch this movie, but I had to give up not even halfway into the movie, and I still hadn't seen Tony Todd anywhere. But the prolonged suffering that the movie was exposing me to was just unbearable.

This is branded as a horror movie. Now, were they talking about the contents of the movie, or the actual movie itself. I am inclined to think the latter, especially since there weren't anything even remotely scary or thrilling to be found anywhere.

Sure, there are movies that just immediately are a swing and a miss in each genre, and "Army of the Damned" was just one such movie.

If I had to find something worth recommending that you watch this movie for, I would have to say that if you absolutely have nothing else, I am do literally mean nothing else, to watch, then sure, have a go at this movie. But otherwise, stay well clear of this trainwreck of a movie...