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I enjoyed this film. I enjoy Zombie movies and this one was a good addition to the genre. Low budget but not cheap, good script and story and the acting was top notch. Georgiy Bessonov as Byokke added some fine comic relief. Plenty of guns, ammo and knives in head zombie slaughter and tense moments. The direction and camera work is well done. The production company did a great job with the budget they had. A thoroughly well thought out and executed Zombie film. There were, in my opinion, some elements lifted from the superb book by Max Brooks, World War Z, but you'll have to discover them yourselves... Just note the title for instance... But that cross pollination only adds to the place this film holds in the Zombie universe. Also we can't rule out the Walking Dead, But Republic Z is not derivative it just places its action in the post apocalyptic Zombie future. Good job.

I like Zombie movies and this one works. I enjoyed Go Goa Gone, a goofy/fun Zombie movie from India and Wackier than Shaun of the Dead. Last Train to Busan is the King of Zombie Movies in the last few years, but Night Eats the World is engrossing as well. It steps back from the eternal Zombie chase/escape from formula and tells a simple but compelling story of a man stuck in an apartment building in Paris, you can see the Eiffel Tower during roof top sequences, as the world descends into the living dead looking for food. Granted there are some Zombie coming at ya scenes and they are suspenseful, but mainly it's a man alone dealing with the situation and trying to stay alive. The Vincent Price classic, Last Man on Earth, was filmed in Italy. It was the first and the best in the realm of a lone man coping with staying alive in a "zombie" apocalypse. That's all you have here, a man alone with himself and his thoughts. But it's also about his growth and learning to survive. It's s quiet, thoughtful entry in the Zombie genre, but it deserves a viewing and it's place in the Canon. The production values are good and it doesn't look cheap, it's a quality film, but perhaps because it doesn't over indulge itself in the typical Zombie gore and continuous coming at ya, it was passed over and down graded. Watch this one and then look for Go Goa Gone...