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Devil's Playground

  • 2010
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 36m
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5.1/10
5.3K
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Devil's Playground (2010)
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London based N-gen tests a performance booster on 30000. A month later, agile zombies plague London, spreading the disease with a bite. One man has 54 hours to find the cure/immune woman.London based N-gen tests a performance booster on 30000. A month later, agile zombies plague London, spreading the disease with a bite. One man has 54 hours to find the cure/immune woman.London based N-gen tests a performance booster on 30000. A month later, agile zombies plague London, spreading the disease with a bite. One man has 54 hours to find the cure/immune woman.

  • Director
    • Mark McQueen
  • Writer
    • Bart Ruspoli
  • Stars
    • Danny Dyer
    • Craig Fairbrass
    • MyAnna Buring
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    5.1/10
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    • Director
      • Mark McQueen
    • Writer
      • Bart Ruspoli
    • Stars
      • Danny Dyer
      • Craig Fairbrass
      • MyAnna Buring
    • 43User reviews
    • 38Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 3 wins total

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    Danny Dyer
    Danny Dyer
    • Joe
    Craig Fairbrass
    Craig Fairbrass
    • Cole
    MyAnna Buring
    MyAnna Buring
    • Angela
    Jaime Murray
    Jaime Murray
    • Lavinia
    Shane Taylor
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    • Geoffrey
    Bart Ruspoli
    Bart Ruspoli
    • Matt Mills
    Craig Conway
    Craig Conway
    • Steve
    Lisa McAllister
    • Kate
    Alistair Petrie
    Alistair Petrie
    • Billing
    Jack Healy
    • Jim
    Del Henney
    Del Henney
    • Michael Brooke
    Colin Salmon
    Colin Salmon
    • Peter White
    Sean Pertwee
    Sean Pertwee
    • Rob
    Ben Shafik
    • Cooper
    Michael Eaves
    • Mr. Morgan
    Nick Cavaliere
    • Landlord
    Steph Bramwell
    • Sandra
    Tim Whitnall
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      • Mark McQueen
    • Writer
      • Bart Ruspoli
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    4WirelessE

    Night of the Living zzzzzz

    Although I imagine this is a straight to DVD affair, I caught this film on the big screen, followed by a Q&A with the director, and other members of cast and crew, who seemed very proud of their work.

    During the showing the film got a few unintentional laughs which led a member of the cast to comment afterwards "I didn't know we had made a comedy zombie film" - No you didn't, you made a film which for the most part was extremely dull, with a wafer thin story and unconvincing characters. The laughter in the audience was due to the poor delivery of meagre lines of script and cliché plot developments.

    With so many zombie films out there, you need a new angle to stand out from the crowd, and it was the directors belief that this comes from the fact that the zombies are free runners. To be fair, although free running zombies is only one step forward from the speedy zombies of the Dawn of the Dead remake and 28 Days Later, it's not a bad idea and I was fairly enthused with the idea of seeing this slight new twist. However I was soon to be extremely disappointed that although the film was being sold with this as its unique selling point, this wasn't exploited at all. Yes, the zombies (which mostly just looked like young people in hoodies) ran fast, jumped and vaulted over cars and other obstacles in their way a few times, but I was left thinking is that it, could they not jump and twist off a few buildings or do something well a bit more visually exciting?

    The fact that this aspect of the film didn't live up to the hype was only compounded by the complete lack of interesting story. I never bought into any of the characters, especially the lead (played by Craig Fairbrass) who for me has no screen presence whatsoever. Within half an hour I couldn't care less whether any of the characters survived, and the zombies were so uninspiring that I couldn't even root for them.

    On the plus side, I thought the film was well shot, with some cool images of London just about stopping me nodding off from boredom a couple of times. Plus there was a genuinely funny cameo from Sean Pertwee (the best part of the film). Shame that his character was never to be seen again, his story might have been more interesting!
    3diFugi

    Killer movie! - it will bore you to death...

    Despite the fast paced action scenes I managed to be bored bored BORED(!) after 40 minutes. The story is so straight lined and clichéd that you can't even be bothered to hope for any twists, and the only character who's slightly believable and sympathetic is Craig Fairbrass (Cole).

    Don't get me wrong. I'm a huge zombie(/virus) fan, and I am aware that you don't necessarily need an amazing script nor 100% believable characters to make an entertaining zombie movie. But if you have neither and you don't have a single new interesting idea – well maybe you should just donate the money for charity instead of wasting it on another dull movie. People seem to compare this with 28 days/weeks later which apart from all of them being British and (relatively) low budget is blasphemy in my ears. In my opinion; if you like 28 days/weeks later – go watch them again instead of wasting your time on this one.
    3bobhartshorn

    Yawn of the Dead

    I sat through this bum-fluff at the recent GoreZone Festival in London's West End and almost lost the will to live before the opening credits had rolled. The prologue featuring bargain-basement 'action-man' Craig Fairbrass woodenly spouting even more wooden dialogue at the camera as a prep for the sub '28 Days Later' 'Rollercoaster' to come, made my heart sink faster than 'The Detonator' ride at Thorpe Park, and quickly proved its pedigree as a very bad omen for things to come.

    Despite the first half hour containing a few nods to the guilty pleasures of Tobe Hooper's 'Lifeforce', there is little to no fun to be derived from this joyless and dispiritingly derivative Brit-Horror that scrapes the bottom of the 'Zombies-what-can-run' barrel into the dirt.

    Accomplished camera-work and Sean Pertwee's hilarious cameo stave off some of the boredom, but a hopeless script and Danny Dyer's pathetic attempt at an emphatic hero put debut director Mark McQueen's puny entry into this exhausted genre deservedly into the dustbin of the underachieving undead.
    6krachtm

    Parkour zombies

    The plot: After a new, experimental drug causes people to turn into acrobatic zombies, a brooding bruiser searches for the one person who can provide a cure.

    Devil's Playground is a derivative and generic zombie movie, but I still enjoyed it. It's basically a ridiculous excuse to show lots of gore SFX and stunt work, the dialogue and acting are often cheesy, and it's undeniably a ripoff of modern "fast zombie" movies (especially 28 Days Later), but if you're in the mood for a B movie, this will satisfy you. If you're expecting it to be original (or even fast-paced), you're sure to be disappointed. It seems assembled from scenes of other zombie movies, but the scenes are competently directed, even if the dialogue and acting are occasionally a bit cheesy. It doesn't really have anything insightful or original to say, but it does manage to throw in lots of impressive stunts. If you're looking for a movie about flesh-eating acrobats, I think you'd have a difficult time finding a better one than this.

    It's difficult to recommend this movie, but undemanding genre fans may enjoy it, despite the flaws. It's worth a view if you don't need anything better than a moody atmosphere, some B movie actors, and a simple plot. It's no classic, but it's a cut above the typical direct-to-video zombie movies that I've been watching lately.
    7Jester222

    Dyer is actually tolerable in this indie budget 28 Hours later

    Not a fan of Danny Dyer, his attempts at being an 'ard man are cringeworthy, but he is tolerable in this fun virus infected maniacs film. I think they did a great job for the low budget. Some good bloody deaths and some attempts at character development too. Human nature and survival, betrayal. Far worse films out there and for a cheap UK film it's good. Shot in 25 days!! Well done to cast and crew for getting that much done in such a short time and budget.

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    • Trivia
      Sean Pertwee makes his cameo as a favor to producer Jonathan Sothcott after having to drop out of Dead Cert at the last minute.
    • Goofs
      Natalie Quye is credited as "Infected Doctor-eating Man", but since she is a woman, that credit should be "Infected Doctor-eating Woman".
    • Connections
      Referenced in Cinemassacre's Monster Madness: Dawn of the Dead (1978) (2013)
    • Soundtracks
      Bringing London To A Standstill
      By James Edward Barker

      Performed by James Edward Barker

      Copyright 2010

      Published by Veneration Music 2010

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    • Release date
      • September 2011 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Sân Chơi Của Quỷ
    • Filming locations
      • Elstree Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UK(Studio)
    • Production companies
      • Intandem Films
      • Black & Blue Films
      • HMR Films
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      • $2,400,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 36m(96 min)
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      • 2.35 : 1

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