Silent Zone

I can't even believe that I paid $5 for this movie. The fights are terrible, the "bleeding" is even worse, and the acting is really bad!! The make-up is really bad too...one part in the beginning was a woman who got bit on the face and it looked like she dipped her face in dirt or rocks. The availability of vehicles for the all too hurried escape time after time was really really bad. I get it that everyone wants to make the perfect zombie movie but it's ridiculous that the "hero" is some guy who blames and blames everyone else because something didn't go to plan as he would of liked. I love zombie movies but this one isn't good at all.

I love zombie movies-I try to watch as many as I can, and I don't mind if they feature unknown actors. Unfortunately, that also means I'm often disappointed. But Silent Zone turned out to be a pleasant surprise.

I expected another low-budget B-movie filled with cool action scenes, gory zombies, minimal plot, and cliché characters. Instead, I got a film that blends action-horror with genuine drama. The characters are multidimensional, and there were a few plot twists that genuinely surprised me (no spoilers here!).

It's a slow-burn in parts but builds great tension and delivers solid emotional moments alongside the action. If you're a fan of the genre, I definitely recommend giving Silent Zone a chance.

Okay, I have to be honest-when my friends and I sat down to watch Silent Zone, we fully expected a disaster. We're big fans of watching B-movies together, the kind where the plot's a mess, the acting's rough, and the fun comes from laughing at how bad it is. We grabbed snacks, got comfortable, and were ready for some low-budget, post-apocalyptic nonsense. But here's the thing... Silent Zone actually surprised us. And not in a "so bad it's good" way, but in a "wait, this is actually kind of decent?" way.

Sure, the setup is classic B-movie fare. It's the usual post-apocalyptic world, a deadly outbreak, desperate survivors, and the struggle to find safety. Nothing new there. But somewhere along the way, the film actually hooked us. The tension was solid, and there were at least three twists that none of us saw coming. Not groundbreaking stuff, but just clever enough to keep us invested. The story might be familiar, but it never felt lazy. In fact, it felt like the filmmakers were actually trying, which is more than I can say for a lot of movies in this genre.

The characters? Surprisingly good. We went in expecting cardboard cutouts, but they had depth. By the end, we actually cared about what happened to them. And yeah, I'll admit it-I got a little emotional in the final act, which is not what I thought would happen when I hit play.

And Matt Devere? Never heard of him before this, but wow. That guy has a seriously cool voice. The kind of voice that makes you pay attention. He brought this calm, tough energy to his role, and honestly, it really worked. No idea why I haven't seen him in more stuff, but he definitely stood out here.

By the end, we all looked at each other like, "That was actually good, right?" Maybe it's because we went in with zero expectations, but Silent Zone turned out to be a solid, enjoyable movie. It's not just a film to make fun of-it's one that's actually worth watching.

While I had indeed never heard about this 2025 zombie movie titled "Silent Zone", then given my love of all things zombie, of course I had to check it out, without the shadow of a doubt.

Writers Viktor Csák and Krisztián Illés put together a fair enough script. Sure, for a zombie movie, then it was somewhat generic. But it still proved entertaining nonetheless, so the movie did what it was supposed to do.

There wasn't a single familiar actor or actress on the cast list, which is actually something I do enjoy whenever I watch a movie. The acting performances in the movie were fair.

The snarling sounds that the infected, or zombies, made was just downright stupid. It just added a very unnecessary comedy element to the infected, and thus taking away from what was supposed to be scary.

Something that definitely was interesting in "Silent Zone" was that writers Viktor Csák and Krisztián Illés actually put in a small boy turning into an infected. That is usually something zombie movies tend to stay well clear of, so that was a nice touch.

However, the zombie make-up and effects left much to be desired. This was ultimately a low budget zombie movie and it showed. I wasn't particularly impressed with the effects in the movie. I've seen worse low budget zombie effects, of course, but the effects in "Silent Zone" were nothing to write home about.

Some of the music in the movie borrowed a bit too heavily from the iconic "28 Days Later" theme.

"Silent Zone", despite of having a title that made zero sense to the contents of the movie, was a watchable zombie movie, but nothing out of the ordinary. There are far better zombie movies out there.

My rating of director Peter Deak's 2025 zombie movie "Silent Zone" lands on a five out of ten stars.

Everything that needs to be in a film of this genre is present in Silent Zone: a simple plot, intense action, hordes of the undead, and a mad scientist.

However: The acting is bad, the dialogue is dull, and the fight scenes are so poorly executed that I actually laughed out loud at times. The director clearly didn't have an armorer on set. The way the actors handle firearms is comical, and the amount of muzzle flash is ridiculously unrealistic. The tension of traveling through the remnants of civilization is nonexistent. The characters don't fit together, they are underdeveloped, and they left no impression on me.

To sum up: The framework of this film could serve as a starting point for writing a script for any movie in this genre. Silent Zone is a failure only because it didn't have enough funding.