Anger of the Dead (also known as Apocalisse Zero) is a 2015 Italian zombie film written and directed by Francesco Picone.
Anger of the Dead | |
---|---|
![]() Film poster | |
Directed by | Francesco Picone |
Written by | Francesco Picone |
Produced by |
|
Cinematography | Mirco Sgarzi |
Edited by | Francesco Picone |
Music by | Gabriele Caselli |
Production companies | |
Distributed by | Uncork'd Entertainment[1] |
Release date |
|
Running time | 84 minutes[1] |
Country | Italy[3] |
After a zombie apocalypse, Alice, who is pregnant, seeks to find a safer place to live. Along the way, she discovers a mute woman being held prisoner by the merciless Captain Rooker, a member of a paramilitary group.
In the United States, Anger of the Dead was released theatrically on 8 January and on DVD on 2 February 2016.[4]
Writing for The Hollywood Reporter, Frank Scheck described the film as a rip-off of The Walking Dead that has poor editing and cheap special effects.[1] Martin Tsai of the Los Angeles Times wrote that the film "reveals particularly misogynistic and misanthropic filmmaking".[5] Matt Boiselle of Dread Central called it "definitely worth the view-time" despite his initial misgivings over watching a horror film produced by Uwe Boll.[6] Although Bloody Disgusting's reviewer Trace Thurman wrote that Anger of the Dead is "a poorly-scripted and poorly-acted slog of a film", he described Picone as "quite a talented director" and complimented the cinematography, which he said makes the film "somewhat watchable".[7]