Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on January 2012

Perhaps even George Romero never thought of staging a zombie movie in the harsh, withering arena of West Africa, but British filmmaking brothers Howard J. and Jonathan Ford did, and it works. Indeed, the Dark Continent’s ravaged geopolitical reputation adds an exceedingly disturbing authenticity, if that’s the word. A white military engineer (Rob Freeman) seeking rescue and a native soldier (Prince David Oseia) seeking his son combine forces in a kind of road movie and fight their way through relentless armies of traditional, slowly shuffling, eerily white-eyed black undead. Gorgeous cinematography.