28 days Later Meets Rabid.

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In a sort of 28 Days Later meets Rabid fashion, Rammbock is a film about a zombie outbreak that randomly occurs in Berlin. Just as a man named Michael has returned to give a set of keys back to his old girlfriend.

Now, he is holed up in her apartment, with another young man named Harper.

There are a few other people in the complex as well, and they can speak to one another from their balconies.

Turns out, that if you are bitten, you can ward off the illness, if you can refrain from getting an adrenaline rush. Though, that might be easier said than done under the circumstances.

Either way, the two men must hatch a plan to escape the room they are trapped in- because they have no food to eat.

So they fashion together a makeshift battering ram, and go right through one of the walls.

During this ordeal, they get separated- with one ending up on the roof, and the other stuck in the neighbour's kitchen.

Though, this does allow Harper to discover that a flash of bright light (like from a camera flash) temporarily blinds the zombies.

Thus, they hatch a plan to escape once and for all...but...will all of them be able to make it?

The ending is clearly inspired by Cronenberg's Rabid- though, in a slightly different way.

This isn't a bad little zombie flick. It's relatively short at approximately an hour. And it did, seemingly, go on to inspire a spin off television series. So, there's that. But it was still pretty simple overall...and left me a bit unfulfilled.

Nice effort though.

4.5 out of 10.

score 5/10

meddlecore 17 October 2017

Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw3834361/