An end of the world battle between gangsters, cops and zombies. When detective Mathias Rivoallan is found murdered by the gang led by the Nigerian Markudi, detectives Jimenez, Aurore, Ouessem and Tony decide to revenge the death of his friend. The vigilantes plot bloodshed, executing Markudi, his brother Bola (Doudou Masta) and the other gangsters in the abandoned building where they are gathered. However, things go wrong when the watchman arrives and the violent gang subdues the quartet and tortures them. Meanwhile, the lookouts of the gang hear explosions, sirens and the weird sound of the rabble. a group of crooked cops decide to avenge the murder of one of their own by killing the gangsters responsible. when they go to the gang's hideout however, they are quickly overcome by the men they came to kill. before the cops can be killed, a zombie outbreak in the city reaches the building they are in, and both groups are forced to work together to survive and escape.<br/><br/>The Horde is a french movie with subtitles, which i thought would put me off at first, but i,m glad i stuck with it as i really enjoyed it. the zombies are fast moving and vicious, and the action is fast and furious with the movie moving at a quick pace. gorehounds will be happy too because their is blood, and plenty of it.<br/><br/>it's a shame that the zombie outbreak is never really explained, but that's a minor quibble considering the rest of the movie should satisfy any zombie fan Foreign filmmakers seem to put more emphasis on choosing good actors over pretty ones, not only do they act well but they look like real people which really lends credibility to what's happening on screen. The environment was really dirty and gritty and reminded me of the beginning of the No Mercy map of Left4Dead. That said the ending got a little corny with the sudden heroic death of the cop, the cheesy lines of the Old Soldier (or maybe it was just a bad translation), the fiery grenade (grenades produce shrapnel, not fire), the sudden extreme shaky cam out of nowhere, and the black guy falling out of character and forgetting that the woman planned to murder him at the end. Still, this was an above average zombie movie.
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