Apocalypse Z: The Beginning of the End
Year: 2024
Studio: Nostromo Pictures
Director: Carles Torrens
Cast: Francisco Ortiz, José María Yázpik, Berta Vázquez, Iria del Río, Marta Poveda, Amalia Gómez
Crew: Adrián Guerra (Producer), Carles Torrens (Director), Manel Loureiro (Novel), Ángel Agudo (Screenplay), Núria Valls (Producer), Elías M. Félix (Director of Photography)
Runtime: 119 minutes
Release: Oct 04, 2024
IMDb: 6.70/10 by 1,079 users
Popularity: 26
Country: Spain
Language: العربية, English, Français, Galego, Deutsch, Português, Pусский, Español
Budget: 0
Revenue: 500,000

In spite of a exciting trailer Apocalypse Z fails to deliver. Perhaps the most immediately noticeable negative is the tiresome need to play politics. An anti-Russian sentiment is front and centre, throughout a large chunk of this film. Looking beyond this, it takes far too long for what is essentially an action movie, akin to say "World War Z", to get off the ground. This film drags, at times, with sporadic moments of action, that never really amount to anything satisfying. In summary, if more emphasis had been placed on crafting a compelling story rather than playing politics, this might have amounted to a decent film.Certainly the cast is strong and the acting's excellent but on its own, its simply not enough. A mediocre watch, at best.