La Horde, a French zombie film, is equal parts action, shoot-em-up, and horror all mixed into a perfect concoction that is dramatic, suspenseful, and gory!
In many ways this film is both original and unoriginal in its' attempts to bring life to the dead. Some viewers will love it and others will despise it, as with most movies. One thing that was impressive was the directors attempts to create an action packed zombie film, that was not a tribute to the genre and was not a tribute to George Romero (though some might argue that any zombie movie is a tribute to Romero). The directors of La Horde are passionate about this movie and serve up a great does of action-packed horror that is uniquely French.
Quite possibly the best part about this movie is the characters, with the two leading roles played by an African Americal male and a woman, who were both intelligent, corageous, and resilient. The black guy doesn't get killed first, and he's not a comedic side-kick basking in ignorance, he is a gritty, 100% BA! The woman avoids overdramatics and demeaning naievety and instead opts for tough-girl vengeance upon anything and anyone that get's in her way.
This movie will go down as an excellent film for action enthusiasts, and probably not so great for true zombie genre fans. It doesn't stray away from the pack to make it remarkable, but it does offer the best parts of the "fast, superhuman zombie" makes of recent years.
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