As the world succumbs to a zombie apocalypse, Cole, a hardened mercenary, is chasing the one person who can provide a cure. In his way aren't only the flesh-eating, super-athletic cannibals as humanity's greatest danger, but people themselves! This may or may not contain spoilers, but who cares…This movie was just bad so I wouldn't be spoiling anything cause the movie is already like curdled milk.<br/><br/>At no point did I find the acting by ANY of the actors to be even remotely believable. They have random monologues for the sake of……..'monologuing', it would seem. And, Danny Dyer, as cute as he is, seemed stiff as a board (not in a good way) throughout the whole film. It was almost as if he was forgetting his blocking. Fairbrass was, at very most, excruciatingly stereotypical. The writer tried to give him a back story…by repeating the same scene over and over for you to only find out why his character felt so bad about killing people. I think I was supposed to feel…..something…but I am not sure what and the most I felt was confused and annoyed.<br/><br/>The undead are bland. Half of them run like Olympic Track Stars while others run like Special Olympic Walmart Greeters. I think the director should have made a clear point as to how the undead should move, that way all of the :::cough::: actors were on the same page.<br/><br/>Apparently, when evacuating London during a massive catastrophe, only 1 street has backed up traffic….for a block…with a lane blocked off for road construction, though nothing was actually being done. After you get beyond that grueling traffic jam that was at a stand still for that one block, it is smooth sailing out of London. No worries, folks, the undead won't get you, but by bumping your car into the vehicle ahead of you, you're going to DESTROY your vehicle. Cars aren't made like they used to be made.<br/><br/>Props change faster than I can switch underwear, boyfriends, or the snooze length on my alarm clock…which is quite impressive. Hammers turn into guns that turn back into hammers…which, I suppose, isn't so far fetched assuming Bumble Bee and Optimus have lent you a few of their team…though, changing into a Hammer is fairly lame.<br/><br/>Whatever they used to film this movie with, they should have spent the time kicking around their camcorder like a soccer ball. It would have been used more effectively that way. It would appear, during post-production, the crew got together, got drunk, passed out, woke up, realized they'd done nothing to assist the film in it's stylizing or ambiance, but were too hung-over to care at that point. I was highly aware of several set-lights being used during night scenes. I didn't know that a fishing shed in the middle of the woods would be so well lit at night from so many angles.<br/><br/>Regardless of all of this, I spent most of my time watching the background for people who were not actually part of the film but just happened to be caught by the camera. Check out the office buildings, the couple behind the news reporter, traffic heading into London, traffic IN London, and any more.<br/><br/>I am not saying you shouldn't watch this movie. By all means, watch it if you want to watch it. I recommend this to those with insomnia. Works like a charm! I'm a fan of horror movies, and Devil's Playground is really not as bad as to deserve less than 5 stars. It's definitely above average. I have seen a lot more worse zombie flicks. I like the storyline and most importantly, this movie managed to keep me on tenterhooks. When the new testing drug, that was made to enhance physical performance failed and turned the 29,999 testers into athletic zombies. Cole (the mercenary), under the last plead from a dying scientist has to find Angela in time. As she was the #30,000 tester unaccounted for and most likely was immune to it. Ignore the negative reviews here and watch the show for yourself (That's what i did and i have no regrets).
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