Writer: Kurt Hale
Producers: Paul Green/Chien-Wey Wei/Jed Ivie/Adam F. Goldberg
Starring: Cory Sevier/Eve Mauro/Jasen Wade/Danielle Churchran/William Rubio
Year: 2012
Country: US
BBFC Certification: 15
Duration: 90 minutes
The answer is that, while it does have that certain novelty, it wears off very quickly. In general, the movie is terrible as everything doesnât make sense but this is void considering Osama Bin Laden is a freakinâ zombie! You have the cheesy moments where you see the tough, bad-ass bitch with a katana sword slay zombies to relieve stress due to her boyfriendâs death and also the smart-ass one-liners that happen every time a character kills a zombie. Itâs almost like the one-liners were written by the writers in charge of the dialogue from Mighty Morphinâ Power Rangers. The acting is surprisingly decent as each give out a good enough performance and thereâs action aplenty, although sometimes it felt like the movie dragged. The story is bad, which youâd most probably expectâŠI hopeâŠand the script could have been a lot better but considering what the movie is, I doubt youâd find some deep and meaningful conversations between the characters. Overall, Osombie is entertaining for a little while but it gets boring later on and although itâs low budget, the CGI wasnât great when the scenes included headshots. It’s entertaining, it’s fun and overall decent.
The one thing I canât fault about Osombie is that the make-up on the zombies looked great and truly brought the zombies to lifeâŠor death rather. Other than that, itâs not really worth a watch, even for the novelty factor. I wouldnât say give it a miss purely because itâs a movie of Osama Bin Laden turning into a zombie, youâre bound to be curious, but what I will say is take no notice of the serious drama in it and just enjoy the cheesy action and even cheesier dialogue. Itâs a bit of fun and an entertaining waste of ninety minutes and Iâm pretty sure zombie fans may enjoy it if they enjoyed Shaun of the Dead and Zombieland but Osombie is WAY out of their league. If youâre looking for something along the lines of Dawn of the Dead or 28 Days Later, donât bother.
Find more reviews by Darren Camponi by clicking here
Nice review, I basically came to the same conclusion of the film in mine too! Idea had potential, but this film was really disappointing.