Disaster L.A.: The Last Zombie Apocalypse Begins Here (2014)

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

It is bad, it is cheap and it is almost offensive. Probably the worst makeup ever and bad actors. But the main gripe is the silly plot. It is just a stringing together of nonsense. There are so many other movies in the same genre and all of them are better. Waste of time.

I can't even believe anyone is calling this FRESH or ORIGINAL. As some have stated, this starts off as a rip off of Cloverfield. The party scene, getting to know the characters that will eventually bore you to tears with sob story after sob story, that eventually comes about with each new death. And speaking of death scenes, all completely unnecessary as it appears, multiple people decide to stop, tell the others to run. They sacrifice themselves for absolutely no reason, because in the time it took them to stop and explain WHY they were going to sacrifice themselves, they could have run away. Next rip off, lines, seemingly taken directly from ALIENS! The "What are we gonna do" taken from Bill Paxton's roll, along with others from that scene. I'm surprised they didn't throw in Burke's line about building a fire and singing songs.This film wasted more time on emotional depth, and honestly, these characters weren't worth caring about. Even from the first scene where the girl becomes a zombie, the people watching her attack the first victim are about as emotional over this as they would be at a restaurant when they hear a dish break in the kitchen. Example: "What's that?" "Dish broke." "Okay, and you were saying ...?" It's all pretty much, "Oh well, who cares?"Yet another Cloverfield plot rip off, the lead character, deciding he needs to make sure his ex is safe, and then we discover her new man is a douche. It gets worse and more unexplainable as the douche steals their car, and SOMEHOW, gets pulled out of it and killed. The most interesting part is how did this happen in a zombie breakout with what amounts to a handful of zombies? It all boils down into a lot of going nowhere and doing nothing. I'd just say to watch it if you're a fan of seeing how bad a movie can be, and I'm not talking "So bad, it's good", I'm talking, so bad I'll never get that time off my life back.

A meteor shower causes fires throughout Los Angeles. The toxic smoke from said fires makes anyone who inhales it transform into a lethal flesh-eating zombie. A close-knit group of friends try to survive the chaotic zombie outbreak by escaping to the coast.Writer/director Tanner Clay keeps the taut and gripping story moving at a constant brisk pace, creates a strong mood of dread and doom, delivers a considerable amount of nerve-rattling suspense, and maintains a tough gritty tone throughout. Moreover, Clay relates the apocalyptic scenario at a poignant and intimate human level that gives the familiar, yet still effective and engrossing premise an extra potent emotional punch. The sound acting from a capable no-name cast holds the picture together, with especially praiseworthy contributions from Justin Roy as nice guy John, Jerod Meaghan as John's rowdy brother Turner, Ron Hanks as the antsy Scott, Michael Tabor as the geeky Adam, and Stefanie Estes as John's fetching ex-girlfriend Tori. The zombies look really creepy and the CGI effects are overall acceptable. Clay's dynamic widescreen cinematography makes exciting and energetic use of a hand-held camera. Clay's ominous pulsating score does the heart-pounding trick. Worth a watch for avid zombie horror fans.

First thing you should know about this movie is it is a one/two man outfit, a guy named Tyler and a guy named John, also the name of the main characters. Now you know the above, the movie gains an extra point for that, so in my eyes it goes from a 3 to a 4 purely because its been made on a low budget and by one/two people only. I'm a bit of a fan of B-movies, as generally, they try harder than the Hollywood classic-rip offs we have all grown used to.The effects are minimal, there is a small amount of blood, the plot/storyline makes little sense considering this is a zombie film. These are running zombies too which have the ability to open door knobs when it suits them but apparently cannot push open a shower door?The action is slow paced and dull, the characters are honestly misfits you wouldn't want around you during a zombie apocalypse. There is no character build up, characters die and I find myself not caring one bit because I could hardly remember their names.Decisions made by the characters seem stupid and not very well thought out, nothing is explained and the ending was abysmal, perhaps a small after credit scene showing survivors on the coast or a rebuild going on, the meteors taken away under cloth or something by the army?There was a lot of potential for this movie, and if this is the directors first movie making attempt I feel it is good in its own right, but it wouldn't be something you'd spend a good bit of money on.