Valley of the Dead

Valley of the Dead follows the standard Zombie flick formula with one or two twists, that add a little added novelty. Its Spanish civil war setting is not something I have seen before. It offers a tie in with Nazi experimentation and creation of zombies, as a biological weapon. Given Hitler backed one side of the conflict this is a clever tie in. Does it really make a difference though? Well in a superficial sense, yes. But then this is a drama that runs primarily on exposition, shoot zo…

At the latest since id software published their second Wolfenstein game, there's a "Nazis making zombies" trope. This instance isn't especially original, and I agree with the reviewer who was annoyed about the PC BS (though it wasn't overmuch). But there's two aspects that make this movie stand out in a good light: the pacing, and the banter. Especially the latter. While the characters are a bit schematic, the dialogue is nimble, amusing, and makes the characters more alive. All in all …