Customer Reviews
A cowpat of a movie - By: Kentishman, 13 Nov 2008 
The storyline for this film had great potential. A former Nazi bunkerin Eastern Europe, where experiments to create a supersoldier were conducted. Mixin some space-time science & a band of mercenaries & you have the makings of a good movie.
It is unfortunate then that there are so many plot holes - the Nazi soldiers are first ghosts, then zombies, they can appear & disappear at will yet do not use this power. There also seems to be no reason why the Nazi soldiers cannot begin reconquering Europe, but instead they are happy to roam the bunker & the woods immediately surrounding them.
I'm not a big fan of horror films & Outpost has helped to remind me why. Save your money & don't rent or buy this film.
Swill - By: John R. Wade, 10 Nov 2008 Imagine 'Dog Soldiers' without the engaging characterisation, pace, or script. I found myself swearing at the film & the friend who brought it round by the end. Truly, truly awful.
Best horror film I've seen this year - By: Dr Jones, 09 Nov 2008 
If anyone ever needed proof that brainstorming sessions can produce occasional sparks of pure genius, surely they need look no further than Outpost. One can almost imagine the conversation amongst the producers when they came up with this one:
"Okay, let's have a horror film with lots of shooting & swearing & dark rooms & stuff. Hmm, we need to add something a bit different. Okay, let's have Nazisin it. No, wait, let's have evil undead zombie Nazis. Sorted."
Well, regardless of the creative process behind it, Outpost is a great example of an effective, offbeat action horror movie that doesn't rely on expensive computer animation or A-list actors to get the job done.
Setin a conspicuously unspecified Eastern European country, Outpost kicks off by introducing main character DC, played by a paunchy but authorative Ray Stevenson. Leader of a rag-tag band of mercenaries, he's lured into escorting a wealthy scientist out to an abandoned WW2 bunkerin exchange for lots of the green stuff. Once on site however, it's not long before bad things start to happen as the team uncovers evidence of gruesome Nazi medical experiments. Worse still, mysterious soldiers seem to appear & disappear at will, picking off members of the team one by one, usuallyin gruesome fashion.
It's typical horror movie 'anything to string things along' stuff, but it's surprisingly well executed. And despite the fact that Nazis have been used as movie villains roughly three times as long as I've been alive, there's still something wonderfully chilling about those swastikas, battered steel helmets & leather trench coats.
A word of warning to any amateur physicists out there however - the inevitable explanation scene, involving something about Einstein's Unified Field Theory, will probably be enough to bring on a seizure. For most of us uneducated plebs though, it provides a suitably jargon-filled sci-fi twist.
Full marks to the casting department on this one. The mercenary team is filled with wonderfully fleshed out characters, ranging from theives to former terrorists, child soldiers & full on lunatics. More importantly, the cast, made up largely of unknown but solid actors, really seem comfortablein their roles. They're not young & super-fit archetypes, but grizzled & seasoned veterans. And by deliberately not trying to make them likeable, they actually achieve quite the opposite effect.
Overall then, Outpost is one of those rare films that manages to span two separate genres without selling anyone short. Action fans should enjoy some impressive set pieces & grittily realistic combat, while horror buffs will appreciate some genuine scares & the sense of lurking menace that permeats the whole production.
Absolutely Appalling... - By: R. GRAY, 08 Nov 2008 Possibly the worst film I have ever rented. I have no idea how this film even gets its 18 rating as being extremely violent as there is hardly any gore or action for that matter anywhere! Seriously people, zombies & Nazis are two separate evil entities that really shouldnt be mixed. The film is basically a lot of talking, & just tells us for about an hour how the Nazis made zombies backin WWII that could have been summed upin 15 minutes. Not scary, poor acting, no gore & hardly much swearing. Oh, & just because the front cover looks pretty ace, does NOT mean the film is like that! Avoid this one at all costs, & go spend your money on something decent or decent-er like Wanted or for that matter, The Dark Knight!
Poor - By: Woody, 07 Nov 2008 A poor script which was a shame for the cast. Too many holesin the storyline. One minute the nazis were ghosts appearing at will, then they became zombies who appeared at night with a forward on attack. Avoid.
