Synopsis
Sometimes the past comes back to bite you.
Two rival mob families are transferred from the Witness Protection Agency by mistake to same city, Temecula, CA, and find themselves fending off a zombie outbreak.
Directed by Andy Palmer
Two rival mob families are transferred from the Witness Protection Agency by mistake to same city, Temecula, CA, and find themselves fending off a zombie outbreak.
Sometimes I sigh when I see a new zombie film and think the sub genre has overstayed its welcome but then something like WITNESS INFECTION comes along and breathes so much welcomed life (and brains!) right back in to it. This is the sort of film I can easily just drift away with the characters and not even need anything dramatic to happen as I was already invested in their own story of politically angled arranged marriages and Capulet vs Montague vibes. The fact that zombies are carefully thrown in as something to just accompany the story and bring out the comedy more is extremely welcome. The comedy is often subtle and while not laugh out loud every minute or two, it remains heart warming and easy to watch. When the action does take off, everything looks impressive and the film lines up nicely from earlier plot points.
Certainly enjoyed it a heap and would have no hesitation in revisiting.
A comedy horror movie that is neither funny enough nor scary enough, and doesn't even do a good enough job with some lashings of gore and carnage, Witness Infection is almost a textbook example of how NOT to deliver a zombie comedy. The fact that it is written by two of the stars should have set my Spidey-sense tingling.
Robert Belushi plays Carlo, a nice young man who happens to be the son of a mobster (played by Carlos Alazraqui). He has a brother (Dominic, played by Bret Ernst) who is more at ease with their mobster status, but Carlo is required to marry his brother's girlfriend (Patricia, played by Erinn Hayes) in order to make peace between his family…
Terrible acting and amateurish. Only managed 15 mins, then switched it off.
Allegedly a comedy; allegedly a horror. Proven to be neither.
Competent but generic zombie/mafia/comedy film that has a lot of potential but waters down its components and goes for the easy chuckles of stereotyped characters and oodles of groan-worthy cheese. When all you try for is plucking the low hanging fruit, you'll never reach great heights.
Full video review here: youtu.be/Dn60TQa-8WY
Witness and idiotic zombie themed horror comedy about two Mafia families who may live in Southern California under witness proctection,but are still carrying on with their mob activities as a zombie apcalypse breaks out that threatens them and everyone else on the planet.
Director Andy Palmer(THE FUNHOUSE MASSACRE,CAMP COLD BROOK) and scriptwriters Carlos Alazraqui(MINIONS HOLIDAY SPECIAL) and (the film's co-star)Jill-Marie Melean all fail to display anything that is horrific nor hilarious as it is just one bumbling character after an other who stumbles around on-screen as the main gory zombie action(of flesh chomping and intestines ripping) is svaed for the last 30 minutes as it is all stuff that we have all seen before but done way better. The only…
Two rival mob families must forget past differences and band together to fight against a zombie outbreak brought on by some suspect Italian sausage!! 😅
This is like 2 movies in one, FROM DUSK TILL DAWN style...but with zombies, 1st half is like a Goodfellas parody followed by a full on gore fest zombie ride! The zombies don't make a real appearance until around half way through, the hilarious bickering family makes up the time until then.
Barring the odd exception most zom-com's fail quite badly...glad to report this one is actually... pretty darn good. The humour is great, numerous laugh out loud moments, funny characters and the gore is really well done when it comes around. Good zombie fun, recommended 👍
Stick around for an extra scene during the credits too.
7.5/10
It's mediocre in most aspects, but Maurice Lamarche doing a live action DonBot from Futurama is pretty legit. Monique Coleman has a superb speech, too. Otherwise super-meh.
There was too much talking and not enough zombie gore for my liking. It was funny at times, silly at others but overall I thought it was fine. If you like the idea of farting zombies then this is the film for you...
'witness infection' has everything you want: zombies, the mob, dog-grooming, a love triangle, competing restaurants and an aspiring filmmaker. truly checks every box.
suuuper-duper run of the mill, horrific pacing & chronology, but authentically so-bad-it's-good. a insanely plotpacked spin on the zombie apocalypse story, genuinely interested in the entire mob backstory that left much to the imagination and deserves at LEAST two more movies.
Well made but incredibly run of the mill.
It’s a combination zombie comedy and mob comedy…two things we’ve seen enough of, frankly.
On the plus side, the acting is all pretty solid, with some nice comedic performances. The funny is actually funny. It’s shot really well, and overall has a nice look to it.
On the down side, it takes waaaaaaay too long to get going. The zombie stuff doesn’t even really start until the 45 minute point, and the mob stuff just isn’t that interesting. It’s all also pretty derivative, trying a little too hard to fit into the Shaun of the Dead stylings.
It’s not exactly worth the watch, but if you’re stuck watching it, it’s fine.