Director: Kiah Roache-Turner
Writer: Tristan Roache-Turner, Kiah Roache-Turner (Screenplay)
Starring: Jay Gallagher, Bianca Bradley, Leon Burchill, Luke McKenzie, Yure Covich, Keith Agius, Catherine Terracini
Plot: Barry is a talented mechanic and family man whose life is torn apart on the eve of a zombie apocalypse. His sister, Brooke, is kidnapped by a sinister team of gas-mask wearing soldiers & experimented on by a psychotic doctor. While Brooke plans her escape Barry goes out on the road to find her & teams up with Benny, a fellow survivor – together they must arm themselves and prepare to battle their way through hordes of flesh-eating monsters in a harsh Australian bushland.
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Verdict: Pure Zombie Fun
Story: Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead starts by having heavily armoured man run out of barn to retrieve a car, they are fully armed and take out zombies left, right and center. Rewind time to the day before where Benny (Burchill) tells his story of what he was doing before the zombies turned up, where his friends were missing one a zombie one his first victim. Barry (Gallagher) tells the story of what he did before he got to the group where he has to protect his wife and child after a routine day. We see how Brooke (Bradey) Barry’s sister is doing a photo shoot before encounter and witnessing her friends turn into zombies. Barry arms himself and his family with common handyman equipment to make a daring escape at night.
We see Brooke get kidnapped by soldiers and Barry’s family turn leaving him with the decision to put them out of their misery. Brooke has been taken for experiments and finds herself tied up in a room with both zombies and other victims. Returning to Barry alone on the roadside where he meets a stranger who leads him to meet Benny. We continue to see the experiments being performed on Brooke while Barry finds a couple more survivors who explain what has been happening and also help discover a new fuel supply. And we are back to the beginning, which explain why they have to take the car the way they do.
Car armoured, fuel tank filled the three survivors set out to try and get to Brooke. Brooke discovers that the experiments that have been getting performed on her have given her the ability to control zombies. We see how Barry, Benny and Frank have a great means of transport where nothing can get to them, they find out that they can only run the car by day because the zombies become faster and deadly by night. Brooke having her new powers plans her own escape and with them she becomes the most powerfully person on the road and teaming up with her brother to get revenge on the people who took Brooke.
Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead manages to take what is a very familiar villain on the zombies and makes it step up to the next level, it loses any serious side to make way for the fun side and it is like watching a zombie video game unfold on front of you. This doesn’t mean it is a bad thing rather just accepts that it isn’t going to be the most serious and that you should just sit back and enjoys the action. The core parts of story are easy to follow and the supporting characters take most of the action while out lead just plays angry throughout. This is a story the diehard zombie fans will enjoy but don’t expect a game changer. (7/10)
Actor Review
Jay Gallagher: Barry who has to kill his family after they turn and sets out to find his sister before it is too late. He gets heavily armoured up along with other survivors to uncover the truth. Jay does a solid job as the angry man who has lost loved ones to the zombies. (7/10)
Bianca Bradey: Brooke who is an artist who gets kidnapped by the military men and put through experiments only to end up with the power to control zombies to do anything she wants them too. Bianca does a solid job even if most of the film she is tied up. (6/10)
Leon Burchill: Benny stranger who joins Barry on his mission to get Brooke back, he makes the silly choices and says all the wrong things but is easily the funniest character in the film. Leon is the scene stealer with his comments will make you laugh as we know that Barry is keeping his cards hidden Benny just blurts out anything. (7/10)
Support Cast: Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead has your typical zombie survivors supporting cast with the soldiers, and people trying to survive with past that will reflect their eventual deaths.
Director Review: Kiah Roache-Turner – Kiah does a good job directing one of the better zombie films on recent years and one that will make you enjoy the film. (7/10)
Action: Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead is filled with action with plenty of zombie killing action. (9/10)
Horror: Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead puts you in a zombie apocalypse which always makes for good horror. (8/10)
Settings: Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead puts the action in the Australian outback which makes for a different setting than we are used too. (8/10)
Special Effects: Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead uses very good effects with the zombie kills. (9/10)
Suggestion: Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead is one for the horror fans to enjoy especially if you like a zombie film. (Horror Fans Watch)
Best Part: The final human villain’s death is very good and original.
Worst Part: Might have had more action.
Action Scene Of The Film: The car retrieval.
Believability: No (0/10)
Chances of Tears: No (0/10)
Chances of Sequel: Could have one.
Post Credits Scene: No
Oscar Chances: No
Runtime: 1 Hour 38 Minutes
Overall: Wyrmwood is one of those horrors films that tries to redefine the genre of action horror with zombies and does a very good job.
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