"Brace yourself, kids - Hell's breaking loose!"La Horde starts off as an emotional Euro-drama, then lurches into a cross between a solid action pot-boiler and a flashily-shot US TV show, but ten minutes in it becomes a full-on, uncompromising and brutal zombie flick. Think Assault On Precinct 13 with the undead as the assailants, as a bunch of cops seek revenge on a gang hiding out in a near-deserted tower block, only for them to be thrown together as the zombie apocalypse arrives. The bleakness echoes early Romero, but these zombies are super-strong and super-fast. The effective cast plays it straight and with considerable enthusiasm, and with only a couple of dialogue-heavy lulls, the film has real drive. Go with the original French soundtrack - the English dub is hilariously over-the-top to the point of parody. A good making-of DVD extra shows the abundant enthusiasm of the directors for their first movie which clearly spills over into the film itself.
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