Scouts Guide To The Zombie Apocalypse Yes It S Unfortunately Real

One would hope that a film with a title like Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse would be a lot more fun than the movie we wound up getting. Completely devoid of laughs, compelling characters, scares, memorable action, ideas, or fun, this is one of the blandest movies that will be released to multiplexes this year – or any year – that contains such a silly title. Maybe it’s the fault of the zombies, who nowadays are so difficult to make engaging or fun. We’ve seen so many zombie movies, particularly in the last decade, that we’re suffering from oversaturation. The movies need to do something extra to get us to become invested, since to us it feels like we’ve seen this same film over and over again. Even Cooties, which was just a generic zombie movie, had a killer hook. Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse‘s hook is that the heroes are all nerdy boy scouts, but in reality this premise is barely used, leading to the result being nothing we haven’t seen before. Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse does have a bloody climax, but because the filmmaking is garbage – the cuts are too quick, the only light comes from “party lights” (which means you’re not going to see much), and it’s just the same thing over and over again – it isn’t very fun. Sure, zombies get chopped up by power tools and explode in various shades of crimson, but how long can that be enjoyable, especially when you can barely even see what’s going on? The only character arc is so simple that it could be done better in a 3-panel comic strip. What we’ve essentially got with Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse is an R-rated horror-comedy that doesn’t want to use its premise for much physical comedy – outside of some sexual jokes involving the zombies; yes, really – and whose spoken sense of humor will only appeal to those who are far too young to see it. It doesn’t want to take its setup in any way that is fresh or interesting. It’s bland, uninventive, stupid, and fails to make up for this with its over-the-top conclusion, which comes too late and is so poorly made that you aren’t shocked when you learn the same director made Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones. Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse had the potential to be a really funny, over-the-top zombie movie, but it turned out to be a dull and generic one. Bottom Line: A bland zombie movie, Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse wastes any potential it had to become as generic as possible. Recommendation: There are few mainstream zombie movies worse than this one, so just rent a better one at home. [rating=1]