THE ALPHA VIRUS - Army of the Dead Zombies Explained
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After a zombie outbreak in Las Vegas, a group of mercenaries takes the ultimate gamble by venturing into the quarantine zone for the greatest heist ever.
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A distracted driver driving a car filled with C4 and TNT apparently.
@filmcomicsexplained
3 жыл бұрын
lol
@elite1361
3 жыл бұрын
Also funny how they pay zero attention to the street not even when the headlights of the upcoming car shines them directly in the face
@ZombieSlayer-dj3wb
3 жыл бұрын
A real impact would be much different
@khanhnguyen-tt3ff
3 жыл бұрын
The real question why the cargo only one car deep not two or three cars.
@Ms_StoryDragon
3 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣
Leads a zombie army A professional person before the zombification Wears protective metal armor Has a sense of honor Intelligent enough to understand barter Has zombie animals thats not Zeus the Alpha thats Dr.Zomboss
@aknowleadge4787
3 жыл бұрын
If that is Dr.Zomboss then where is his big mech?
@Daa_Black_Rainbow
3 жыл бұрын
@@aknowleadge4787 I said wears protective metal armor that counts the mech
@Lazare7782
3 жыл бұрын
Yes ur right
@kyvilfongkot6372
3 жыл бұрын
Heh pvz refrence
@Imagined_order_masterchief
3 жыл бұрын
This mean this is actually prequel movie to plants vs zombies
I also noticed that although they are zombies. Zeus's hair actually grow as he had a near shaved head when he first appeared. What I'm thinking is that Zeus must have intentionally infected the soldiers and/or law enforcement and other humans who are physically agile and strong as Alphas because they would be very beneficial for the survival of their species. As I noticed some of the Alphas had Military fatigues and Law Enforcement uniforms or what resembles them.
What's most impressive is that you made this movie sound far more interesting then the story actually was.
@HartlyLion
3 жыл бұрын
The zombies ARE interesting. It's very unfortunate that this is a Hollywood film.
@Agent-57
3 жыл бұрын
@@HartlyLion so you are telling if it's Hollywood it's bad
@fakeaways2490
3 жыл бұрын
Yes probably one of the worst zombie films I watched no originality what so ever apart from the rain zombie what they talk about but never see or the warm flesh idea, they're in the navada dessert all the zombies should be killing each other
@cornycontent1915
3 жыл бұрын
@@Agent-57 Hollywood = Tainted with Satanic blood magic. So, yes, it sucks.
@Zenocius
3 жыл бұрын
@@Agent-57 Koreans would've done it better
Can we talk about how those soldiers made so many dumb decisions.
@alexscott7943
3 жыл бұрын
Well soldiers are dumb so...
@PVTShadow8492
3 жыл бұрын
I mean what do you expect...part of me was sad though we didn't see any Shamblers are people too Activists because lets face it in this day in age, there would be people protesting the killing of Shamblers. To be fair atleast one soldier had the right idea...he knew he was dead...though truthfully I would have dropped the smoke earlier
@serdirtbagoftheleft4045
3 жыл бұрын
@@PVTShadow8492 yes the dumb libtards would support zombies, because being against police brutality is just as dumb as protesting killing zombies
@denisewilliams9987
3 жыл бұрын
I’m t’ouïr service. No elite soldiers act like that. That completely took me out of the movie. I turned it off after the soldier scene.
@martinramirez21
3 жыл бұрын
@@serdirtbagoftheleft4045 I hope you get a taste of it, if it's so wonderful.
A "prison" that ends up becoming a kingdom? That has definite Escape from New York vibes for me.
@SolidBedunga
2 жыл бұрын
Now I want to see Snake Plisskin go up againts a zombie infested NYC
@Wavemaninawe
Жыл бұрын
@@SolidBedunga Please dont dig up and re-animate Isaac Hayes. Let the man keep some dignity.
Helpful piece of advice, don't drop SF in parachutes into the packed streets of Las Vegas.
@ryangshooter_1682
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah the paratrooper part was pretty stupid 1st off why not land them on roofs if you could 2nd why are they only armed with handguns they should be armed with at least an infantry rifle or a light machine gun
@Fausto23370
3 жыл бұрын
The sad reality is that would actually happen lmao
@hereticsign
3 жыл бұрын
@@Fausto23370 only if you were in command.
@Fausto23370
3 жыл бұрын
@@hereticsign the stupidity that leadership does knows no bounds I would bet they would do that .
@Plausible_Prism2810
3 жыл бұрын
@@ryangshooter_1682 yeah he dint even stand a chance he just got immediately rip apart.
The zombie hierarchy is kind of like the vamps in I AM LEGEND
@FiftyStates5
3 жыл бұрын
Vamps?
@MadManH
3 жыл бұрын
@@FiftyStates5 in the movie it was zombies but in the book they were vampires
@theenigmaalie2792
3 жыл бұрын
@@MadManH yeah and there’s a part where they get the females to undress outside the main guys house to try and get him to come out 😂😂😂
@Joomorn
3 жыл бұрын
@@theenigmaalie2792 He also constantly thinks of having sex with the female vampires lol
@theenigmaalie2792
3 жыл бұрын
@@Joomorn that’s why they undress outside his house to make it harder for him to stay inside 😂😂😂
This movie was hilarious! I genuinely laughed out loud when the chick (don’t even remember her unforgettable character) was killed by getting her head turned around, I thought that was just… 👌🏼
@samfisher6331
3 жыл бұрын
That was hilarious, she was the partner of batista's charac. And later wanted to be his wife, but bro, that's kinda sociopathic to laugh at. Well i did too... oh sh-
@dwecktek
3 жыл бұрын
Yea her death was so god damn stupid
@Manguepuch
3 жыл бұрын
What i also found funny was the thought about how cool a zombie tiger would be but handn't seen one in media, there are sharks, squirrels, monkeys, even zebras but up until this movie i didn't saw a tiger
@TheZackkary1
3 жыл бұрын
There’s films that are ‘mindless fun’ and then there’s films that are just mindless… like this. I’m glad you guys found it hilarious, I was bored as fuck.
@marcusmcquillan1195
3 жыл бұрын
What the hegg is wrong with your brain
I was just skimming KZread thinking damn I wish there was a new film comics explained out... 10 minutes later and here I am 😂
Fun fact. Dude that played the alpha is the same lead antagonist from John Carpenter Ghosts of Mars.
@SONOFKORUPT76
3 жыл бұрын
That’s actually pretty cool
@hotpopcorncake
3 жыл бұрын
It didn't help the movie
@ellijahsmith4445
3 жыл бұрын
@@hotpopcorncake I’ll be honest. I know people kind of shit on it but idk what move goers are expecting theses days from movies? It was a fun movie that I really enjoyed.
@lamelwinston5638
3 жыл бұрын
@@ellijahsmith4445 agreed but their where some things that still really pisses me off like how nobody helped the most badass chick even tho they were only 20 feet away.
@sushigimme
2 жыл бұрын
@@lamelwinston5638 Exactly, and how Kate's whole story arc felt extremely forced. Instead of saving one person, her reckless and bratty attitude gets nearly everyone killed. Kinda like Tokyo from Money Heist.
I wanted to see the shamblers rise again in the rain and the team should of had to fight through them to escape, that wouldve been epic
A few of the zombies had eyes that glowed blue, reminded me of Black Ops zombies
@realitychanger2.058
3 жыл бұрын
I noticed that way into the movie, but they're sprinkled in throughout the alpha groups in certain parts of the story. Apparently they're robots. You can see guzman(?) Shoot one in the face and it looks like a glowing blue terminator looking face underneath
@geekhotel1785
3 жыл бұрын
You are correct, they were confirmed robots. We don’t know why, brut hopefully we’ll get more info in the anime prequel series
@TK--hf6db
3 жыл бұрын
@@geekhotel1785 Yeah I can't wait to see that explained. My theory is that the cyborgs are spy drones sent in by an unknown group to spy on the zombies.
@Longshot441
3 жыл бұрын
@@TK--hf6db Likely whoever created zues. Keeping an eye on him and how he progresses.
@TK--hf6db
3 жыл бұрын
@@Longshot441 That's certainly possible but who knows maybe they are cyborg zombies from the future but inside the present because of the time loop.
That security convoy for something so lethal was such a joke.
lol when ı heard about distracted driver comment ı smile :D
I think there's some sort of alien intervention with the Alpha because it really really looks like two UFO light looking things shoot off at high speeds from above the military base at the very start
@filmcomicsexplained
3 жыл бұрын
I noticed that too. When the convoy leaves the base at the start there are two lights hovering in the background that move at blinding speeds. I thought it was lightning first time round. They are too fast to be human vessels. Got to be aliens!
@BaileyM666
3 жыл бұрын
@@filmcomicsexplained yesss sir that's what I was thinking, missed it first time jus thought it was lense flare but second look it deffo moves like two lights blasting off, I think the alien side of it would be a good explanation as to why a lot of these zombie type creatures had glowing blue stuff in them too
@nerdychefseb6197
3 жыл бұрын
Ya the baby all blue and glowing....alien stuff right there
@asasasas-tt9zj
3 жыл бұрын
@@nerdychefseb6197 yeah no, goto Roanoke and watch his video This is most likely a nanotechnology gone Rouge
I thought that the sparks from the head when shot was a World War Z easter egg, in regard to the Pyrotechnically Initiated Explosive round. The NATO 5.56 PIE cartridge (also known as a Cherry PIE round) was the staple cartridge in the reclamation of North America from the Zombie Horde in World War Z. Usually fired from the Standard Infantry Rifle, the Pyrotechnically Initiated Explosive round was designed to inflict maximum damage by superheating and exploding after striking its target. Partial headshots and neckshots to zombies became killshots as the area around the wound would burn up and explode. The Cherry Pie nickname is drawn from the reddish fiery glow that sometimes emanated from the orifices of the zombie skull when the round entered the head.
Something on my mind about this is a group of armed soldiers fired on Zeus and he didn't even die/flinch but a single bullet in the head from a pistol instantly killed him because I'm pretty sure someone in those group of trained soldiers could've landed a headshot or hit Zeus at least once. Did he lose his invincibility along the way or something?
@iamtired4974
3 жыл бұрын
Chick that barely held a weapon and had no training prior whole incident, too.
@Mrhandyhitman
3 жыл бұрын
Yea he had the face armor it was invisible, I think the other word for it would be called plot armor lol
@mr.forgottenone9910
3 жыл бұрын
I think the soldiers didn't realize what they were fighting and since Zeus was fast they couldn't really get a good shot as where in the end when he dies they were close up so it was a clear shot
@a.k3arns561
3 жыл бұрын
Also have to consider the shock factor. Most likely they hit him in the body but it was shown to have little effect on him therefore as a trained soldier shooting someone in the body would usually slow you down yet didn’t in this instance would shock you. Additionally if the virus or outbreak sprung from a super solider serum gone wrong it could be likely that he did have some “super” traits again scaring the soldiers
@MoneyyyOG
3 жыл бұрын
bruh zeus moved fast as fuck and the soilders had no time to react their bullets just missed
The 2 lights that shoot away in the sky at the beginning had me thinking this Alpha virus was extraterrestrial
@Chicagowhitesox-iz6zl
3 жыл бұрын
As the corona virus
@cohan_bro5485
3 жыл бұрын
Definitely aliens
Ironic that the Callsign of the convoy is the 4 horsemen
@Space_Toasty
3 жыл бұрын
It really isn't, he did it on purpose
@Space_Toasty
3 жыл бұрын
Welp, i guess it is, but it was purposeful
@Space_Toasty
3 жыл бұрын
I loved the movie
@peckerthemecher
3 жыл бұрын
And not at all subtle
The trailer made it way cooler looking and more fast pace.
At the start of the movie, there are two UFOs over the military base.
@d.adamson5769
3 жыл бұрын
Wicked Eagle Eye! Shweet Good catch! So, they're making subtle statement that no matter what happens we're ALL being monitored and even manipulated by off-world interest. Kind of suggesting that earth's inhabitants nothing more than a planetary petri dish under a watchful eye.. Purpose still remains unclear.
@d.adamson5769
3 жыл бұрын
@lets get *burbs* funky.. Correct grammar..it's too N0t to. Addtl, the point your trying to make non-sequitar. Cheers Funky! 🎊
@cohan_bro5485
3 жыл бұрын
I went and looked and you’re right good catch.
@gamerstheater1187
2 жыл бұрын
theory: aliens can to earth looking for a cure to a zombie virus in their world in exchange for alien tech, the humans agree and then they help try to find a cure to the virus and tested it on Zeus
Distracted driver? I love that a guy getting “brain” causes the zombie apocalypse. Best joke in the film.
My favorite part of the movie was when they showed the "city" of Las Vegas as being just the Strip in the middle of the desert with no surroundings
As someone who was in the military the idea that the convoy doesnt have immediate action for really the one casualty is immersion shattering.
@sushigimme
2 жыл бұрын
And the fact that those two idiot "soldiers" were acting like pre-pubescent kids on a sleepover playing 20 questions while not being able to keep their eyes on the road, is just straight up lazy writing.
@Tribrid-zv3nq
10 ай бұрын
Its fiction... plus they didnt know what they were transporting
Thank you someone finally mentioned the freaking Zombie robots in the movie. If you slow down some shots of the Alpha there are more than a few with glowing blue eyes
@Tribrid-zv3nq
10 ай бұрын
And the sparks and you can see machinery
Damn I thought he was about to break into a "Keeps" sponsorship when he started talking about hair loss. 😆
@AkibanaZero
3 жыл бұрын
I mean, that would have been a solid segue
When Guzman holds that gold AK pattern rifle sideways it makes me want to scream
One thing I do hope we get is some explanation for the robo zombies...though I do have a small idea on that one. This thing did come from Area 51...maybe they made cyborg super soldiers to try to kill Zeus...but it backfried
@Longshot441
3 жыл бұрын
Think it was more in the way of viewing his progress. Likely who ever created him wanted to see how he evolved in the world.
Amazing work as always bro, thanks for the entertaining reviews
Great video!!! I always enjoy your content in the mornings
Dude this video was better than the actual film. Thank you. Great explanation and all your videos are made with such enthusiasm its awesome. Thank you
Your intro cut was better than the movie. Maybe a little more dialog from the drivers to point at area 51 but otherwise it would have made a much better intro
I'm usually not so critical but damn I wasted 2 n half hours watching this movie... I really hope the potential sequel stays in the grave. The zombie tiger was kinda cool though.
@Longshot441
3 жыл бұрын
Batista should have fought the tiger. Would have been a tad more epic than what we got.
@sparkflames_ao
3 жыл бұрын
I personally liked the movie, it's something new and unique compared to many zombies films and series but they definitely could if shortened it... Spent way too much time panning on characters facial expressions and actions, not enough atmospheric scenes for me.
@Longshot441
3 жыл бұрын
@@sparkflames_ao Agreed.
@iceheart1289
3 жыл бұрын
@@sparkflames_ao it wasn't all bad, but with all the Netflix hype my expectations were much higher, I might give it a 2nd watch
@Draycoe
3 жыл бұрын
Agreed, it had some good ideas, but a mediocre film none the less.
7:34 best scream ever
Another great video as always. I thought the best part of this movie was the introduction montage where Las Vegas is overrun and the military is overwhelmed. I wish more movies would focus exclusively on that stage of the zombie apocalypse. Sadly, the nampalm strike is the closest we'll get to The Battle of Yonkers.
I really love how different the movie is. Great Job❤️❤️ on the video.
Amazing video as always!
Hopefully the next army of the dead has less plot holes
Excellent, as always!
I hate that none of the Mercs wear armor when going back to the zombie area. “Yeah lemme just go back with my huge biceps exposed and no plating on my extremities which could be bitten”.
Where have I been?? I did not know this movie even existed! Thanks for the info and great video!!
Love your in depth virus content
Thanks for the years of insight and entertainment
This movie took me by surprise. Thought I was going to watch “just another zombie movie”. Instead found myself entranced by Zeus and Hera and actually found this movie completely wonderful to watch.
I'm not generally a fan of zombie films, but I do recommend this one. Looking forward to more in this "series" or world or whatever you want to call it.
Amazing video! I can’t wait for the resume of the 28 days later comics series
I can't wait to see more about the robot zombies
All this movie had going for it was it looked amazing everything else was fucking shit, I’m glad I’m not the only one who feels the same
@donnmckee4973
3 жыл бұрын
Could have used less dialog especially the father daughter arc. Waste of potential but a beautiful looking movie none the less
@62.81
3 жыл бұрын
I only watched it bc I hadn’t seen a zombie movie in a while. The ending pissed me off
@donnmckee4973
3 жыл бұрын
@@62.81 same here
Zombie Tiger, that’s just too much. Great flick, very long but enjoyable for end to end.
Wish we knew more about the robot zombies! Some scenes you can see several blue eyed zombies. Likely the robots!
Was waiting for you to review this zombie virus from this movie.
Honestly, a zombie Elvis leading a legion of zombies would’ve been a hell of a lot better Hell, he’s literally called: “The King”
@filmcomicsexplained
2 жыл бұрын
Thats what I was thinking too bro!
I love all your videos 💖. If possible could you do a video on the zombie virus in Kingdom?
It kinda reminds me of dead rising 4 Standerd zombies - shamblers Evo zombies - aplha's Calder a smart zombie that orders the evo's and bow this guy from army of the dead Wierdly very similair
10/10 keep up the phenomenal work
A new virus video! Yay!
I always see this on Netflix and wasn't too sure about it but now ima start watching it
Ahahaha attracted to sound but didn't wake up from the scream of the german boy 😂😂
I always thought that the glowing eyes and sparks when they shot that zombie in the head were from ethier a tracer or incendiary round.
@garethllewellyn215
3 жыл бұрын
you see the same bright blue glowing eyes on zombies in the pool area when zeus is intimidating his peace offering just before he bites him and throws him in the pool
I'm looking forward to more movies of this being done
“The less you know the better” lol we know everything we are hauling, the BOLs state everything that is on that truck.
The 'blink and you'll miss it' robot zombies happen a few times, you actually see one in one of the clips abit before you say it with the same guy shooting it.
@FilmComicsExplained You missed a very important detail about shamblers explained in the film. Shamblers will dry out when exposed to long periods of sunlight. This causes them to go in state of hibernation till it rains then they will become active again. So that's why the Shamblers hibernate in Dark Places to avoid direct sunlight so shamblers do show some basic biological awareness to avoid sunlight. ^_^ I hope you read this.
I've seen cars colliding in my life but I never saw any sedan that explodes upon impact with an armoured vehicle and then disintegrates. Zeus' zombie horse runs faster that Tig Notaro's flying helicopter in going to The Olympus Casino. The mercenaries having the door of the trailer left open after passing through is a very stupid mistake. Snyder failed to edit this movie before releasing officially and the awful, stupid mistakes are so evident.
" Crashes into uh... 'distracted driver'. " - Film Comics explained 2021
I am eagerly awaiting more from this universe. There are some time travel or multiverse thing going on, robot zombies, aliens. Also Zeus' brain was also blue as was his baby before it died. My theory is that aliens are involved somehow.
I watched this 2 days ago. I really liked it.
“ Crashes into a ahhhhhh… distracted driver” 😂😂
See... this makes me really wanna make my Zombie/Power Ranger story a real thing now...
I’m really hoping you don’t stop this particular series. It’s my favorite 🥺 Could you continue it by maybe doing one on virus/infection in “The Bay”. It’s a creepy found footage movie. Oh also I know you don’t discuss books, but if you enjoy epidemiology-fiction/virus apocalypse stories, my favorite book is The Troop, by Nick Cutter. Gut wrenching and horrifying and sad and depressing and disgusting and disturbing. It doesn’t let up. Just an amazing book!
As much as I'm tired of zombie movies I have to give this one credit for trying something different to make the zombies' threat level warranted.
"distracted driver" was a classic pg13 spin on what actually "went down" lmao
Hey niyat you should do a video about malthus from the conjuring universe
@filmcomicsexplained
3 жыл бұрын
Sounds good!
Nice
Just imagine this man with cinema summary and nerd explains combined
The one thing I wanted to see is the zombie horse have some action of eating or trembling someone to death in the movie because it would be interesting to see it do something besides transporting zeus around Las vegas
@bladegod5286
3 жыл бұрын
@edmunds tomsons I hate auto correct I couldn't get the right word to stay
Zombies, Robo Zombies, Animal Zombies and Aliens .... Amazing universe created by the one and the only Zack Snyder.
Zack did something excellent and maybe something new for the zombie genre.
@jimthompson939
3 жыл бұрын
Breathed no life in to it.
@AkibanaZero
3 жыл бұрын
I thought so, too. It's been a while since I've been this excited for a new zombie franchise. I wonder if that Area 51 stuff ends up leading into something bigger and not just a cheeky remark.
@iamtired4974
3 жыл бұрын
None of what he has done was new to the genre; intelligent tribalistic zombies, pregnant zombie, animal zombies, all that was done before and even back during like 80's.
When he started talking about hair i thought he'd segue into a keeps ad.
Would love to see you do a vid on the movie sputnik (2020) and its alien
Driver was distracted all right heh heh
The scene where the tiger attacks the traitor was vicious man
@6:24 you see the sparks shoot out of the zombie shot here as well.
Check out the film “the girl with all the gifts” for more hibernating zombies! It’s got a pretty neat plot too
Glad Zack is back doing horror films again..
mabye the shamblers hybernate so they decay slower when they enter vegas there dry corpses of the shablers and rain fall makes them more active
I absolutely loved this movie! Army of the Dead and now Black Summer season 2, its going to be a good year for Zombie lovers.
Reckon you could do one for The World's End?
I have a type of zombie named Maxarius Telmigara, he is half-human half-zombie and his pretty much the Perfect Zombie
Hey niyat you should make a video on days gone it has a very interesting virus and would make a great video
I'm getting some dead rising 2 vibes since this is was set in Las Vegas
All ive learned from this movie is that when a real life zombie apocalypse happens everyones iq will fall by 80 points.
I don't think those were necessarily sparks indicating robots, because when Zeus got domed right at the end and then later Kate had to shoot her dad that same blue substance came out. I'm guessing it was either the substance that turned people or some by product of the pathogen.
“Albeit, with a sickly yellow hue to them.” I just found out a horrible truth, I think Zeus is a sith lord.
Honestly I started to watch this movie cinema HD I really have to finish watch
You should do one on Voyagers.
I really doubt that was a robotic zombie. Several alphas are seen with that blue stuff, especially the fetus. That may have something to do with the antigen itself.
@SnowPaw404
2 жыл бұрын
the writer said in an interview with Polygon there were a few robot zombies
@SolidBedunga
2 жыл бұрын
@@SnowPaw404 Does that make any sense in the context of the movie? Because it sounds really stupid to me
@SnowPaw404
2 жыл бұрын
@@SolidBedunga probably setup for the sequel
The fact how they were able to get a baby is just damnnn
Thanks for the video!! See you later!! Stay safe.😉