Battle of the Damned

Plot synopsis:
A group of mercenaries led by Maj. Max Gatling are fleeing from a failed rescue attempt, having been hired by a rich industrialist to enter a zombie-infested city to rescue his daughter Jude. At the extraction point, Gatling tells Smiley that he is staying to find Jude and complete the mission. After searching through the city and killing many zombies on the way, he locates Jude and tells her that he is going to get her out of the city, and she takes him to other survivors. There, he is introduced to the survivors including group leader Duke, Reese, Elvis, Lynn, and Anna. Jude is revealed to be in a relationship with Reese and pregnant with his child. The next day when Gatling, Jude, and the others go out to retrieve gasoline from a gas station, Gatling attempts to get Jude out of the city by force when she refuses to go without the others. However, he is stopped by the others and left for dead. After discovering that Jude is pregnant, Reese rushes to Gatling's aid so that Jude can be taken out of the city. At this point it is revealed that not only is Jude's father some rich industrialist, but he is also the one who caused the zombie pandemic. While returning to the stronghold to get Jude, Gatling and Reese discover a band of non-programmed robots. Gatling reprograms the robots and proceeds to the stronghold. When it is revealed that the city is to be firebombed, Gatling and all of the survivors make preparations to escape.
On the day of the escape, Gatling, Jude, the survivors, and the robots shoot down and kill many zombies along the way. When taking defensive positions while being attacked at a junkyard, Duke ditches them all and hides away. The robots also malfunction and one begins to attack Gatling. Gatling destroys the robot, and the rest of them reboot. Gatling, Jude, Reese, and the remaining survivors escape the junkyard in a car being pushed by the remaining robots. Duke is left behind and eaten by zombies. Gatling and the others then arrive at a car parking complex and go underground while the robots hold back the zombies. Once the Zombies start swarming the car park, Gatling and the others struggle to fight them off. Gatling finds that one of the robots is still functioning and he sends it to find Jude.
As the firebombing starts and reaches the complex, Gatling, Jude, and Reese jump into a partly flooded level of the complex to escape the fire. Once the firebombing ceases, Jude and Reese leave the complex, and all of the city is shown to be entirely destroyed. They meet up with Gatling, who reveals to Reese that a part of his mission is not only to take Jude home, but to kill anybody that can whistle-blow on the outbreak. But knowing that Jude and Reese are expecting, Gatling decides to let Reese live and the three of them then leave together with the last surviving robot who Max asks to get him a coffee.

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Review:
Although the zombie attacks are less and lees in the middle of the film, they come back with a running vengeance that overwhelms most of the survivors.The plot is thin and basic, but the added adventures when the robots come into the picture change the course of their actions quickly.
There was some sketchy dialog particularly noticeable when Dolph's character max was speaking with his fellow soldier while they were walking on the bridge early in the movie, and some of the acting was stilted, but I loved that the zombies moved quickly and the robots were fun.
now this is even stranger because I've never seen the previous film, but heard about it on the message board here, and in THIS film, the robots mention the massacre and program error, so its the same robots LMAO!!!sorry to ramble on, but give this one a try, its a pretty fun throwback to trashier days starring a great action trash actor ;).
First of all, I would like to mention that this is an 100% b movie, not only in terms of budget but also in terms of plot, acting and effects.
When they do die the soldiers/mercs die because even though they fought well they were simply over run by superior numbers not because of total complete incompetence which is the standard for 99% of zombie flicks.Most movies like this have some sort of special forces or organized shock troops that go into battle against the zombies and then just slowly take random unaimed volleys into the zombie crowds with little or no effect and then die pointlessly- their entire lives full of training and discipline completely forgotten and unused- VERY unrealistic.
After a zombie outbreak in Asia, the mercenary Major Max Gatling (Dolph Lundgren) is hired by a wealthy industrialist that was the responsible for the pandemic to rescue his daughter Jude (Melanie Zanetti) with his team from a city.
Then they find a group of robots killing zombies and Max reprograms them to help the survivors to escape.
Will the group succeed to escape?"Battle of the Damned" is a laughable movie with Dolph Lundgren in the lead role.
If it wasn't Dolph Lundgren as the action hero(with a GREAT heroes name "Max Gatling") than this movie would score much lower.
A quick search solved this dilemma "Battle Of The Damned is written and directed by Christopher Hatton (who previously made Robotropolis), will commence shooting in Malaysia this summer, and will be released at some point in 2013." So recycled robots, and effects...and yes, i am reviewing that movie next (out of order on purpose since they don't really have anything to do with each other) If you like Dolph, then it is fine, mindless fun.
The city is quarantined and a soldier and his team are hired to rescue his daughter.Christopher Hatton writes and directs this low budget science fiction romp that fuses two sub-genre subjects, the modern zombie-infected and Robots.
The violence is aplenty, with the gun and abundance of knife play being effective enough.There's no small Dolph Lundgren cameo it's very much is his film focusing on his Max Gatling character throughout.
Beneath the low end production there is quite a good story even if it swaps development, depth and pacing for action.Don't expect too much, Hatton has a lot on his hands juggling all the high concept elements coherently and keeps it linear but what is on offer is the infected, robots and soldier high-jinks and basically that's what it delivers..
Zombies, robots and Dolph Lundgren....
And corporate CEO hires military expert Max (played by Dolph Lundgren) to infiltrate the infected quarantine zone and bring back his daughter.That was basically the storyline.
It works for what it is intended to do though, and the movie is entertaining enough in itself.As for the infected, or zombies, well first of all they were hyper-mobile and agile, running around and making odd bestial growling sounds.
Not super great, but it is enjoyable, and well worth watching a single time.With the people hired for the various characters and roles, you know what you are getting for your money's worth, so don't expect Oscar winning performances here.If you enjoy Dolph Lundgren's movies, then I am sure you will find some enjoyment in "Battle of the Damned".
But not this movie, this movie is a testament to how awesome and epic the Dolph can be.Here is what your in for when you watch this movie Spin kicks, roundhouses, handcuff chokes, guns, zombies getting blasted, a dumb plot.
Seems like a horrible way to attack and kill zombies, and it would be if you were anyone but Dolph.
I guess there's other actors in this movie, I have no idea who they are or what there story is every time they came on screen I just spaced out till Dolph came back on.So to recap you will love this movie if you don't care about things like dialog and plot, and instead care about important things like smashing a zombies head in with a well placed round spin kick.Seriously, watch this movie..
Dolph Lundgren is a soldier for hire who gets employed by an individual who wants him to go into a quarantined city of infected people and rescue his daughter.
Also while trapped in the city Dolph and his fellow survivors come across Robots that happen to have wondered into the city fresh off of malfunctioning and killing people from another movie called Robotropolis.
And by the end, this off the beaten track little entry in to his back catalogue has become a most jumbled mix of horror, action and sci-fi that's a hell of a lot to keep up with in a film not even ninety minutes long.
So, we open with Dolph in the action, battling zombies that aren't very scary and you don't really take much notice of, and the camera's too bloody close up for you to enjoy any of it anyway.After that, the big Swede tracks down the missing daughter, a whiny, stuck up little madam who leads him to some others, making her just one of a group of annoying people, including her geeky boyfriend Reese (Matt Doran), eccentric old ham Duke (David Field), who seems to be in charge of it all, and Chinese, martial artist pair Elvis and Lynn.
Average b-movie action with killer robots and fake zombies.
We've seen the same concept before, of a bad-ass going into a dangerous quarantined city to save someone (in Escape from New York for one), but this time, there's "zombies" and robots.
For an action film, it matters as I kept thinking that Dolph was going through the motions instead of actually fighting.The CGI robots were done nicely enough (although recycled from Robotropolis), but they took too long to appear, had no personality and seemed underused to me.
After a devastating viral outbreak, a soldier is sent into a quarantined city to rescue the daughter of an important businessman and enlists the aid of an army of robots to stave off the advancing zombie hordes and complete his mission.This is a highly enjoyable and absolutely entertaining blast of a zombie/action film hybrid.
The zombies are kept as a great threat throughout because there's so many of them in here, and that forces the survivors to have to find several ways of dealing with them safely as they're always around, so there's a ton of confrontations to come through with the group forced to deal with the swarm in here from the supermarket brawl to the chase through the ghettos and finally the assault on the compound which starts in the best part of the film, the last act with the reinforcements.
Since these are spent in their compound not a lot happens here and it does have some rather long moments where it feels like it's just going in circles trying to get her to come along and refusing without going anywhere or getting anything accomplished, and this leads to a pretty boring middle section of the film in between all the fun action bits, but overall it's a lot more fun and enjoyable than anything else.Rated R: Graphic Violence and Language..
Dolph has done it, Seagal has done it, soon every 2 bit actor has done a zombie Movie.
However, it is saved by good sfx and decent acting.The zombies are "modern", i.e. they move like the zombies in 28 Days later and Worls War Z, they react to sound and you can kill them by any way you can - not just a head shot or decapitation.The Movie is not bad, just not exciting at all.
It has some good humor and doesn't take itself seriously, Dolph really makes a bad movie be watchable.
Killer robots, flesh eating running zombies and Dolph Lundgren, it's a fun action mix..
Dolph Lundgren in a zombie movie.
If you like such series like Resident Evil and Underworld you gonna enjoy Battle of the Damned (2013).The characters is boring and the action scene is unbearable with bad camera angle and lighting but if you want a midnight popcorn flick this movie might do the trick.There also bad CGI robot in there too.
Awful, slipshod film another entry in the " Zombie Epidemic"genre but in this case and as various characters say a few times in the film, these are not zombies.They are infected, they can be killed by being shot anywhere, not just in the head or anyhow, stabbed, blown up etc, the only thing they have in common with zombies is they eat flesh.Film as you would expect " borrows" liberally from other films such as " World War Z" and "28 Days Later" both much better films than this.Even has the audacity to copy characters from "Day Of The Dead" and " Land Of The Dead".Dolph Lundgren looks old and bored and acts accordingly, and so will you be.
The only interesting thing is the robots that walk around killing zombies, they are quite good.
Dolph Lundgren + zombies + robots = you do the math.
Hatton ups the ante in this one by including Dolph Lundgren and zombies, so it sounds pretty much like a B-movie lover's dream.And, truth be told, it isn't so bad for what is quite obviously a cheap B-flick.
As long as you're OK with that, and you are an action flick film as I am, this is entertaining enough to spend a rainy Sunday afternoon watching.The acting--outside of Lundgren--is not great.
This, if it is a sequel, bears almost no resemblance to the poor effort displayed in Robotropolis.Overall, if you are a fan of Dolph, you like action and you like Zombie movies, this is enjoyable.
Following a deadly viral outbreak, private military soldier Max Gatling (Dolph Lundgren) leads a handful of survivors and a ragtag band of robots against an army of the infected.I know the 1980s are over and action films are not what they used to be, but I have to feel sorry for Dolph.
This film is SO BAD, I'm trying to think of someone responsible for wasting 90 minutes of my precious time that I can sue!Same old rubbish - zombies or infected folk running around causing chaos, but these ones can run better than when they were alive or healthy!And speaking of running, it's about time Dolph Lundgren gave up dodgy action movies - he has the dexterity of a constipated, arthritic nun!
Compared to much of what's out there in the zombie/horror genre the gore level is relatively low, but this action packed piece is well done and plenty entertaining.Dolf has great screen presence and he along with the rest of cast had no problem selling this science fiction nightmare with solid acting performances.
Overall, Battle Of The Damned is a good low budget(not low quality) zombie/action film worth watching for fans of the genre.
"Zombies, killer robots, nice town you got here." After a viral outbreak causes people to turn into zombies, military soldier Max Gatling (Lundgren) is called into battle.
Not only must he fight off the zombie army with a few human survivors, but a group of robots that have been trained to kill as well.
Perhaps it was the tough act of Dolph Lundgren or the cuteness of Melanie Zanetti or the ridiculous bit with the utility robots, but I enjoyed watching parts of the movie for some reason.The plot is a combination of Resident Evil and Escape from L.A. Zombies have overrun a city which is quarantined from outside.
It's a zombie movie with killer robot soldiers.
Then, after you find out they are not really zombies, and therefore can be put down rather easily, and the robots usually kill only when they have good reason, you begin to realize that a certain amount of thought has gone into this project.
So a Mitt Romney look-a-like hires major Max Gatlin (Dolph Lungren) to breech the blockade and brave the zombies to get his daughter.
Some zombie killing robots were thrown into the mix later on in the movie.
Will entertain anyone who loves B-movies that fit into the action, sci-fi, and horror genre.
He now moves into the sci-fi / horror B-movie arena with "Battle of the Damned." A movie that has Lundgren kicking butt and blowing away the "enemy" can only get better when you add zombies AND robots to the equation.Commander Max Gatling enters Thailand to rescue an industrialist's daughter from the clutches of populace infected with a virus that turns them into ravenous cannibals.
As the masses of ferocious sick begin to overtake them, he does what any desperate hero would do to keep himself and his rag-tag group alive he trains battle-ready robots to help take out every hungry creature they see.There's plenty of action, gore, and wanton destruction in "Battle of the Damned." It's about as good as it gets when diving into the world of sci-fi / horror B-movies.
One thing the movie doesn't have is any nudity or sensuality."Battle of the Damned" will entertain anyone who loves B-movies that fit into the action, sci-fi, and horror genre.
So yeah basically the same plot as a couple of hundred other action flicks.The twist is the "Dangerous area" is full of zombies, and on top of that military grade robots are also out in force.With a hostile reception from all sides upon his arrival Lungren must dig deep to find and rescue the girl.It's dumb, it looks shoddy and despite the zombies vs robots thing which is remotely original the whole thing feels oddly familiar.For fans of Lungren or hardcore zombie nuts only.The Good: Lungren still looks the part Kind of original The Bad: Crappy zombies SFX more miss than hit Weak kills Seven shades of dumb Things I Learnt From This Movie: Every Asian person knows martial arts......it's 2017 people come on!
Battle of the Damned is the story of an ex-soldier (Lundgren) who has to save a girl from a quarantined city filled with zombies.
Getting out they encounter a bunch of robots that should help them achieving their goal.I thought Battle of the Damned was a nice movie.
Dolph Lundgren can still carry an action movie like this, although he runs around as if he carries a big turd in his pants.
Dolph Lundgren like Arnold and Stallone is getting a little long in the tooth for this kind of action movie.
After a viral outbreak in unnamed SE Asian city that looks like Johor Baru, Malaysia, Max (Dolph Lundgren with reading glasses) is hired to find and rescue Jude (Melanie Zanetti) the somewhat rebellious daughter of a rich man.
So even tough i was tired and not really prepare to watch a Dolph movie(no beer and such lol) i gave it a shot and i actually liked it.Its a good little zombie movie with some weird concepts and ideas but that don't actually look bad at all.
But all the characters seem to dispatch them with ease without never getting bitten even at very close range until they are overwhelmed for the typical zombie death scene.In any case, its a very low budget unusual Dolph movie, and yet i had fun watching it.
In this movie Dolph Lundgren has the mission to get in an city infested with zombies rescue June, the daughter of an important business man.
I guess Dolph enjoyed making this movie because he does what he knows to do best.
Has a little humor in it, plenty of action, acting is OK, is not so long, so I don't see what is to hate about this one.I liked because I've seen something new added to this genre..
There is a zombie outbreak on an abandoned street, and Dolph Lundgren spends the majority of the film walking up and down this street with other soldiers killing random zombies who run out every now and again, trying to kill them.After doing this for a while, he bumps into a girl who looks like a young Sigourney Weaver, and she takes him back to the big house at the end of this street, much to the frustration of the other people in the house.Oh, and there are killer robots, and Lundgren gets chained to a lamp post....If you don't mind watching Lundgren walking round for ninety minutes shooting and stabbing things running at him, then this is the movie for you.It's devoid of anything though, decent story, script, characterisation, and any intensity.
but when the synopsis states that Lundgren fights zombies with the aide of killer robots, I obviously wasn't expecting much, but I was expecting a little cheesy fun, but I didn't.It goes very bizarre come the end of the film, but shouldn't bonkers movies be a little fun?It's a boring affair from beginning to end, and that's a shame, because this should have been a funny old romp..
An action film starring Dolph Lundgren that pits Zombies against Killer Robots, surely if ever there was a recipe for success?