Outpost - Zum Kämpfen geboren

Das, was gut in einem lustigen Rodriguez-Grindhouse-Splatter-Ausrutscher funktionieren würde, wird hier als ein todernster Horrorfilm serviert. Die Filme von Ed Wood sind "ausgezeichnet", weil sie auf eine gewisse Art und Weise gedreht wurden und eine gewisse Handlung haben – ein Filmemacher-Antitalent in Kombination mit einer unendlichen Naivität, die so groß ist, dass sie die Zuschauer*innen hypnotisiert. Outpost - Zum Kämpfen geboren ist ein gut gedrehter und manchmal sogar spannender B-Movie. Im Hinblick auf den Stoff ist es aber auch eine Verkörperung einer riesigen Infantilität und Naivität. Das ist eine krampfhafte Kombination. Und das Schlimmste ist, dass sie manche Zuschauer*innen ernst nehmen. (27.10.2008)

What a big surprise this film was! Since I didn’t know much about it beforehand, during the first twenty minutes I was pleasantly curious about what would happen next. And what a joy it was to see that someone had finally fulfilled my wish and chose the topic of Nazi experiments, one that offers innumerable possibilities for the horror genre. The entire film is permeated by a good atmosphere and there are even some effective jump-scares at the beginning. Most of the story takes place in an abandoned underground military base, which helps a lot. Outpost joins the group of successful new English horror, it has many elements of it, like the cold northern rawness of Wilderness, for instance. Recommended, 65%. (22.02.2008)

"The Death Bunker" is not a film that utilizes the theme of Nazis so brilliantly, there are certainly better films in terms of the horror genre (such as "Dead Snow", maybe because it is more comedic), but I still think that "The Death Bunker" is a good movie. Although it doesn't stand out from the average, it is a British horror that entertained me, where I felt that it was not just an attempt to quantitatively contribute to the genre. (07.07.2014)

An uninteresting horror B-movie that wastes a good premise in the most reprehensible way. Just the mention of Nazi experiments sends a chill down my spine while I imagine the most depraved and cruel of human actions, but Steve Barker, despite having a story with an interesting idea and a clearly stated goal, failed to put half as much of a horror face on the material as I would have expected. The first two acts are uninteresting and tedious, but at least they keep the viewer's attention thanks to the growing anticipation towards the key twist, which is spiced up by a few interesting deaths and one surviving “guinea pig". But as bored as I was throughout the film, I found the ending utterly annoying and watching the mindless shooting of an army of immortal soldiers was a major screw-up from Barker after the carefully constructed atmosphere. Disappointing, with the exception of Brett's pretty good score there really isn't much worth mentioning. (23.09.2012)