23 reviews
I found this movie to be an average zombie movie. The story is standard for a zombie movie that goes with a group of survivors trying to survive against zombies while going to a current location. It's pretty predictable throughout and doesn't bring anything new to the genre. The movie itself is enjoyable with the action scenes in it with the characters fighting against the zombies and is suspenseful throughout. But the movie is repetitive with the characters going to a current location and one of them getting killed by the zombies. The ending is fine, but nothing too interesting to say anything about.
- HorrorDisasterGuy-90617
- Jun 17, 2023
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Give it a fair rating for being first ... but it was not as good as i thought it would be, story line is not unique, and the setting should have variety
- smilejakarta
- Feb 10, 2020
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Let's face it, there are countless of zombie movies at this point, what made this
one stick out more than usual was the somewhat likeable characters and well shot moments followed by some entertaining scenes sprinkled all over the movie to keep you invested in the survivors. With that aside, what stops this movie from being higher than 6 is the many faults that can be seen in zombie movies that just don't know what to do with the characters that were established, I mean without spoiling the movie of course, there are moments that feel rushed, contrived and even tone deaf of what genre it wants to be, what I mean by tone deaf is that they'll have comedic moments at times which would normally be there to break tension and make the audience laugh, but these jokes are so self aware that I mistook it for a comedy when it's trying to be so super serious 90% of the runtime.
Overall, I'm very hard to please in regards to zombie flicks, but this did tick a lot of boxes to make me have a fun time. but I wouldn't revisit it anytime soon.
Overall, I'm very hard to please in regards to zombie flicks, but this did tick a lot of boxes to make me have a fun time. but I wouldn't revisit it anytime soon.
- awfulketchup
- Nov 22, 2020
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Really? A zombie will pause, do a zombie growl, then go attack after? Typical pinoys. Trying very hard to copy 28 weeks later but fails miserably. Train to busan was original with its execution and story. This one is a class a copycat
- mostjaypee
- Feb 24, 2020
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Although compare with the zombie movie of others well-developed countries, Philippines's Movie still have more to develop and change, but Block Z is one of the Philippines's Movie I have seen that is good movie.
At the end of the movie, It make me feel the story not ended, Would Block Z will have part 2? If it have, I am looking forward to watch that.
- wkwong-80785
- Dec 13, 2020
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Barely watchable, but far from good. It reminds me of those old horror films when people do the stupidest things.
- Bookermcco
- Sep 18, 2021
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Pay attention to details. They even added the last scene for a chance of sequel? Lolz..no creativity. I'll give a three for the effort. I just feel bad for the future of the filipino film industry.
- cindygraceh
- Jan 22, 2021
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I've Watched Block Z many times in the cinema and on TV, Thanks to KBO.A pay-per-view service of ABS-CBN.The Soundtrack of the Fight Scenes Were Good.The Sacrifice of some of the cast was remarkable. Joshua's Character is Good also Julia's Character is good too.Julia also showed girl power in this film.Which is Excellent.
- tasigabriel
- Apr 4, 2020
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Bad acting and poor script. I really wanted to like this since am a fan Zombie movie genre.
- chickenjoy
- Oct 11, 2020
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Everyone is bashing this movie because the movie has no originality. But for me, this movie is absolutely excellent!! Red is just a great Director and a great Story Writer! The cinematography is perfect and The casts' acting skills are absolutely perfect. My rating of this movie is 8 because there are questions that are unanswered like "Where did the human bite came from?" and "What happened to Bebeth?". The ending has a potential that there will be a part 2 of this movie. For me, this movie is thrilling and fun and this is a must-watch movie!
- franzjosephl
- Apr 2, 2020
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A far cry from Hollywood zombie films. But it is a 6 for me because it shows promise.
- pjipad-61737
- Feb 11, 2020
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- erikajanebedia
- Mar 2, 2024
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- marleyy-71343
- Mar 13, 2020
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There are screenings here at CA and there were alot of pilipinos there, but the poster outside the theater caught my attention so i decided to check it out and called a friend over, and glad we did enjoy it! i must say asian movies are really good at making these kinds of films. It was really good like korea's Train to Busan and the wailing. Worth the money.
This film is more thrilling like Train to Busan! You should see the intense action in the movie!
- terahgabrielfrancisco
- Feb 2, 2020
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Block Z is a visceral experience all throughout. It is not the best but it is something new to watch out for on how i felt proud for this take on a genre. The director proves once again how masterful he is with building tension within a scene and stacking one moment on top of the other like his other films Birdshot, Dead Kids and Eerie. A big step and improvement in the right direction for genre films in our country and it is worth checking out, first in Philippine cinema to encounter such a new big film to a audience
- gizmothecatmcpe-19067
- Jan 29, 2020
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At first i was hating and bashing this movie before hand judging by the trailer because i thought it was too horrible. I came in the cinema expecting nothing but after i came out i just realized that it was really good!! I was not expecting this kind of movie from star cinema, kudos to the director! Philippine Cinema is reallg improving
Theres a dog who cant figure out what to eat for a snack in this. Dog is shown wearing a business suit (because of the mainframe shift) (couple kids found and flipped some hidden switches). Anyway, the dog opens some aluminum foil wrapping which reveals a single berry. Camera zooms in on the berry for 99.9% of the films running time. I like when people who want nothing go to work like this. You might offer them a good pillow and in response they'd pull out a small model of their body thats missing a hand.
I've been a long time lurker of IMDB and this is my first ever movie review on this site.
Whenever i planned to watch any movie, this is the place to go to check all the reviews. If i see any negative comment for the movie that causes me to hold back and hesitate. More than 50% of it i didn't watch because of these "so called movie critics". What i realized is every person has a different appetite for everything, a 10 for you is maybe a 5 for me, or maybe a 10 for me is too high for your standards.
Nevertheless i enjoyed the Movie, regardless of the negative review (which i read after watching it fortunately) Mikhail Redd will be one of the best Philippine directors alive. And if given a chance i'd be glad to work with him in the future for some story concepts and idea.
Finally a Director with no non-sense mentality and doing his craft for the sake of all the "Real Movie Enthusiast"
Whenever i planned to watch any movie, this is the place to go to check all the reviews. If i see any negative comment for the movie that causes me to hold back and hesitate. More than 50% of it i didn't watch because of these "so called movie critics". What i realized is every person has a different appetite for everything, a 10 for you is maybe a 5 for me, or maybe a 10 for me is too high for your standards.
Nevertheless i enjoyed the Movie, regardless of the negative review (which i read after watching it fortunately) Mikhail Redd will be one of the best Philippine directors alive. And if given a chance i'd be glad to work with him in the future for some story concepts and idea.
Finally a Director with no non-sense mentality and doing his craft for the sake of all the "Real Movie Enthusiast"
Look, this is definitely not a groundbreaking zombie movie. If that's what you're looking for, you're missing the point. What some of the harsh reviews seem to ignore are all of the references to other horror films (Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, 28 Days Later, Resident Evil, to name a few- I even saw a scene that was taken from Wrong Turn). This is clearly a director who knows and respects the horror genre. As an avid horror fan, I truly appreciate it when directors pay homage to others that have come before them.
Are there plot holes? Yes, and the same can be said for pretty much all films. Is the script lacking in some places? Maybe, but it didn't detract from overall impact of the film...and I don't tend to watch action/horror for the non-stop, clever repartee. Was it an original take on the zombie theme? No. But at least this movie doesn't insist upon itself like so many of the hackneyed, pretentious features that are littering the mainstream movie industry.
In conclusion, Block Z is an entertaining film that I would watch again.
Entartaining and fun to watch, i really saw the improvements of philippine cinema, Worth it go watch it now!!
- gakkougurashi-86059
- Jan 31, 2020
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