Redcon-1 starts strong. The first few minutes had my stoked that I’d found a gem of a movie. The ambulance scene was just really well done.
From there we jump into the classic mission format. A highly trained team must go into the infected zone to complete a critical mission. The mission? To save the one person who might be able to fix everything.
There are a couple of things that I didn’t like from here on in:
- The obvious one is that this rescue mission format is a really well travelled path. Even if there is a small twist at the conclusion of the rescue mission.
- The bigger issue is that they tried to add in “smart” zombies and it just wasn’t really well done. They were clearly trying to put a twist on the genre, but in my opinion, it didn’t really work.
- The director fell into the let’s tell you before we show you. It’s a movie. Show me. Use dialogue to add color and detail, not as a primary method of story telling.
- There is one semi nude scene where we get to see Katarina Leigh Waters in the shower. Or at least nude from the waist up. Nude imagery isn’t bad, but it has to fit in. This felt forced. Regardless of how nice it might have been visually, it didn’t add anything to the movie.
- The final and biggest issue was the over the top acting. Were the actors were told they just did a massive amount of cocaine? The overacting and emotional screaming is just too much.
Redcon-1 Scoring
Overall Redcon-1 scored a 52/100, making it a good Zombie Movie for a Rainy Day. If you are looking for a military, mission based movie that is in the top tier, I suggest The Girl With All The Gifts.
| Review | Year | Score | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| #Alive | 2020 | 100 | Action / Infection |
| Dawn Of The Dead | 1978 | 100 | Action / Horror / Classics |
| Night Of The Living Dead | 1968 | 100 | Action / Horror / Classics |
| World War Z | 2013 | 100 | Action / Infection |
| 28 Days Later | 2002 | 100 | Action / Infection |
| Train To Busan | 2016 | 100 | Action / Infection |
| Zombieland | 2010 | 100 | Comedy / Action |
| Flesh And Blood | 2018 | 99 | Shorts |
| Serenity | 2005 | 99 | Action / Sci-Fi |
| The Girl With All The Gifts | 2016 | 95 | Action / Infection |
| Land Of The Dead | 2005 | 94 | Action / Horror |
| Resident Evil: Apocalypse | 2004 | 93 | Action / Infection |
| Resident Evil | 2002 | 92 | Action / Infection |
| Rampant | 2018 | 91 | Action / Infection / Mid Evil |
| Day of the Dead | 2008 | 90 | Action / Infection |
| Cooties | 2014 | 89 | Comedy / Action |
| The Return of the Living Dead | 1985 | 85 | Comedy / Action |
| Night of the Comet | 1984 | 85 | Comedy / Action |
| Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula | 2020 | 84 | Action / Infection |
| Zombieland: Double Tap | 2019 | 83 | Comedy / Action |
| Fido | 2006 | 82 | Comedy / Action |
| Shaun Of The Dead | 2004 | 81 | Comedy / Action |
| Zombie | 1979 | 80 | Action / Horror |
| The Evil Dead | 1981 | 80 | Classic / Action |
| I Am Legend (2007) | 2007 | 80 | Action / Infection |
| 28 Weeks Later | 2007 | 80 | Action / Infection |
| Infection | 2019 | 79 | Action / Infection |
| It Stains The Sands Red | 2016 | 79 | Action / Infection |
| Overlord | 2018 | 79 | Action / Horror |
| A Little Bit Zombie | 2012 | 78 | Comedy / Action |
| Plan Z | 2016 | 78 | Action / Infection |
| Wyrmwood: Apocalypse | 2021 | 77 | Action / Infection |
| Day of the Dead | 1985 | 77 | Action / Horror / Classics |
| Dead Rising: Endgame | 2016 | 77 | Action / Infection |
| Freaks of Nature | 2015 | 76 | Comedy / Action |
| The Dead | 2010 | 76 | Action / Infection |
| Cockneys Vs. Zombies | 2012 | 75 | Comedy / Action |
| Here Alone | 2016 | 75 | Suspense / Infection |
| The Battery | 2012 | 74 | Drama / Infection |
| Shed of the Dead | 2019 | 74 | Comedy / Action |
| Alone | 2020 | 73 | Action / Infection |
| Survival Of The Dead | 2009 | 73 | Action / Horror |
| State of Emergency | 2011 | 73 | Action / Infection |
| Remains | 2011 | 72 | Action / Infection |
| Dawning of the Dead | 2017 | 72 | Action / Infection |
| Dance of the Dead | 2008 | 72 | Comedy / Action |
| The Rezort | 2015 | 72 | Action / Infection |
| The Army of the Dead | 2021 | 71 | Action / Infection |
| Witness Infection | 2021 | 71 | Comedy / Action |
| Daylight's End | 2016 | 71 | Action / Infection |
| The Valley Of The Dead | 2021 | 70 | Horror / Infection |
| Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead | 2014 | 70 | Action / Infection |
| Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse | 2015 | 70 | Comedy / Action |
| Resident Evil: Afterlife | 2010 | 70 | Action / Infection |
| Night of the Living Deb | 2015 | 70 | Comedy / Romance |
| For A Few Zombies More | 2015 | 70 | Action / Infection |
| Zombie Night | 2013 | 70 | Action / Infection |
| Dead Rising: Watchtower | 2015 | 70 | Action / Infection |
| Zombie Hunter | 2013 | 70 | Action / Infection |
| The Dead 2: India | 2015 | 70 | Action / Infection |
| Among The Living | 2022 | 69 | Suspense / Horror |
| Exit Humanity | 2011 | 69 | Action / Infection |
| Bird Box | 2018 | 69 | Action / Horror / Possession |
| Republic Z | 2018 | 68 | Action / Comedy |
| Blood Quantum | 2019 | 68 | Action / Infection |
| Ravenous | 2017 | 68 | Action / Infection |
| Quarantine | 2008 | 67 | Infection / Horror |
| Forget Everything And Run (F.E.A.R.) | 2021 | 67 | Suspense / Horror |
| The Night Eats The World | 2018 | 67 | Suspense / Infection |
| Ultimate Zombie Feast | 2020 | 66 | Shorts/ Action |
| How To Kill A Zombie | 2014 | 66 | Action / Comedy |
| Cargo | 2017 | 66 | Suspense / Infection |
| Trench 11 | 2017 | 66 | Action / Horror |
| Dead County | 2021 | 65 | Drama / Horror |
| Zombie Town | 2007 | 65 | Action / Horror |
| Zoombies | 2016 | 65 | Awesomely Bad |
| The End? | 2017 | 64 | Horror / Infection |
| Quarantine 2 | 2011 | 64 | Action / Infection |
| Zombie Apocalypse | 2011 | 64 | Action / Infection |
| Red Spring | 2017 | 63 | Action / Infection |
| Virus:32 | 2022 | 62 | Horror / Infection |
| Resident Evil: Extinction | 2007 | 62 | Action / Infection |
| Resident Evil Retribution | 2012 | 61 | Action / Infection |
| Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead | 2023 | 60 | Comedy / Action |
| Resident Evil: The Final Chapter | 2016 | 60 | Action / Infection |
| Life After Beth | 2014 | 59 | Comedy / Action |
| Diary Of The Dead | 2007 | 58 | Action / Horror |
| Revelation Trail | 2013 | 57 | Action / Horror |
| Eat Brains Love | 2019 | 56 | Comedy / Horror |
| My Mates vs. The Zombie Apocalypse | 2015 | 56 | Comedy / Action |
| Deadsight | 2018 | 55 | Suspense / Infection |
| Anna And The Apocalypse | 2017 | 55 | Musical / Infection |
| Amigo Undead | 2015 | 54 | Comedy / Horror |
| Bong of the Living Dead | 2017 | 54 | Action / Infection |
| Black Friday | 2021 | 53 | Action / Horror |
| The Dead Undead | 2010 | 53 | Action / Infection |
| Redcon-1 | 2018 | 52 | Action / Horror |
| Deadheads | 2011 | 52 | Comedy / Romance |
| Dead Don't Die in Dallas | 2019 | 51 | Action / Infection / LGBTQ |
| Day of the Dead: Bloodline | 2018 | 51 | Action / Infection |
| Road Wars | 2015 | 50 | Action / Infection |
| Disaster L.A. | 2014 | 50 | Action |
| Zombie Strippers! | 2008 | 49 | Horror / Comedy |
| Within the Woods of Undead County | 2016 | 49 | Action / Infection |
| Day Zero | 2023 | 48 | Horror / Infection |
| Rise of The Zombies | 2012 | 48 | Action / Infection |
| I Am Alone | 2015 | 48 | Action / Infection |
| Valentine DayZ | 2018 | 47 | Action / Infection / Awesomely Bad |
| Lethal Virus | 2021 | 46 | Action / Horror |
| Savageland | 2015 | 46 | Horror / Drama |
| Zombie Warz: Falls The Shadow | 2011 | 45 | Action / Horror |
| Infected | 2019 | 45 | Shorts |
| Bridge of the Doomed | 2022 | 44 | Horror / Infection |
| Block Z | 2020 | 44 | Action / Infection |
| Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City | 2021 | 43 | Action / Horror |
| The Dead Don't Die | 2019 | 43 | Spoof / Drama |
| The Plague | 2006 | 42 | Action / Horror |
| Strain 100 | 2020 | 42 | Action / Infection |
| Infected | 2021 | 41 | Action / Horror |
| Before Dawn | 2013 | 41 | Drama / Action |
| When the Fever Breaks | 2019 | 41 | Suspense / Infection |
| Zombie Undead | 2010 | 40 | Action / Infection |
| Hostile | 2017 | 40 | Action / Infection |
| Dead Before Down | 2012 | 39 | Horror / Supernatural |
| Gangs Of The Dead | 2006 | 38 | Action / Infection |
| Zombies | 2017 | 37 | Action / Infection |
| American Zombieland | 2020 | 36 | Comedy / Infection |
| Cannon Fodder / Battle Of The Undead | 2013 | 35 | Action / Horror |
| Zombie Diaries 2 | 2011 | 35 | Action / Infection |
| Dead Trigger | 2017 | 35 | Action / Infection |
| Deadlocked | 2020 | 35 | Action / Infection |
| Another World | 2014 | 35 | Action / Infection |
| Evilution | 2009 | 34 | Action / Horror |
| KL24: Zombies | 2017 | 34 | Action / Infection |
| Re-Elected | 2020 | 33 | Comedy / Suspense |
| Antisocial 2 | 2015 | 33 | Action / Infection |
| Aquarium of the Dead | 2021 | 32 | Comedy / Horror |
| Antisocial | 2013 | 32 | Action / Infection |
| By Day's End | 2020 | 31 | Suspense / Infection |
| Dead 7 | 2016 | 31 | Action / Infection |
| Pandemic | 2016 | 30 | Action / Infection |
| Attack of the Southern Fried Zombies | 2017 | 29 | Comedy / Action |
| Zombie Hood | 2013 | 28 | Action / Infection |
| The Dustwalker | 2019 | 27 | Action / Parasite |
| Day of the Dead 2: Contagium | 2005 | 26 | Action / Infection |
| Solar Impact | 2019 | 25 | Action / Horror |
| Anger Of The Dead | 2015 | 25 | Action / Infection |
| The Last Hope | 2017 | 24 | Action / Infection |
| The Day of the Living Dead | 2014 | 23 | Drama / Detective |
| Zombie Road | 2018 | 22 | Shorts |
| Zombie Wars | 2007 | 21 | Action / Infection |
| Army of Thieves | 2021 | 20 | Heist / Horror |
| Last Rites Of The Dead | 2019 | 20 | Drama / Thriller |
| The Mad | 2007 | 19 | Comedy / Infection |
| The Living Dead | 2020 | 18 | Horror / Drama |
| Zone of the Dead | 2009 | 17 | Action / Infection |
| Killer Weekend | 2018 | 16 | Comedy / Not Zombies |
| G Zombie | 2021 | 15 | Drama / Infection |
| Quarantine L.A. | 2013 | 14 | Action / Infection |
| Driven | 2020 | 13 | Drama / Suspense |
| The Hive | 2014 | 12 | Demonic Possession / Horror |
| The Horde | 2016 | 11 | Action / Gore |
| Rebirth | 2020 | 10 | Action / Horror |
| The Last Starship | 2017 | 10 | Action / Infection |
| Rising Undead / Rise of the Undead | 2005 | 9 | Action / Horror |
| Rise of the Zombie | 2013 | 9 | Drama / Action |
| Plague | 2014 | 8 | Suspense / Drama |
| Flu | 2013 | 8 | Infection / Not Zombies |
| Red Days | 2016 | 7 | Action / Infection |
| The Returned | 2013 | 6 | Drama / Romance |
| Apocalypse Nerds | 2012 | 5 | Comedy / Action |
| Zombie with a Shotgun | 2019 | 4 | Infection / Drama |
| Soon Enough | 2018 | 3 | Action / Drama |
| Army of the Dead | 2008 | 2 | Action / Horror |
| Range 15 | 2016 | 2 | Comedy / Action |
| Nazi Undead | 2018 | 1 | Paranormal / Horror |
| Pandemic | 2009 | 1 | Drama / Action |
| Eyes Of The Dead | 2015 | 1 | Action / Infection |
| All My Friends Are Dead | 2021 | 0 | Horror / Not Zombies |
| Curse of the Blind Dead | 2020 | 0 | Horror / Not Zombies |
| Carriers | 2009 | 0 | Drama / Not Zombies |
| Afflicted | 2013 | 0 | Drama / Infection |
| Broadcast Dead | 2018 | 0 | Horror / Thriller |
| Dead End | 2003 | 0 | Horror / Thriller |
