Fresh
The Roache-Turners prove to have the right mix of micro-budget filmmaking ingenuity, action sass and undead splatter to make "Wyrmwood" a tastier than usual exploitation nosh.
Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times
Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead
Mad Max meets Dawn Of The Dead
2014 · 1h 38m · NOT RATED
Action, Comedy, Horror
Directed by
Kiah Roache-Turner
Overview
Barry is a talented mechanic and family man whose life is torn apart on the eve of a zombie apocalypse. His sister, Brooke, is kidnapped by a sinister team of gas-mask wearing soldiers and experimented on by a psychotic doctor. While Brooke plans her escape Barry goes out on the road to find her and teams up with Benny, a fellow survivor – together they must arm themselves and prepare to battle their way through hordes of flesh-eating monsters in a harsh Australian bushland.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Fresh
While featuring mucho mayhem, Wyrmwood also takes refreshing liberties with the walking-corpse playbook.
Clark Collis, Entertainment Weekly
Fresh
Ambulant corpses may be tramping all over our movie and television screens these days, but "Wyrmwood" has enough novelty - and more than enough energy - to best its minuscule budget.
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times
Rotten
A feeling of foreboding sets in early in Kiah Roache-Turner's zombie-apocalypse thriller Wyrmwood: Road Of The Dead. Unfortunately, it has nothing to do with the hellish subject matter and everything to do with the direction.
Kiva Reardon, AV Club
Fresh
Australian filmmakers Kiah and Tristan Roache-Turner remind us why we love these bloody movies in the first place, evincing Raimi-esque glee at twisting the rules of zombiehood like so much taffy.
Rob Staeger, Village Voice
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