Zombies Of Mass Destruction is that hot chick who seems a little whacky at first, but you can deal with it because, ya know, boobs. But the longer you're around her you realize she's bat shit crazy and it really just isn't worth the trouble anymore.
The story of a small Long Island town that gets overrun with zombies, ZMD opens up with funny characters, crisp dialog and is just all around fun for the first 30 minutes or so. And then it just falls off a god damn cliff with heavy handed preaching, and long, oh so long, drawn out scenes involving anti gay and anti foreigner wackos.
Set in 2003, the main players are an Iranian girl and a gay couple, all 3 of whom are engaging characters and well acted, but then the Zombie outbreak occurs and the movie breaks way the fuck down as A nut job thinks the Iranian girl is a terrorist, and the gay guys end up stuck in a Church with the townsfolk who are convinced that the zombies are a sign of the apocalypse and attempt to convert our gay friends. And it just fucking meanders it's way through most of the last hour, boring and annoying the shit out the viewer.
The shame of it all is that the gore is a ton of fun, and when it wants to be funny it succeeds in spades. Unfortunately it seems more interested in concentrating on silly right wing stereotypes in an attempt to get it's message across. The problem is that when you write your antagonists as silly as possible, the message becomes just as silly. It's lazy, humorless and carries no emotional weight.
Not the strongest recommendation to avoid, but be prepared to bail about halfway through.
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