Aziz (Gaier) is having a bad day. His dream girl, Tess (Poeschmann), wants to go on a date, but he gets fired from work when his brother Mo (Radi) keeps calling. Aziz joins Mo at a party, where they get arrested when Mo gets into a fight with the inept bouncers Jeffery (Hasselbaink) and Nolan (Arnhem). The next morning they discover Amsterdam-West has been hit with a zombie outbreak.
Through a news broadcast by Jan de Hoop (Boszhard), they learn that a Russian satellite crashed into Aziz's office building and the green substance that was on board has infected people and turned them into zombies. The army has a safe zone and there are plans to blow up the satellite. Everyone is encouraged to get to the safe zone. Aziz gets a call from Tess, she is trapped in the office and fighting for her life. He wants to save her, but the rest of the group, including officer Kim (Gaier) and shady Joris (Deelen), want to survive. Can they make it the safe zone, or will the zombies get them first?
I discovered this gem through Netflix instant streaming.
The film is in Dutch with English subtitles (although they mostly curse in English), and is directed by first-time director Martijn Smits and Erwin van den Eshof. Smits and van den Eshof must have enjoyed working together, because they directed together Popoz in 2015 (which Smits wrote and is based on the Netherlands TV show Popoz).
This was my first film from the Netherlands, so I didn't necessarily understand all of the little cultural jokes. There is a cameo by Ben Saunders, who won the first season of "The Voice of Holland" in 2011, which has a great pay-off. The script plays with zombie conventions, and has a lot of oozing green slime (which every character wears at some point in the film) and plenty of gore / blood (without going over the top). It is a comedy and has some hilarious moments.
I enjoyed the film, and the cast, and look forward to diving into more films from the Netherlands.
Kill Zombie! [Zombibi] (2012) 90 minutes
Director: Martijn Smits & Erwin van den Eshof
Starring: Yahya Gaier as Aziz
Gigi Ravelli as Kim
Mimoun Ouled Radi as Mo
Sergio Hasselbaink as Jeffrey
Uriah Arnhem as Nolan
Noel Deelen as Joris
Nadia Palesa Poeschmann as Tess
Carlo Boszhard as Jan de Hoop
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