Tagline: You can run, but you can’t hide.
Curiosity: It’s Scott-approved.
Plot: Michael (Michael Fuith) is a balding, desperate man trying to get back together with his ex in Berlin. Harper (Theo Trebs) is just a kid working on some remodeling… in Michael’s ex’s apartment. The two get caught in a zombie outbreak (ain’t that always the way?), and it’s up to the resourceful Harper and the deeply stupid Michael to find a way out of Berlin.
Thoughts: At just over an hour in length, Rammbock doesn’t have much time to mess around, and its script is appropriately, if somewhat underwhelmingly, tight. Granted, the arc of a zombie movie is pretty much set in place, but Rammbock does little to explain this fantastical thing that’s happening. Characters don’t really develop. The people just kind of roll with it; in a way, Rammbock feels like a lesser Demons, in that a bunch of Europeans encounter these horribly nightmarish scenarios and just accept them.
But while Rammbock doesn’t make a whole lost of sense, its brisk pacing means there’s little filler. It also forces its characters into extremes: Michael is thoroughly useless, thanks partially to his blind devotion to his ex; Harper has the wits to escape, but he’s stuck with this sad sack. I’m not gonna lie; my fiancée and I had a blast ripping on Michael. Fuck you, Michael. You’re stupid and ugly.
Reflection: I love how it’s only an hour long, and my fiancée still fell asleep during Rammbock.
