Goal of the Dead
Goal of the Dead
| 27 February 2014 (USA)
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For the Olympique de Paris soccer team, this away match scheduled against Caplongue was merely supposed to be one last chore before the end of the professional season. Yet no one could ever have imagined that an unknown rabies-like infection was going to spread like wildfire, turning this small town’s inhabitants into ultra-violent and highly contagious creatures.

Reviews
Hulkeasexo it is the rare 'crazy' movie that actually has something to say.
StyleSk8r At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.
Hadrina The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful
Neive Bellamy Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.
atinder Much better then I thought it would be.I had this on my zombie watch list for while, as it was on netfilx I gave it go, I was going watch a few week ago but the movie had a long running time It started of a lot then I thought It would have.I actually thought movie was very gory and I really liked the dark Humour added to the movie Not saying it a comedy but there are some very funny gags Fun , gory and zombie movieI going to give this movie 7 out of 10
BA_Harrison Even though violence at a football match isn't exactly unheard of, the players and fans rarely go so far as to actually rip each other to shreds. In French comedy horror Goal of the Dead, it's not a few too many pre-match lagers or an overzealous tackle that results in bloodshed, but rather the injection of a mysterious performance-enhancing drug into player Jeannot (Sebastien Vandenberghe), who, as a result of his jab, is transformed into a ravenous, rage-driven monster spreading infection by vomiting into people's faces.Seasoned Paris soccer star Sam Lorit (Alban Lenoir) has enough problems on his plate without the added hassle of having to fend off rabid zombies: he's playing a cup match against his home town, Caplongue, where he is seen as a traitor by the locals; his team-mate, rising star Idriss Diago (Ahmed Sylla), seizes every opportunity to steal Sam's limelight; and a young woman, Cléo (Tiphaine Daviot), turns up claiming to be his daughter. Can Sam resolve all of his personal issues while avoiding joining the infected?Much like a football match, Goal of the Dead is divided into two halves, the first part captained by Benjamin Rocher (director of The Horde), who sets up the story and introduces the characters, before being substituted by Thierry Poiraud, whose task is to score with the gore. Rocher struggles to entertain the crowd, the overly complex plot leading to a full 45 minutes of unimpressive footwork before the action begins proper; Poiraud fares only a little better, pulling off the occasional impressive move (including some slo-mo gunshot wounds and a fun decapitation by car window), but not scoring often enough for the film to finish anywhere near the top of the zombie league table.5.5 out of 10, rounded up to 6 for IMDb.
bowmanblue It's always hard to take a film seriously when its whole premise is based – loosely – on playing off another film's title. It takes the '...of the Dead' label and applies it to what's supposed to be France's answer to Shaun of the Dead.It's about a high-profile football team, travelling to a smaller club's home ground in rural France, but – guess what – a zombie outbreak happens. Cue everyone running for their life.For a start it's not as funny as Shaun of the Dead. Although that's not to say it's totally dull. There are some good gags here and there, but the film is stretched across nearly two hours and there's not enough humour in there to really call it a 'comedy.' It has horror though. It can get pretty gruesome here and there, almost as if France has fused Shaun of the Dead with a 28 Days Later type feel. And it's set over 'two halves' – just like your football match. The first half of the film is basically all 'scene-setting.' We get to know the characters etc. Then, on the second half, all hell breaks loose (which is probably what you're watching the film for in the first place!). So, if you're only after the gore, you could probably skip the entire first half and still understand the film and every character's motivation perfectly.So, if you're looking for basically a French zombie film that's high on gore then you could do worse than this. I saw it more as a straight horror than a horror-comedy hybrid. However, we've already had 'La Horde' which is also just a straight 'infected' style French zombie film which does the gore, the tension and the action a lot better.Fans of football may like to see the 'beautiful' game included in a zombie movie, but otherwise this will probably be more remembered as a 'one trick' film that goes on a little too long. It's not bad, just doesn't cover enough new ground to make it that good, either. Plus I didn't approve of the final 'action' scene and how it was played out. It just didn't work for me.
jackles140 Much better than I was expecting, this film was a gem.The plot keeps moving at pace and is sharp and witty throughout. Though not exactly the walking dead, the "zombies" and very well choreographed and there's some delightfully gory scenes.But the heart of this film lies in the endearing and well written characters who kept my interest all the way through, with some great one liners.Some of the special effects are really stand-out, and had me whooping. Not many films would leave one cheering for the football hooligans. Mutant rage monsters and football...a killer combination.