Have made no secret in the past of intensely disliking, and even outright hating a lot, a vast majority of The Asylum's (near-universally maligned for good reason) output, though there is curiosity as to whether they are capable of making something good and compulsive about their output's badness. Admittedly, The Asylum do have a small group of watchable films and the occasional (big emphasis on that word) above average one, unfortunately outweighed by the lacklustre at best and often dreadful films they churn out.

Was expecting much worse after recently seeing 'Operation Dunkirk', but was somewhat fascinated by the weird but seemingly different concept of the film, not being your typical zombifying film. Seeing it, The Asylum have certainly done far worse, 'Zoombies' is actually despite not being a good film at all is one of the better films from The Asylum seen recently. It doesn't quite rid me of the repulsively offensive taste in my mouth given watching 'Operation Dunkirk', but 'Zoombies' certainly doesn't worsen it.

There is some atmosphere in the scenery and music and Kim Nielson and Lala Nestor (the latter being the best thing about 'Zoombies') give decent performances.

Sadly the rest of the acting is sub-par, with the laughably awful ham acting from Brianna Joy Chomer being the worst offender. They do have to work with bland and irritating characters, with the film making little effort to do anything with them let alone develop them, and dialogue that is both insipid and cheesy with a constantly awkward flow. As well as the doesn't-even-reach-workmanlike, actually pretty pedestrian, direction, that fails to give any urgency or tension.

Both are severely lacking in the story. So is the suspense, fun and thrills. Really liked the concept and it is sad that they had something that seemed different and clever on paper, but was executed so predictably and by the numbers. The action is unexciting, random and confused, with some haphazard editing, while the scares, fun and suspense are not there in any shape or form and the film is instead predictable, dull and overboard dumb.

Unfortunately, the animals fare no better. They exude very little menace, fun or coolness. They didn't to me have much personality and were used pretty poorly. Best not mentioning the deplorable look of them, the visual asset that comes off the worst in a film where only the scenery is acceptable.

In conclusion, have seen worse but not good. 3/10 Bethany Cox

Dr. Ellen Rogers is putting together a new remote zoo complex as she incorporates new interns. A virus is spreading among the animals turning them into violent zombies.

This is an Asylum production. The CGI looks bad. The fake animals look even worst. The actors are amateurish. It's bad. It's somewhat campy bad but it's not good enough to be actual camp. It's as bad as you expect and not as fun as one hopes.

This is a made for TV SyFy Asylum horror. It is perhaps best described as a zombie animal tribute film to "Jurassic Park." Eden is the name of a zoo for endangered species rehab animals. It is head up by Dr. Ellen Rogers (Kim Nielsen) who as a single mom has her daughter (La La Nestor) with her at work. She got her doctorate in "captive breeding theory." Dr. Ellen Rogers was the name of the vet in "Animal Face-off." In one scene she asks her daughter why she was making her toy animals fight.

An airborne viral outbreak that effect certain animal and not humans causes the animals to mutate and attack...and for some reason to get out of their cages too. Amber (Brianna Joy Chomer) an intern gave up her career in political science because "homeless people scare me and I'm allergic to babies" in order to work in a petting zoo. In one scene the doctor is on the phone and it appears she is talking to a police officer on a walkie-talkie.

The film is for Asylum fans who don't take their movies seriously