Nerds That Geek Movie Review: ‘Navy Seals vs. Zombies’

Written by Scott Edwards

Every city has its own secrets that visitors are never aware of. These are the things that are kept quiet for only the locals to know and maybe the select few people that frequent the area. It is easy to say how much you love your city, but for some, the reasons may be darker than most people would like to recognize. Love your city, your state, your home and if there is a reason to tell the stories behind why you love them so much, you need to share them, but if you are trying to keep people from coming in, you might want to unleash the dark history that nobody ever wants to admit.

Vice President Bentley is making his rounds around the country when he finds himself being caught in a situation that nobody expected. After his press conference in New Orleans, the city is shut down, not because of his message, but because an outbreak has overtaken the city. Being able to find shelter with his staff and a reporter, Bentley makes the call of his life and the CIA, along with the Navy SEALs are ready to step up the plate to get him back to the safety of Washington. 

Flying into the infected zone, Lieutenant Cunningham and his men do not know what to expect, but being a priority one mission, they are ready for anything, or so they think. Being able to locate the Vice President, the team is ready to move, but when a sick man in the bunker starts to show a hunger for flesh, they begin to understand what they are up against. As Amanda, a reporter, is able to tell her story, the team has no time for the undead, much less zombies and make their way to their evacuation point, but when a small group of the undead keeps them from leaving, the team will have to move to a secondary extraction point. But the mission is not over as they receive another priority target from the CIA and this one might be able to save the rest of the southern states from becoming filled with flesh eating zombies like the citizens of New Orleans. With time against them, the team moves through the city having to kill anyone that appears to be infected along the way, but in a city of four hundred thousand, it will be hard to find one alleyway that does not have at least one zombie wandering down it that does not hunger for some fresh meat. 

You have got to love a zombie movie that puts the undead up against a trained tactical unit. I have always wondered what would happen in a movie like this, especially when the Navy SEALs are called in to clean up a mess and well, I was far from disappointed. You have got to love a team that works together and knows what everyone is thinking without saying a word. I really liked how the CIA became involved in the rescue of the Vice President, not for his safety, but to try and get a scientist out of the area that might be able to stop the outbreak in its tracks. If a zombie outbreak is not frightening enough, having it caused by a biological weapon could be flat out terrifying. Whatever country that has this virus at their fingertips could take over the world in a matter of days. It is the best reason to keep your friends close and your enemies closer, right? Stay Scared.

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