As you probably know the horror genre is not something I watch a lot. I therefore have not seen many horror classics and to be honest I never had the feeling I was missing out on much. Of course there are exceptions, but in general I simply do not enjoy to be frightened. When I received a review copy of Outpost: Rise of the Spetsnaz I was not jumping for joy to watch it. A horror movie with a nazi monster on the cover did not seem that appealing and my expectations for this movie were extremely low. The DVD therefore stayed on the shelf for a while, but there came a moment when the words “Duty calls” came to mind. I reluctantly placed the DVD in the player and feared the worst. That fear seemed invalid though.
The Outpost movies are set during the second world war and in this third movie a group of Russian soldiers is followed, who are about to stop a German transport. They succeed in doing so, but unexpectedly face a man who looks like a zombie, is extremely aggressive and uses his teeth to attack. The Russians are captured and taken to an underground bunker where they are held prisoner. When they find out that the Germans are performing tests on people, resulting in many deformed, monster-like and aggressive people they know they will need to get out of there.
Even if you have not seen the first two movies you will not feel you have missed anything. The story is extremely simple and does not form a mental challenge. It is a simple action movie with some horror elements, lots of extreme violence and blood. The cast consists of unknown actors who do a good job keeping you entertained. Outpost is a movie about escaping a situation you would not like to be in and because of the solid action it results in a movie that actually (and surprisingly) enjoyable.
