The dialogue is laughable, the acting is horrible, and the only thing worse than these two things is the direction. But I'll be damned if there isn't some genuinely fun practical effects sequences set to music on offer.

_Final rating:★★ - Had some things that appeal to me, but a poor finished product._

House of the Dead really does stretch the title given to it, this is not the video game adaption you are looking for.

What the F***k was with the 10 sec or so house of the dead video game clips spliced into scenes, I re-iterate what the (well you get the idea) It did not do anything, it didn't blend, it shouldn't have been there much like the plot really.

[spoiler] I can't say the movie was a total wash I did enjoy the sequence where there was mindless zombie blasting all the way down to the matrix style mid air weapon kills that part is definitely a guilty pleasure. Although the zombies were being killed pretty easily, the scene goes on for a little bit so you can turn off and enjoy that I guess. [/spoiler]

[spoiler] To top it off 'G' Shows up at the end for like 20 seconds with a special forces team, it is clear the director had no clue of the source material. Also the characters have no real emotion to speak of, very early on in particular when the border control offficer blows away a guys girlfriend who has just turned into a zombie, he shows 0 emotion, he doesn't even try to act, he's just there waiting for his next line, like with. [/spoiler]

Think that sums it up really a disasterous attempt at a great franchise with some funny moments even if they wern't meant to be funny.

Was a nice surprise to see Kira Clavell though.