Outpost: Black Sun (2012) (Blur-ray/DVD Combo Review)
Director: Steve Barker
Where to get it: XLrator
The year is 1945, the closing stages of WW2, and a German scientist by the name of Klausener is working on a frightening new technology that has the power to create an immortal Nazi army. Flash forward to present day, and a NATO task force is hurriedly deployed to Eastern Europe, where a sinister enemy appears to be mercilessly killing everything in its path. But this is no ordinary foe. Only Helena, a gutsy investigator on the trail of the notorious war-criminal Klausener, accepts the reality of that they are facing a battalion of Nazi Storm-Troopers, a veritable zombie army on the march. With the help of Wallace, a man who’s been chasing Nazi secrets for years, the two of them team up with a Special Forces Unit to venture deep behind enemy lines. Their mission to fight their way back to the source of this evil army and prevent the seemingly inevitable rise of the 4th Reich.
What we have here in Outpost: Black Sun is a sequel to Outpost. Sadly, I’ve never seen the original Outpost but there doesn’t seem to be any essential plot developments from that film that make it required viewing before you watch this. As far as this one goes we follow around a girl looking for some revenge and her male friend who is also looking for something. They run into these super Nazis and then they become attached to another group of military members that they remain with for the rest of the film. It isn’t anything super interesting but it does maintain your attention, even if our female lead is always cowering in the corner every time something bad happens. And a lot of bad things do happen. The none CGI gore does become pretty interesting at times.
The biggest issue this film does seem to have is its low profile and tone that it progresses. Our characters are also victims of not being that interesting and the ending does lack in a lot of areas. The movie however does maintain a somewhat cool concept. Some of the visual styles of which some scenes are shot do hamper the quality of the HD, but overall it’s a solid transfer that does its job but never does really dazzle. The same could be said for the movie overall in a lot of ways. Still, who doesn’t like to see a group of evil zombie-like Nazis? That makes it at least worth a viewing alone.
The Movie: (6.5/10)
The Transfer: (7.5/10)
Features
– Making of
– Trailer
