Whilst playing in the woods, two young boys discover the entrance to a mysterious military bunker that had remained hidden since WWII…
[AUX] is a 2017 British action horror film directed by John Adams from a screenplay co-written with Peter Adams for Evolutionary Films. The main cast includes John Rhys-Davies (The Half Dead, Medium Raw), Tanya Franks, Jack Derges, Rosie Fellner, and so many more.
[AUX] is a gruesome action horror which begins when two young boys playing in the woods discover the entrance to a military bunker undetected since World War II. At this point its hard to write a review without entering spoiler territory since there is a Nazi zombie tease that turns out to be more than that. Lets just say at about 20 minutes in I was thinking "Nazi zombie? Always a win!" But again, [AUX] is more than that, its also a British crime proceedural as the cops involved believe they are investigating a series of brutal murders and don't buy much into a Red Snow type zombie running around gutting people. Ovbviously there is one stupid cop blunder after another as the investigation continues despite John Rhys-Davies, playing the aged and frail Jack, warns them that Bob the zombie is more than they can handle. I'm not really sure how Davies' Jack put together that the murders in the area had to do with his past coming back to haunt him. The best part of the whole film is obviously Davies, who seems to have co-oped Michael Caines accent for the role. In typical fashion the army is called in who also underestimate the situation as we learn zombie Bob is also pretty clever with traps. The grenade trap was pretty cool and a moment of poetic justice folows a cop who is chastised for stepping into a bear trap and crying about it. In the end old man Jack is the only one that can save them by facing his past sins. Thus the tagline "His country needed him". Despite the oft times lapse in acting, [AUX] is a excellent representation of horror tropes with a slightly unexpected twist.
Released 10 November 2017 in the UK. No word yet as to stateside release but worth your random zombie collection.
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