Tubi Thursday: Evil in the Time of Heroes (2009)

 After over a Decade of remembering a Film (kind of) that I saw long ago, the Sequel ended up on Tubi.  

Is it any good?

As a refresher, in 2005 we got a Greek Zombie Film with a super-low budget and lots of gore.

In the Film, a bunch of random people meet up, fight zombies and then run from zombies.  It ends with them running into a Soccer Stadium and we see a swarm of the undead coming!

At the beginning of this Film, we see thrm barricade themselves in at the Stadium, say 'This is not good' and then...a Graphic says '10 Minutes Later.'

Next we see them outside and they steal a car.  Oh...alright.

So much for 4 years of build-up.

We cut back to Ancient Greece and see a zombie outbreak...out of nowhere.

A bunch of Greek Soldiers we just met died and then they cut back to the Present.

Confused?

Our Heroes must deal with a few big things...

People exploiting the event to kill people.

A new group of Survivors.
A guy coming back from the dead with no explanation.

Oh, and they cut back to a sudden Billy Zane appearance in Ancient Greece...and now he's wandering around int the Present.

Can they fend off the Zombie Hordes?

Can they get out of Athens before it is too late?

Do we need a 20th Character to have a Sub-Plot?

To find out this- and how to serve a good fried egg while fending for your life-, watch the Film.

It's...something.  So, I made the mistake of perusing the IMDB User Reviews for this one and they are mixed.  Here's a common refrain: if you're not Greek, you won't get the humor.

That's...an excuse, right?  Someone can't write Comedy, and everyone says that it is just something you'd have to be 'Greek' to get.
Yeah, no.

Regional Humor aside, the Film is chock full of some good things and so many bad things.

The good things- fun Zombie gore and Billy Zane.
The bad things- Too many Characters, bad Writing, the Greek Stuff not being its own Story, suddenly introducing magic, ignoring their previous ending, making the worst Lead the most important, giving one guy superpowers right before the end, 'fridging' their Female Characters, jumping between the Time Periods at random, a silly revelation at the end and a bad Ending.

I wanted to like this.
It is bad.
Don't get up.

On the plus side, all of the Actors 'worked for free,' so nobody was overpaid.  Someone translate that into Greek for the Director to read now.