What's Going On Here?

From the same guy that brought the epic disaster known as Troll 2 comes yet another movie in the Zombi series, only that none of the movies in the series are related to one another. Yes, Claudio Fragasso is at it again, this time forcing Zombie 4: After Death onto us viewers. Now, admittedly, this movie is actually better than the Fulci/Mattei effort Zombie 3, which was a total trainwreck. Of course, that isn't saying much, either.

The plot of the movie is quite convoluted, as there is way too much in the way of an actual storyline, but I will try to cut through it anyway. Basically, a woman who was on the island that the zombies (who look strangely like ninjas) inhabit had escaped the island 20 years earlier as a child as her parents along with some other scientists were eaten. Now all grown up, she returns with some military buddies and another woman. Also on the island are more scientists who open up "The Book of the Dead" and read something that magically unleashes more zombies. One of them survives and manages to meet up with the remaining group of military folks and it is up to them to stop the invasion before it is too late.

If that last paragraph was confusing to you, imagine this all playing out on the screen. Like its predecessor, logic has to be thrown out the window and run over repeatedly as somehow zombies can perform ninja tricks, talk, and wield M-16s. Again, don't ask how the hell zombies can suddenly shoot M-16s with precision. The music score to this film is actually the worst part of the film, as somehow, Survivor-inspired pop music doesn't quite fit in with zombies eating people. Zombie 4 was actually released after Troll 2, which in some ways, made up for Fragasso's idiocy, though again, that isn't saying much.