The Thrilling Plot<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
The church bells sound at the beginning of the movie as families gather and eat while the bride, the groom, and their relatives take pictures. However, this is cut short when a car pulls up, followed by German soldiers, and the entire scene falls silent. The youngster approaches the General as he exits the vehicle and offers him a glass of water. One command later, they are all shot dead; not one person has been spared, not even the kids, as the title shows on the screen. Everyone snickers and laughs after taking a sip and coughing up the water.<\/p>\n
The scene shifts to a young man being blindfolded, joking away until he hears the guns clock as he lets the troops know that he’s General Lozano’s nephew and that this is all a misunderstanding. Soon enough, right as the troops aim to shoot him, his uncle intervenes, saving him from getting shot, as they then proceed to sit down for a drink. The General explains that this is the third and last time that he will save his life, but it has come at a price.<\/p>\n
Jan, the young man, must now deliver an envelope to Colonel Alarcos, who commands The Sixth, on the other side of the Sierra. We learn a little more about Jan, who holds the title of Captain, and now his father was dead, but he still had a brother alive somewhere, and Jan was also being sentenced for treason along with several people wanting him executed. Despite all this, he continued to remain cocky with his cynical jokes and sense of humor. <\/p>\n
Private Decruz, a young soldier, and Jan prepare to make their way to The Sixth, knowing that there is almost no chance that they will make it back alive. Decruz makes sure he drives a little slower, hoping that means that they stay alive a little longer, but Jan seems unphased by their impending doom that might follow and even manages to catch a little nap on the way. They are stopped by German troops on the way, who after a little riff, let them pass.<\/p>\n
However, there are more hurdles on their way, one of them being the Francoist forces, who could have killed them for crossing into their territory but don’t, although they do seize their weapons, along with the letter that Jan was carrying, hoping to deliver to The Sixth. It is revealed that the letter reads, “a war is won by having balls,” and nothing else. <\/p>\n
They continue moving forward, along with Jan and Decruz, until they encounter a man with a wound on his neck; as he rushes to bite them, but Brodsky is quick to snap his neck as he falls to the ground, and shoots him. As they return to their base, they realize that everything and everyone has been destroyed and is up in flames. However, the nightmare begins when all the seemingly dead bodies start to come to life, and they look like they have been starving for years.<\/p>\n
Three of them manage to feed on one of the members, and that’s when they all begin shooting the undead, who are now presumed to be zombies. It doesn’t matter if they’re on the same side, they must shoot them in the head to make it out alive. They manage to escape on a boat, and that’s when the plot moves forward.<\/p>\n
As they reach some land and prepare to make way to their camp where they have more weapons and food, unexpectedly, they encounter more zombies, and this is when they all come together to try and fight the zombies off, but they lost Brodsky in the process as he is mauled by zombies.<\/p>\n
After they escape, they find a small hiding place where they encounter a nun, sister Flor, along with Lieutenant Jurel, and Private Kafir. The tension between all of them can’t go unseen, but they soon realize that their only chance of surviving is if they stick together instead of turning against each other. And finally sit down to eat together and describe their experiences and encounters with the zombies, and how none of this is earthly.<\/p>\n
When there is no room in hell, the dead will walk the earth. The entire conversation between them turns religious, as some call it the doomsday, while Sister Flor defends that this is far from it. As the night goes by, the different groups try to put their differences aside, try to converse with each other, even if it means not being able to bond and simply be civil with each other in the midst of war, zombies, and chaos. <\/p>\n
Jan is ready to burn the letter and light his cigarette, but that’s when he realizes that it had a hidden message with a map on it. We cut to the only women of the group, who is called Priest Killer and Jan, having visible tension between them although the hatred between them overpowers their cocky remarks and subtle flirting.<\/p>\n
Eventually, they hear a dog whine from a distance and see a zombie approach their hideaway spot, and although they manage to shoot one from a distance, plenty more emerge from the dark, causing alarm, and it isn’t long before they try and make their way into the house.<\/p>\n
Luckily, everyone manages to escape as the house burns down with the zombies in them. As they continue walking, they reach a fence where they see the zombies hanging on them as electricity passes through their bodies, and one of those is Brodsky, who was once their comrade. They shoot him in the head, to end his suffering. <\/p>\n
Jan reveals the letter with the map on it as he shares it with the group, and they decide to investigate and find out what exactly is going on. As they follow the map, they reach one of the locations marked on it, and as they make their way inside, it looks like an abandoned church where they find a young woman, Ana, who is the same woman from the opening scene of the film, where the German troops crashed the wedding and murdered everyone, but Ana survived with the help of her husband, who was killed.<\/p>\n
She explains how the Germans have been experimenting on the dead, turning them into zombies, until they took it too far and ended up devouring each other, leaving Ana hiding behind in the church. Meanwhile, Jaime finds the papers which included the formula that was created by the Nazis, and he decides to make the political decision of leaving everyone but his men behind, and no one is happy about his decision. As he threatens to leave, he is mauled by a bunch of zombies, who kill him in an instant.<\/p>\n
As the rest try and escape to an underground route, it is revealed that Ana, too, is a zombie and tries to kill them, but they can defeat her. The group manages to escape from the church, but Sister Flor locks herself inside, revealing to the Sargent that she had been bit and she must do what it takes to help them. <\/p>\n
Jan is keen to find an antidote, end the war, and save his brother too. He plans to enter Las \u00c1guilas to try and stop this from spreading and ask them to join him on this quest, and the Sargent has one request, that all his comrades survive. They begin their journey once again, but we see that Decruz might have been bit, but the others are unaware of it. The plan they must execute is simple; they get in, find the antidote and get out. <\/p>\n
The sun rises as they reach their location, and Jan makes his way in, but his uncle refuses to let him in along with the soldiers and prisoners he claims to bring along with him; but his uncle is soon killed by the German General, who takes charge on the whole situation. Meanwhile, Decruz realizes that he has been bit and decides to sacrifice himself, despite Jan telling him that they will eventually find an antidote. As Decruz makes his way in, he is killed within seconds but soon rises as a zombie, helps blow up the entrance, and assists his comrades in breaking in one last time. <\/p>\n
As they make their way in, so do plenty of the zombies, and we reach the climax of the film. It is a bloodbath, to say the least, with people dying all over, and you’re unsure of who will make it out alive, and who will be eaten alive; there is no telling. They realize there is no turning back at this point as Sargent, Jan, and Priest Killer continue making their way to the lab.<\/p>\n
Sargent makes his way to the train, hoping to help them escape as the other two make their way to the lab for the antidote, where the German scientist, the same one who shot Jan’s uncle, tells them that there is no antidote and that his work is immortal. Before he can transform into a zombie, Priest Killer shoots him. It isn’t long after that when Jan is bit by a zombie on his hand, and Priest Killer does the only thing that can help him – she chops his hand off. Meanwhile, the zombies climb the train and infiltrate the lab, where Priest Killer and Jan share a passionate kiss before everything blows up. <\/p>\n
However, they survive as the train begins to move and manage to escape. They begin to part ways as she says she might cross over to France because there’s nothing left for her here, but Jan tries to convince her to stay back, and start a new life. However, she refuses and rides away on her back, never revealing her real name. <\/p>\n
Do stick around for the end credit scene, as it may potentially indicate a sequel!<\/p>\n