Summary
Ziam has some cool, gory moments and fight scenes, but it feels dragged out at times and the ending was frustrating. It’s worth watching once even if it never quite lives up to The Raid in a hospital premise.
Plot: In a world succumbing to hunger, a determined Muay Thai fighter fends off a zombie outbreak inside a hospital to save his beloved.
Review: I’m not the biggest zombie movie fan, but I do like martial arts and gore of which Ziam has plenty. I think the first half of the film is better and the idea of a contained movie in a hospital gives off The Raid vibes, but this never quite lives up to it.
Our lead Singh (Prin Suparat) has the moves and there are several fight scenes in the movie, but it’s mostly Singh punching and kicking zombies.
It all feels overly familiar with Singh trying to rescue his girlfriend and there’s a kid that needs saving too, although I will admit when Buddy has to say goodbye to his mother, that surprisingly choked me up for some reason. The film at least tries to have some heart, but it doesn’t bring anything new to an already overstuffed genre. Zombies have literally been done to death, and it was really the idea of a martial arts hero as the lead that makes Ziam worth watching.
Like everyone else I hated the ending, but make sure you watch the credits as all is not as it seems.
Some moments are dragged out frustratingly long and despite being just over 90 minutes this still could have been a little shorter.
If we ever get a sequel then there are some potentially interesting directions you could go in, but this feels like a standalone feature which I have no problem with.
Overall, Ziam has a few cool moments with Prin Suparat showing off some moves, but the fights aren’t especially memorable and it feels dragged out at times; like most Netflix movies I doubt I’d be in a rush to watch it again.