Review: Wyrmwood: Apocalypse
Playing the twin brother of the character he played in the first film, Luke McKenzie is a mercenary in the employ of the Surgeon-General, wandering the desert looking for zombies. Meanwhile, Jay Gallagher and his human/zombie hybrid sister Bianca Bradey are back, this time teaming up with the two nieces of the Indigenous character Benny from the first film, to fight off zombies. Eventually the two sets of characters come into contact, and an allegiance changes. Watchable but disappointing 2021 follow-up to the zombie action flick from director Kiah Roache-Turner and co-writer Tristan Roache-Turner (makers of the first film), shortly following the events of the first film to mixed effect. The film gets off and running quickly, but at the expense of clarity. It takes a bit too long to get one’s bearings here, as lead protagonists are shifted to the background, actors turn up playing siblings to characters they played in the previous film, and other characters turn up to essenti...