Wyrmwood: Apocalypse

  Wyrmwood: Apocalypse is the eight-years in the making continuation of the Wyrmwood saga. That's the one where they use zombie breath to fuel cars, in case you've forgotten.

 Siblings Barry (Jay Gallagher) and Brooke (Bianca Bradey) are still running around, trying to survive - Bianca, who was injected with some weird fluorescent zombie juice in the first one by a mad scientist, is basically a zombie herself now, though a more reasonable one.
 Not reasonable enough to avoid biting the neck of one of another pair of siblings Barry and she are running with now, though. Understandably, the sisters, Grace (Tasia Zalar) and Maxi (Shantae Barnes-Cowan) take offence/are horrified at this and decide to split post-haste.

 At this point the action starts following a mercenary named Rhys (Luke McKenzie), the twin brother of a soldier Barry had to deal with (fatally) in the first movie. His introduction is really great, as he goes around his small compound and follows his morning routine; the guy's got the post-apocalypse all figured out.
 Rhys's job is to fetch people and bring them to a tiny underground facility that's run by, oh shit, is that supposed to be the mad scientist from the first movie? How did he survive?
 Well, maybe he isn't, since he's played by a different actor (Nicholas Boshier.) In any case, Rhys thinks he's rounding up people so they can work on a cure, and it's assumed he doesn't suspect they're doing the sort of shit we know they do down there. So he's a good guy working for bad people, though he should really fucking know better.

 Things kick into gear when Rhys ambushes Grace and Maxi and manages to take Grace to the lab. Maxi, in turn, manages to catch Rhys unawares later, and forces him to help him rescue her sister. In due course Rhys's eyes are opened to the sort of shit the government-type shady bastards are up to, and they get together with Barry and Brooke for a couple of climactic confrontations.

 The plot is more than a little loopy, but it's fun and propulsive, and the amount of conflicts between the characters keeps things unpredictable. The Roche-Turner brothers have gotten better at the modest sort of spectacle they enjoy delivering, increasing the scope a little without losing any of the energy or the sense of fun. The action here is varied, including car chases, a giant mutant zombie fight, big explosions, an air cannon, a gatling gun, and of course, lots of zombies, though they take a back seat as most of the fights are against soldier-types.

 More of the same, and in this case that's not a bad thing at all. As long as they keep making them, and keep this level of crazy, early Raimi/Miller-style vibes, I'll keep watching them.