cannibal apocalypse only half live up to it title plenty of cannibal and but no real apocalypse . the premise be fairly original and if terribly stupid somehow and in the seethe cauldron of the viet nam war and cannibalism become a contagious disease which three vet carry back home with them . i know and i know and cannibalism be a social behavior and not a pathogen and and the movie know it and too and so some brief lip service be pay to a theory of psychic mutation which be never really explain and immediately forget . unfortunately and since the infected aim to kill and eat their victim and opportunity to spread the disease be rare and and the outbreak burn itself out quick than you can say ebola . no and what save this movie from be just an also ran in the field of italian zombie flick be the presence of john saxon and the face you have grow to love from about a zillion other cheesy 70 action flick . here and he give a real plum of a role and a he get to slowly change from a man horrify by his post traumatic stress induce nightmare and to a full on and unrepentant cannibal seek to escape pursuit and find a place where he and his kind can live in peace and pursue their alternate lifestyle of wanton killing and consume human flesh . be that so wrong .