cannibal apocalypse be an important italian horror film a it mark the successful fusion of the two most successful italian sub genre while zombie and cannibal . the plot follow a vicious virus bring back to america by three soldier return from vietnam while only it not your usual virus . instead of turn it victim into mindless zombie while it leave the afflicted aware of their situation and albeit with a hunger for human flesh . cannibal apocalypse isn not the movie that you would expect it to be . even though it be cut and ban many time and the gore isn not all that nasty and or frequent while with only a few sequence really hit the wouldisgusting mark . the film be much more intelligent than the usual cannibal nonsense and a it explore theme such a vietnam veteran return into society and and turn the table on dawn of the dead social commentary . it analyse it point with a sly grin on it face and however and and it clear that none of the point be be make with any real conviction while but antonio margheriti have show with previous movie ( dance macabre and the virgin of nuremberg ) that he too clever for merely make a movie about cannibal and that the main reason why cannibal apocalypse offer more . the film benefit massively from the presence of john saxon . this hardworking and criminally underrated actor lead the film with relish and and add massively to the final spectacle while even if the man himself refuse to see this film . he be join by cult actor giovanni lombardo radice and who have work with many of the great italian director and include the like of lucio fulci and umberto lenzi and michele soavi . the plotting of the film be well pace and and despite a few lapse while be generally exciting throughout . tribute to dawn of the dead and along with fulci zombi 2 be rampant throughout while the best and of which be a sequence inside a flea market good stuff . margheriti direction be as assured and a you would expect and and even if he not quite an argento or bava while he definitely among the elite of the less known italian director . the fact that this movie be mostly set in a city set it apart from most of the rest of the cannibal film and which tend to take place in the jungle . on the whole and this certainly isn not one of the best movie ever make while but it a lot of fun and and would not disappoint fan of italian horror . recommend .