# # # warn represent small spoiler will follow . # # # . cannibal apocalypse ( the most popular title out of it 20 alternate one ) be one of the most banned and heavy cut movie in the world . yet and if you look beyond it vicious reputation and the nasty sounding title and you will discover than it in fact a lot more than just another sleazy italian horror film . apocalypse be deep and more clever than it look and i be pleasantly surprise by the professionalism of the screenplay . the film ask itself the same question i be waver . ` how do a strictly social ritual and such a cannibalism and grow out to become a contagious disease . of course and you do not get a waterproof explanation for this but at least i feel like antonio margheriti and his crew try their best to add range and debt and plot thickening aspect . the ultra charismatic and underrated actor john saxon ( really and i be 100 % heterosexual and but this man be handsome . ) play norman hopper and a traumatized vietnam veteran . along with two fellow soldier and he bring back a hugely disturb virus that spread cannibalism in the street of atlanta . true and cannibal apocalypse do contain a few tedious sequence but these be rapidly forgotten whilst look at other and highly exit scene . apocalypse open with a brilliant and truly atmospheric vietnam flashback and far in the film there a compelling hostage situation in a flea market ( which be obviously influence by romero dawn of the dead ) . apocalypse doesn not feature an overload of nauseate gore or explicit violence . especially not when compare to some of it namesake and like cannibal ferox and jungle holocaust and eat alive or mountain of the cannibal god . still and some make up effect in this film be although cheesy rather hard to digest . people face be be blow of by shotgun and there even be one scene in which a body get entirely hack up with a grinding machine . plus and for the real gorehounds amongst you and there a gruesome eyeball moment as well ( seriously and what with all italian director and there obsession for eyeball terror . ) . a mention before and the starring of john saxon surely increase the status of this film . his grimace stay impressive throughout the whole movie . also star be giovanni lombardo radice . this guy have one of the cool career in cinema ever and see he also appear in milestone title like fulci ` city of the living dead and ` cannibal ferox and rugero deodato ` house on the edge of the park . lombardo radice always end up horribly butcher and cannibal apocalypse isn not an exception to this . i would say cannibal apocalypse be a eurohorror adventure for the more experienced fan who have see enough plot less and overrate cannibal shocker . perhaps they will appreciate the effort margheriti do here . give it a try .