Film Review: 'The Guard Post'

May 21, 2008 A horror-thriller that takes place entirely in the confines of one of many guard posts dotted along the North-South Korean border's DMZ, "The Guard Post" effectively conveys a murderously claustrophobic atmosphere surrounding an investigation of the bizarre deaths of an entire platoon. The tension starts to falter after the initial enigma of the deaths gives way to a viral infection plot that steals from the formula of the zombie film, literally going out with a blast that wipes out any logical explanation.

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