aala_Algerian
Nov 9, 2026
This is not a sequel. This is a betrayal. Carles Torrens should be ashamed of what he did to Apocalypse Z: New World. He took the best Spanish zombie film in years, a film that worked because it was intimate, human, and heartbreaking, and he threw it in the trash for a generic military action movie. Manel was the heart of this franchise. Francisco Ortiz gave a performance full of grief, guilt, fear, and love. We watched a broken man who lost his wife learn to live again because of a cat. We spent an entire film suffering with him, starving with him, fighting with him. We waited TWO YEARS to see him reunite with his sister. And how does Torrens repay that loyalty? He kills Manel off-screen with pneumonia. PNEUMONIA. In one throwaway line of dialogue. No death scene. No funeral. No farewell. No dignity. Just: "Oh yeah, he died of a lung infection." This is lazy, cowardly, and disrespectful writing. If you didn't want Manel anymore, at least have the courage to kill him on screen. At least let him die like a hero. But Torrens didn't even have the guts for that. He killed him in the most boring, pointless, insulting way possible, because he was too la
