Outpost: Black Sun
A sequel to the 2008 film Outpost, set in a Nazi bunker.
Outpost: Black Sun (also referred to as Outpost 2) is a British war horror film released in 2012. Steve Barker directed it from a script he co-wrote with Rae Brunton. The movie continues the story from Barker’s 2008 film Outpost, and a third installment, Outpost: Rise of the Spetsnaz, followed later.
The plot follows Nazi-hunter Lena as she tracks former SS Gruppenführer Neurath to Paraguay. Neurath, who worked with war criminal Klausener during World War II, dies of a heart attack while taunting her about an active Nazi loyalist cabal. Searching his apartment, Lena finds a map of the former Yugoslavia, documents about British engineer Francis Hunt, and a ring with a retractable key in its signet.
Meanwhile, a new mercenary team breaches the outpost and enters the complex. An elderly Klausener watches via helmet-cam as zombie Waffen-SS troops, led by SS Brigadeführer Götz, attack and slaughter them.
In the former Yugoslavia, Lena meets Wallace, an ambiguous acquaintance and physicist seeking the unified field theory. He believes Hunt and his team are dead and that no one should control what they sought: Die Glocke. Wallace explains that a British SAS team has been secretly fighting the undead SS, who have been killing villagers and inflicting heavy casualties. A contact in a local militia says a reality-bending electromagnetic field is expanding from the outpost bunker.
Lena and Wallace reach the militia camp to find it under SS attack, with militiamen and SAS soldiers dead, including Wallace’s contact. Hiding under a corpse, Lena sees an SS-Mann kill a militiaman. The next morning, they discover the SAS failed to set off an EMP to disable the machine protecting the SS. Traveling through devastated villages, Wallace explains his knowledge of runic symbols and the Black Sun—the Wunderwaffe group that created Die Glocke. They encounter undead SS but are saved by a British SAS fireteam led by Macavoy and Abbot, with Carlise, Hall, and engineer Tech. Tech recognizes Wallace but dies setting up an EMP that lets the SAS permanently kill attacking SS troopers. The British enlist Wallace as their engineer; Macavoy orders Lena to leave until reinforcements arrive.
Lena follows and helps them survive another SS attack. They reluctantly let her join, explaining their mission is to secure Die Glocke before reinforcements arrive. The film ends with Lena surviving an
- Release year
- 2012
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Genre
- War horror
- Director
- Steve Barker
- Writers
- Steve Barker, Rae Brunton
- Sequel to
- Outpost (2008)
- Followed by
- Outpost: Rise of the Spetsnaz
Lore & Background
The plot follows Nazi-hunter Lena as she tracks former SS Gruppenführer Neurath to Paraguay. After his death, she finds a map of the former Yugoslavia and documents related to British engineer Francis Hunt. Meanwhile, a new team of mercenaries enters the outpost from the first film and is killed by zombie Waffen-SS troops led by SS Brigadeführer Götz. Lena meets physicist Wallace in the former Yugoslavia, who explains that a British SAS team has been fighting the undead SS guards, who are slaughtering villagers. They join a British SAS fireteam on a mission to secure Die Glocke. The team reaches the outpost, discovers the machine has been moved, and eventually finds Hunt hardwired to the generator controlling the undead SS. Lena uses a key from Neurath's ring to deactivate the core, killing the SS and herself. The film ends with Lena surviving and vowing revenge, but no nuclear strike is confirmed.
Reader's Guide
Outpost: Black Sun is significant as the second entry in the Outpost film series, expanding the narrative of Nazi occult experiments and undead soldiers. The film introduces the concept of Die Glocke, a reality-bending electromagnetic device, and ties it to the historical Wunderwaffe group Black Sun. Critical reception was negative, with What Culture criticizing the film for devolving into tedious trotting and an absurd final boss, though Anton Bitel of Little White Lies praised its performances and production values. The film's production involved filming at Lockerbie Academy, Kirkcudbright Army Training Area, and the Balmaghie estate. It sets up a sequel, Outpost: Rise of the Spetsnaz, and leaves the story unresolved with Lena vowing revenge against Wallace and Klausner.
Did You Know?
- The film was shot at the old Lockerbie Academy prior to its demolition, Kirkcudbright Army Training Area, and the Balmaghie estate near Castle Douglas.
- The cast includes Catherine Steadman as Lena, Richard Coyle as Wallace, and Julian Wadham as Francis Hunt.
- The plot involves a ring with a retractable key embedded in the signet, used to deactivate Die Glocke's core.
- Wallace betrays the team, executing Hall and leaving Lena for dead, but she survives the nuclear strike.
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