Z Movies

According to an article on ejumpcut the term Z Movies refers to that of “political thrillers” described by guy Hennebelle in one of his articles

After researching into the term ‘Z Movies’ and reading an article (http://www.ejumpcut.org/archive/onlinessays/JC38folder/HiddenAgenda-JFK.html) on Hidden Agenda, I managed to pick out a point which I feel is very relevant to the argument as to weather Hidden Agenda should come under the category of a Z movie.

“Both HIDDEN AGENDA and JFK fit nicely into the category of "Z Movies," or films in the tradition of Costa Gavras' political thriller Z. Outlined in an article by Guy Hennebelle in Cineaste, Z Movies” – Jump Cut, Jerry White, After reading this review you can see a point in what the author is trying to put across however I majorly disagree, the film, Hidden Agenda, does put across conspiracy theories about the British government, however I feel that this is not targeted at the British government, I believe it is simply a plot to a film, an interesting one at that, but nothing more

There is also another description for the term z movies, which is that they are poorly made using a low budget, however again I would most definitely disagree with this as although it was made on a low budget it is directed and created very well with good acting and a very good script with some key quotes.