Undead (watched 1/20/10)
Schlock night is in need of a huge shot of adrenaline. Puddles of drool have been collecting from everyone sleeping through the previous features (I even skipped one because I couldn’t stay awake long enough to pass along anything pertinent). With Daybreakers headed to the big screen I thought it would be a good time to look into the Spierig brothers debut film, Undead. The story behind this movie is they made it for $1 million dollars, which is somehow considered a small budget. Maybe if you’re James Cameron, but if you’re the up and coming indie director you can stretch that a long ways and they proved it…. for a whopping 98 minutes.
The thing about schlock: You know you’re diving into crap, that’s part of the fun, but don’t make it an endurance piece. However, had they taken the cleaver to this film and lopped out about 15 minutes of people turning corners, running up and down staircases, and shining flashlights at the camera it would have bee a really good flick. It definitely had the most complicated plot of any schlock we’ve watched, and they really went all out with their special effects.
Was it the defibrillator that we needed to get us going again? Nope. But it certainly wasn’t the pillow over our face that sends us into the great beyond.
What it has: alien abductions, triple barrel shotgun, people turning corners, quadruple barrel shotgun, inept police, australian accents, zombie fish, stupid people doing stupid things, really nice decapitations, more people turning corners, zombies, scenes to build tension that don’t build tension, room for a sequel
What it’s missing: a sharp editor, a real reason not to watch it, rules for how the zombies die, and at this point I’m thinking: many memorable moments
To be honest I’m probably being a bit harsh on this one, but I was hoping for a lot. It’s worth a view, but it’s probably not going to give you all the kicks you want.
2.8/5 acid raindrops
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