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Zombie sequel from horror maestro George A. Romero. A zombie epidemic has laid waste to America, leaving the military in chaos. A band of soldiers decides that in order to survive, they will go AWOL and find refuge on the remote Plum Island. However, they soon discover that even here there is no escape from a world under threat from both the living and the dead.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
The dead may have survived, but they couldn't resuscitate the franchise.
17 April 2012
Format:DVD
Last week I found 'Survival of the Dead' in a bargain bin at Morrisons for two quid. I reasoned it had to be worth two quid. After all - It's directed by George A Romero, the man behind 'Night of the Living Dead'! So what if he hasn't been churning out classics lately? TWO QUID! How bad could it be?
Quite bad as it turns out.
I'm a big fan of Romero's classics. I even own a copy of the much lamented 'Land of the Dead' and I love Creepshow to bits, so I had every reason to be biased. But this was too rubbish, even for me.
Survival of the Dead is a sort of prequel, documenting the early stages of the zombie outbreak. It follows a group of mercenaries trying to find a place to live. They travel off to a small island to get away from the horrors of the living dead. However the islanders are not killing the zombies, but keeping them alive as they cannot bear to part with their loved ones.
The film is initially interesting. It rambles along at an acceptable pace and could pass for a decent made-for-TV series. There are some intentionally funny moments such as the zombie who has his head turned into a cigarette lighter.
Sadly, the film gradually sags under the weight of it's own flaws. Romero consistently uses American actors to play Irish people, even when they can't do the accent and the casting is pretty terrible. There is no reason why any of the characters needed to be Irish - It's all a bit daft. Additionally, there are several pointless references to the character of Tomboy being a lesbian. It's a piece of character development that goes absolutely nowhere and includes one cringe worthy scene where Tomboy masturbates in front of her colleagues. It's not so much erotic, as embarrassing and nonsensical.... Read more ›
Quite bad as it turns out.
I'm a big fan of Romero's classics. I even own a copy of the much lamented 'Land of the Dead' and I love Creepshow to bits, so I had every reason to be biased. But this was too rubbish, even for me.
Survival of the Dead is a sort of prequel, documenting the early stages of the zombie outbreak. It follows a group of mercenaries trying to find a place to live. They travel off to a small island to get away from the horrors of the living dead. However the islanders are not killing the zombies, but keeping them alive as they cannot bear to part with their loved ones.
The film is initially interesting. It rambles along at an acceptable pace and could pass for a decent made-for-TV series. There are some intentionally funny moments such as the zombie who has his head turned into a cigarette lighter.
Sadly, the film gradually sags under the weight of it's own flaws. Romero consistently uses American actors to play Irish people, even when they can't do the accent and the casting is pretty terrible. There is no reason why any of the characters needed to be Irish - It's all a bit daft. Additionally, there are several pointless references to the character of Tomboy being a lesbian. It's a piece of character development that goes absolutely nowhere and includes one cringe worthy scene where Tomboy masturbates in front of her colleagues. It's not so much erotic, as embarrassing and nonsensical.... Read more ›
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By Benson
Format:Blu-ray
Im not going into the details about the film this is word of warning for potential Blu ray buyers, avoid this version! The picture quality is crap, the sound is so-so and there are no extras. However the region free US version by Magnolia Pictures has excellent picture quality, excellent sound quality and a bunch of extras. If your a fan of the film go for the US version, as i said its region free so it will work on UK players.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Having watched all the films in the Dead series, this is by far the worst....there is no suspense, no fear, no gore, no story, nothing at all to make it of interest. It looks like they just gave up on the makeup and special effects, some of the "zombies" look like normal people!! The acting was so bad its hard to tell who is supposed to be a zombie and who is still alive!!! Even if you loved the first 5 films, this is going to bore you to tears. And seriously, how can anyone rate this as a 5 star film?? You think this is up there with any of the first 3 films??? Or your just voting 5 as you cant bear to admit George has made one huge dud of a film (and not his first by the way). Hopefully this proves to be the last in the series, as if its going downhill this quickly, its time to lay the Dead to rest, in more ways than one!
22 of 26 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
George Romero's ''brand name'' has taken a little bit of a battering in the past few years. Once hailed as a master horror director with the original and much cherished 'Dead' trilogy, only to almost undo all of that good work with his more recent efforts - the lackluster studio dud 'Land of the Dead' and the nearly-there 'Diary of the Dead'. So, when this new effort was announced my world weary mind just thought 'ho hum, we'll see, not expecting much' and after reading a number of reviews across the net my fears were confirmed that this new entry 'Survival of the Dead' would be just another waste of a once heady talent... however, after viewing Romero's newest movie - I didn't come away feeling that. I actually liked it.
The story is a pretty simple affair: Coming across as a semi sequel/continuation to 'Diary', the film follows a group of rogue National Guardsmen (led by 'Diary' bit-player Alan Van Sprang as the laconic 'Nicotine' Crocket) as they seek refuge from the impending zombie over population problem. Crocket and his team, feverishly searching for a safe haven meet up with Patrick O'Flynn (Kenneth Welsh in a scenery chewing performance). O'Flynn has been exiled from his home - namely Plum Island (this and Fiddlers Green? What is it with Romero and strange place names recently?), where his family is locked in a feud with the Muldoon family (led by Seamus Muldoon, played by Richard Fitzpatrick). The two families are almost living a 'cowboy' like existence on this remote isle, and here Romero rolls out his trademark social commentary, this time focusing on the family unit and how it reacts in times of desperation and conflict.... Read more ›
The story is a pretty simple affair: Coming across as a semi sequel/continuation to 'Diary', the film follows a group of rogue National Guardsmen (led by 'Diary' bit-player Alan Van Sprang as the laconic 'Nicotine' Crocket) as they seek refuge from the impending zombie over population problem. Crocket and his team, feverishly searching for a safe haven meet up with Patrick O'Flynn (Kenneth Welsh in a scenery chewing performance). O'Flynn has been exiled from his home - namely Plum Island (this and Fiddlers Green? What is it with Romero and strange place names recently?), where his family is locked in a feud with the Muldoon family (led by Seamus Muldoon, played by Richard Fitzpatrick). The two families are almost living a 'cowboy' like existence on this remote isle, and here Romero rolls out his trademark social commentary, this time focusing on the family unit and how it reacts in times of desperation and conflict.... Read more ›
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
By Albatross
Format:DVD
And so these times of zombie movies everywhere you look, the grand master of the genre returns with his latest offering. Depending on what sort of (zombie) movies you like will determine which of George's original saga you like - if you like your horror `pure' then Night of the Living Dead will be for you, if you like action - see Dawn of the Dead, a darker take on the zombie genre goes with Day of the Dead and finally a more modern `Resident Evil' touch with Land of the Dead.
Then George decided to `reboot' the franchise set in modern times with Diary of the Dead. Whatever you think of it - it bombed. Neither fans of George or new cinema-goers liked it. So... where does he go from there? Does he learn from his mistake and go back to something more successful, i.e. perhaps a combination of Night/Dawn of the Dead?
The answer, sadly, is no.
Survival of the Dead is probably the most disappointing film of recent times. Not because it was bad. It's okay. Simply because it could have been so much better. It doesn't have much of a budget, but George is good at working round such limitations. After over thirty years spent making horror movies, this instalment comes across as if it was written by a horror-freshman.
If you've ever gone onto the Internet Movie Database (IMDb.com) and looked up movies, sometimes people post in the forums sarcastic topics like `100 things I learned from xxx.' Then they go on to list all the plot holes and things that don't make sense. Unfortunately, Survival of the Dead is one long list of things that don't make sense. Its ultimate downfall is the characters. Not only are they pretty wafer-thin, but they do the most stupid and random things. To start one such list off I'd begin...
1.... Read more ›
Then George decided to `reboot' the franchise set in modern times with Diary of the Dead. Whatever you think of it - it bombed. Neither fans of George or new cinema-goers liked it. So... where does he go from there? Does he learn from his mistake and go back to something more successful, i.e. perhaps a combination of Night/Dawn of the Dead?
The answer, sadly, is no.
Survival of the Dead is probably the most disappointing film of recent times. Not because it was bad. It's okay. Simply because it could have been so much better. It doesn't have much of a budget, but George is good at working round such limitations. After over thirty years spent making horror movies, this instalment comes across as if it was written by a horror-freshman.
If you've ever gone onto the Internet Movie Database (IMDb.com) and looked up movies, sometimes people post in the forums sarcastic topics like `100 things I learned from xxx.' Then they go on to list all the plot holes and things that don't make sense. Unfortunately, Survival of the Dead is one long list of things that don't make sense. Its ultimate downfall is the characters. Not only are they pretty wafer-thin, but they do the most stupid and random things. To start one such list off I'd begin...
1.... Read more ›
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
DEAD FILM WITH A DIFFERENCE
If you like lots of blood and guts in your zombie movies,give this little beauty a go. It's got some silly moments,it's over the top,it's milking a franchise,but does it in style. Read more
Published 5 days ago by BAZ316
3.0 out of 5 stars
conceptually interesting
i thought this was well made, intelligent and coneptually interesting. tes if you want a comic book gorefest you will find this boring. Read more
Published 11 days ago by Christian Marshall
2.0 out of 5 stars
A feud between two grumpy heads-of-family result in a mild showdown....
Like Diary of the Dead, this film appears to be early in the history of the zombie pandemic but some elements don't add up. Read more
Published 17 days ago by Vexen Crabtree
1.0 out of 5 stars
SURVIVAL OF THE DEAD
Survival of the dead is just a survival to watch.Im big fan of these film I have all the films
in this series but this one I just could not bring myself around to adding to my... Read more
in this series but this one I just could not bring myself around to adding to my... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Malc the Gypsy
1.0 out of 5 stars
OH BEJESUS THIS IS CRAP
The comedy is a joke,the accents' a laugh,o'malley and the story derisory.I think i have watched this 3 times, i must be a masochist,AVOID.
Published 3 months ago by Vlad the emailer
4.0 out of 5 stars
Fits in with Romero's recent films!
I really enjoyed this! It's main characters featured in Romero's Diary of the dead and this enstallment ties in with his other recent releases. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Julie192007
1.0 out of 5 stars
Don't waste your money
George Romero was drunk when he made this. No story, no great zombies, just utter crap. Don't buy this! Please!
Published 6 months ago by Eng Filipe Antunes
2.0 out of 5 stars
If you've got multiregion, import the DVD
I never thought I would say it, but the better picture quality of Blu Ray isn't worth it for this release if there are no extras (like the single disc R2 DVD). Read more
Published 10 months ago by Born Again Bookworm
2.0 out of 5 stars
Nothing on Dawn of the Dead but miles better than Diary of the Dead,...
As an avid watcher of zombie movies, particularly George A. Romero's Dead movies, I was optimistic for this latest instalment. Read more
Published 18 months ago by UndeadCritic
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