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An avalanche of meteorites over a remote Australian fishing village results in an onslaught of the flesh-crazed undead. Prepare yourself!
A fun-filled sci-fi/horror tale featuring legions of the living dead, zombie fish, flesh-dissolving acid rain, alien abduction and the blackest humour, 'Undead' is a crowd pleasing splatterfest in the bloody tradition of the early works of 'Bad Taste' Peter Jackson and 'Evil Dead' Sam Raimi
This remarkable debut feature was written, produced and directed by twin brothers Michael and Peter Spierig.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Undead,
This review is from: Undead [2003] [DVD] (DVD)
Billed to me as the Australian 'Shaun Of The Dead', it isn't entirely undeserving of the title, nabbing scenes from various zombie films and a couple of Hollywood blockbusters as well. The plot runs as follows - meteorities fall from space and smash into people turning them into zombies who are naturally hungry. A group of survivors end up in the bunker of an enigmatic man with moves nicked straight out of 'The Matrix' but as one of them is a pregnant woman and they have no food and water, they find themselves having to escape. Later on, we discover that the entire zombie premise is part of an alien conspiracy and so the battle is with the aliens as well as the rabid cadavers wandering around the apocalyptic town.The film certainly rubs shoulders with 'Braindead', being both dysfunctional and comically gory (although the blood and entrails quieten down as the movie goes on). Zombie fans will enjoy picking out various sight gags and bits of speech taken from other zombie films "they're not zombies, don't call them that!" and newcomers to the genre will delight in the outrageous death scenes of the undead. It's no 'Braindead' being neither quite as funny or intense, and the plot does drag at times towards the end, but it is certainly a reasonable alternative for fans of Peter Jackson's early work and for virgin zombie viewers the first half an hour will help desensitise you for your exploration into the genre. And the elderly lady taken out by a meteorite early on will make you split your sides with laughter. Every. Single. Time...
1.0 out of 5 stars
poor poor poor,
By I.ford (Bristol, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Undead [2003] [DVD] (DVD)
I bought this dvd as I was in the mood for a zombie film. I chose this one as I enjoyed "Daybreakers" and it's from the same creator.
To say I was deeply disappointed is an understatment. I am not in the habit of switching films off after 15-20 minutes but I had to with this one. 15-20 minutes was very generous on my part. My review title says it all about this one.
3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
A slightly harsh review:,
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This review is from: Undead [2003] [DVD] (DVD)
Undead has a decent sci-fi twist to it's carnage, but that also makes it a confusing beast and in the end it just feels limp, superficial and empty to me.
The absolute worst thing about this film - and I could (and probably will) write about this forever - is its godawful comedy score, which sounds like it's been pryed from an old silent movie and lovelessly, haphazardly splattered over the film's soundtrack, plundering the film of any technical merit it might have had. Fair enough, zombies aren't the most serious of subject matter, but some tension in the music or editing would have helped me stay interested. Imagine watching Braindead (which is excellent, buy that instead), cut together by college students, with the Benny Hill theme looped over the dialogue for the whole 90 minutes and you're somewhere near the experience of Undead. Only with far less interesting deaths, no good dialogue and human characters that are less developed than the zombies. Followed up by a pretentious twist that only serves to make the entire film a bit more pointless. On the good side, the gore is suitably over the top, and there are some decent moments of improvised weaponry, but it's all very superficial and I came out of the film feeling like I needed to watch some proper zombie films to cleanse myself. 1 star seems harsh, but I really just did not enjoy this film, and I can't recommend it - it is a waste of time as far as I'm concerned. Instead, I'd say save your money and buy the excellent Braindead, Shaun of the Dead and Versus. All three are similar in various ways but infinitely better.
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