The Rising Dead (2007)
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Director: Brent Cousins
Writers: Blake Cousins & Brent Cousins
Synopsis: War breaks out worldwide. In desperation world leaders engage Biological weapons, which quickly mutate and cause the dead to rise. The epidemic spreads faster that any one could imagine. The only safe place for the few remaining humans to survive is a nuclear fallout shelter, but getting there is the problem. A Special Forces agent is assigned to escort America's leaders to the location, but the plane crashes a few miles short of their destination. Caught in a tropical setting, those that survive are pitted against hordes of flesh eating zombies. A battle ensues, but when the end is near will humanity prevail, or will mankind fall to the rising dead?
Writers: Blake Cousins & Brent Cousins
Synopsis: War breaks out worldwide. In desperation world leaders engage Biological weapons, which quickly mutate and cause the dead to rise. The epidemic spreads faster that any one could imagine. The only safe place for the few remaining humans to survive is a nuclear fallout shelter, but getting there is the problem. A Special Forces agent is assigned to escort America's leaders to the location, but the plane crashes a few miles short of their destination. Caught in a tropical setting, those that survive are pitted against hordes of flesh eating zombies. A battle ensues, but when the end is near will humanity prevail, or will mankind fall to the rising dead?
Not TOO bad...
1) ACTING: The acting was so-so, I really think some of these people need a few more acting classes and they could be okay. The lead was okay as "the hero."
2) PRODUCTION: As with all no / low budget movies, it shows. It is up to the director to take what he's got and make the best of it. And, amazingly, this director does. I'm not saying that he was always successful, but from the way certain scenes were filmed, you could tell he was trying. There was a good chunk of blood and gore in this one as well. I think the biggest problem this one had was that the script needed some work. The basic plot wasn't all that bad, it just needed some serious polish. And while I realize the lead actor was probably wearing an old suit, His secret-service image was kinda shot when the viewer could see that he was wearing pants that were too short for him, because of the WHITE SOCKS. Also, I do not know if this movie was dubbed or what, but the voices were odd, like they weren't in sync.
3) THE ZOMBIES: The zombies in this one consisted of both "Romero shamblers" and "Snyder runners." Nothing new here is brought to the zombie genre.
4) THE CAUSE: Germ warfare
5) NUDITY: None.
FINAL: Not a bad entry for the no / low budget zombie genre. I would like to see what the director could do if he had some serious money to work with. This movie isn't incredible, and most likely will be easily forgotten, but it surely isn't the worst of what's out there either. I would say rent it, invite over some friends, and laugh at the cheesiness of it all.
RATING: 2 out of 5
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