Stoned Dead (2006)
Director: Ray Etheridge
Writer: Ray Etheridge
Synopsis: Two missionaries are lost, and presumed dead in the jungles of Panama. In New York, a pair of private investigators are hired to find them. Their only clue is a mysterious note with the word "Gila". But what does it mean? Is it a person?...a place?...an animal?...a river? The natives speak of "Gila" only in whispers. Some say that it is a place "of pure evil". Others call it "the resting place of the devil himself". The investigators seem to step back in time as they find themselves in the middle of a dense jungle filled with exotic animals, aztec ruins, and an army of walking dead.
I don't think being "stoned" would have even helped...
1) ACTING: Not bad, not incredible, but not bad. A few of the actors, I don't know if their acting was bad, or if they were having trouble making the dialogue seem convincing.
2) PRODUCTION: Again, not bad, but I felt that there was almost TOO much stock footage in this film when the investigators were in Panama. Yes, I agree Panama is a pretty place with lots of nice scenery, but I don't really wanna see it endlessly in a zombie film. Minimal blood and gore. Editing was kinda rough, as in a few scenes, a character takes 12 minutes to get his 30 second point across. I know that this info was relevant to the movie, but it just seemed to take FOREVER to get to it. The soundtrack was okay.
3) ZOMBIES: These zombies were different. With minimal make-up, they looked like everyone else, but they may have had a bullet wound or a knife wound. And the majority of them wore brown monk robes. They were very subdued and pretty much were used as hired hands. Occasionally, they would act like a "real" zombie.
4) THE CAUSE: Voodoo / Black magic.
5) NUDITY: None.
FINAL: I had high hopes when this one first started with the voodoo rituals and all, but the "different" zombies and the editing really made this one a tough movie to get through. Even during the action scenes, I found myself bored. While I did find the purpose of the zombies to be different, it was too little, too late to save this one for me. I don't think this movie was horrible, but the budgetary restrictions, and the editing really caused this movie to seem worse than it was. The storyline was a good idea, just badly executed.
RATING: 2 out of 5
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