Official Movie Website Theatrical Release 07/08/05 Home Video Not Available MPAA Rating Rated R for strong violence and gore, and for language Running Time 1 hour 40 minutes Genre Horror Director Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig Cast Felicity Mason, Mungo McKay, Rob Jenkins, Lisa Cunningham, Emma Randall, Dirk Hunter Studio Lions Gate Films |
UNDEAD
An Australian film, directed by he Spierig brothers,
that might best have been left Down Under, this may
be a parody that just needed a little more ‘funny fuel.’
Bursting onto the big screen with all of the fury of a
home movie, the viewer is immediately confused.
Should we laugh, or should we cry? And whichever
way we go, can it possibly entertain us for its one
hour and forty minutes? Of course, this is taking into
consideration that the walking dead are quite slow
movers, and often require longer running times.
In a nutshell, and I mean that quite literally, young,
beautiful, local beauty pageant winner, Rene, is
leaving the small town of Berkeley for the big city.
But, oh, oh, she doesn't get very far down the road
before a meteor shower blasts her path and brings
with it a horrible, outer-space disease. And what,
you may ask, are its symptoms? Why, turning the
stricken townsfolk into the living dead, now starving
for the flesh of their former friends and neighbors.
As luck would have, Rene finds a few other
uninfected holed up in a nearby farmhouse and joins
the merry group in battling zombies.
One can't help but wonder what the Spierigs had in
mind. Tacky special effects in an era of unbelievably
sophisticated visuals? A joke, or a very low budget?
Headliners like Dirk Hunter and Felicity Mason, they're
sure to draw a following. Is it a cult film, or a silly
prank, only time will tell?
that might best have been left Down Under, this may
be a parody that just needed a little more ‘funny fuel.’
Bursting onto the big screen with all of the fury of a
home movie, the viewer is immediately confused.
Should we laugh, or should we cry? And whichever
way we go, can it possibly entertain us for its one
hour and forty minutes? Of course, this is taking into
consideration that the walking dead are quite slow
movers, and often require longer running times.
In a nutshell, and I mean that quite literally, young,
beautiful, local beauty pageant winner, Rene, is
leaving the small town of Berkeley for the big city.
But, oh, oh, she doesn't get very far down the road
before a meteor shower blasts her path and brings
with it a horrible, outer-space disease. And what,
you may ask, are its symptoms? Why, turning the
stricken townsfolk into the living dead, now starving
for the flesh of their former friends and neighbors.
As luck would have, Rene finds a few other
uninfected holed up in a nearby farmhouse and joins
the merry group in battling zombies.
One can't help but wonder what the Spierigs had in
mind. Tacky special effects in an era of unbelievably
sophisticated visuals? A joke, or a very low budget?
Headliners like Dirk Hunter and Felicity Mason, they're
sure to draw a following. Is it a cult film, or a silly
prank, only time will tell?
Mary and Brenda
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