So imagine, if you will...
* The worst of the worst acting you've seen from SyFy Channel original movies * The worst of the wrost acting you've seen from Lifetime movies (my wife watches them all the time so sadly, I'm well experienced) * That awkward friend you had back in your college days that fancied himself an indie filmmaker whose films were far too cringe-worthy and embarrassing to actually laugh at.
Add them all together...and the acting in this movie is still WORSE.
Between the lead actress over-enunciating every spoken word, to the completely insulting-to-your-intelligence and sophomoric dialogue between characters, this film is a cringe-fest from start to end. Gore effects look like they were made from Campbell's vegetable soup, and zombie makeup, while at some points relatively good, still tend to barely be above amateur.
As is typical with modern zombie movies, these aren't Romero shamblers (despite the semi-related title). These are World War Z style super mutants capable of Olympic Athlete levels of gymnastics, superhuman running speed and Herculean strength. When the "Bub" zombie manages to infiltrate the military base, the lone zombie somehow manages to outsmart and outmaneuver an entire contingent of soldiers, stealthily picking off people of the base one by one without a single person catching on...despite how much noise he makes, gore he leaves behind, and how bad he must smell...you know, being a zombie and all.
The Captain Rhodes-esque character is so hammed up he makes Spam look like Easter Sunday Honey Baked Ham, with some of the worst dialogue of any character (even worse than my terrible puns). Other villainous characters are typical b-movie lackey types.
The main character, a combination of Sarah and Dr. Logan from Day of the Dead, looks like a less-bloated Rhonda Rousey, with probably comparable or even worse acting skill. And again...that over enunciation remains irritating throughout the film. Maybe it's a credit to her speaking ability, but the hard enunciation of each and every independent syllable in a word makes her sound like a robot attempting to mimic human speech patterns.
By the halfway point, the movie starts to emulate the original with similar plot points, but ultimately fails to be as captivating as the original, which in the eyes of many is the definitive Romero zombie films, if not the original Dawn.
Ultimately, it's a poor attempt to remake a classic film in the genre, and is the THIRD remake of Day of the Dead since 2005.
* The worst of the worst acting you've seen from SyFy Channel original movies * The worst of the wrost acting you've seen from Lifetime movies (my wife watches them all the time so sadly, I'm well experienced) * That awkward friend you had back in your college days that fancied himself an indie filmmaker whose films were far too cringe-worthy and embarrassing to actually laugh at.
Add them all together...and the acting in this movie is still WORSE.
Between the lead actress over-enunciating every spoken word, to the completely insulting-to-your-intelligence and sophomoric dialogue between characters, this film is a cringe-fest from start to end. Gore effects look like they were made from Campbell's vegetable soup, and zombie makeup, while at some points relatively good, still tend to barely be above amateur.
As is typical with modern zombie movies, these aren't Romero shamblers (despite the semi-related title). These are World War Z style super mutants capable of Olympic Athlete levels of gymnastics, superhuman running speed and Herculean strength. When the "Bub" zombie manages to infiltrate the military base, the lone zombie somehow manages to outsmart and outmaneuver an entire contingent of soldiers, stealthily picking off people of the base one by one without a single person catching on...despite how much noise he makes, gore he leaves behind, and how bad he must smell...you know, being a zombie and all.
The Captain Rhodes-esque character is so hammed up he makes Spam look like Easter Sunday Honey Baked Ham, with some of the worst dialogue of any character (even worse than my terrible puns). Other villainous characters are typical b-movie lackey types.
The main character, a combination of Sarah and Dr. Logan from Day of the Dead, looks like a less-bloated Rhonda Rousey, with probably comparable or even worse acting skill. And again...that over enunciation remains irritating throughout the film. Maybe it's a credit to her speaking ability, but the hard enunciation of each and every independent syllable in a word makes her sound like a robot attempting to mimic human speech patterns.
By the halfway point, the movie starts to emulate the original with similar plot points, but ultimately fails to be as captivating as the original, which in the eyes of many is the definitive Romero zombie films, if not the original Dawn.
Ultimately, it's a poor attempt to remake a classic film in the genre, and is the THIRD remake of Day of the Dead since 2005.