Total Bull$#!+ overused concept. The world is over, we can't reach anyone and suddenly a human sickness needs to be taken care of. So we send a team to find some antibiotics simple get in and get out but the person who insisted about going in the first place breaks of and starts a chain of events that kills a bunch of innocent people just to make a vaccine to help cure basically no one. Thanks Zoe.
314 Reviews
A disappointing watch.
Sleepin_Dragon17 April 2018
Zombie movies have literally been done to death, no pun intended. Nowadays the expectation is for something slightly less unoriginal, with a huge budget, and the usual shocks and scares. Sadly this one fails on both counts, there is absolutely nothing original, and the budget was evidently fairly low, as at times it looks a little cheap. The start was pretty decent, and the Zombie stalker thing was perhaps a little different. The acting was sadly a little below par too.
4/10
4/10
Day Of The Dudd
omendata6 January 2018
Why is it with a budget of 8 million you cant make a better version than the original which cost a mere $3,000,000; its not rocket science but I guess you need a Romero at the helm.
Not very scary or claustrophobic like the original was, woeful acting, illogical situations. cheddar cheesy dialogue and blood shooting out like a hose made it comical - The Walking Dead has it spot on so why not just copy if you dont have a clue what you are doing. I wont mention the ending which had the entire audience laughing - Oh my what were they thinking? And to add insult to injury the thrash metal "nettle-rash" music as my old dad used to call it at the end credits really did aggravate an already aggravated viewing sesh!
Its not awful - the people who give 1 star are as bad as the shills who give 10/10 to every movie they review and havent a clue what the ratings systems means - 1 star means its the worst movie you have ever seen; watch "THE BAD BATCH" with Keanu Reeves then come back and tell me you would still give this a 1 star.
To be fair Johnathon Schaech did a pretty good attempt at the original Bubba-zombie (he was the best actor in the whole thing) and the effects were not bad. The Dawn Of The Dead remake has been one of the best Zombo remakes but sadly this one is not. How very disappointing I must say! We can only hope Peter Jackson gets his Zombie movie that he has been talking about for over a decade off the ground, until then I guess us die hard zombo fans will have to make do with The Walking Dead!
A fair 3/10 from me!
Not very scary or claustrophobic like the original was, woeful acting, illogical situations. cheddar cheesy dialogue and blood shooting out like a hose made it comical - The Walking Dead has it spot on so why not just copy if you dont have a clue what you are doing. I wont mention the ending which had the entire audience laughing - Oh my what were they thinking? And to add insult to injury the thrash metal "nettle-rash" music as my old dad used to call it at the end credits really did aggravate an already aggravated viewing sesh!
Its not awful - the people who give 1 star are as bad as the shills who give 10/10 to every movie they review and havent a clue what the ratings systems means - 1 star means its the worst movie you have ever seen; watch "THE BAD BATCH" with Keanu Reeves then come back and tell me you would still give this a 1 star.
To be fair Johnathon Schaech did a pretty good attempt at the original Bubba-zombie (he was the best actor in the whole thing) and the effects were not bad. The Dawn Of The Dead remake has been one of the best Zombo remakes but sadly this one is not. How very disappointing I must say! We can only hope Peter Jackson gets his Zombie movie that he has been talking about for over a decade off the ground, until then I guess us die hard zombo fans will have to make do with The Walking Dead!
A fair 3/10 from me!
This is shit
patrickrobinson-7213628 April 2018
I gave this movie a chance on Netflix after discovering it on DVD at Wal-Mart. I listened to my wife and streamed it. I am a lifelong zombie horror fan. I own any and every imaginable zombie movie you can think of that is worth owning and have given a chance to quite a few that I have not bought.
I am praising the gods today for my wife being with me at Wal-Mart that day and telling me to hold off on buying this. If there is a rating less than B-rated, this movie is not on that scale. It is without words the biggest crock of garbage I ever watched.
First of all, let's talk about the acting. How dare you put the holy name of "Day of thr Dead" on this and sully the name of George A. Romero! This is a travesty and an insult to his legacy. The acting is terrible, even by zombie film standards.
Now, do not get me wrong, but on paper the story was interesting, but come on man! "Miguel" was a trainwreck from his first appearance. These jackoffs basically attempted to combine the cowardly Miguel Salazar with the jerk Captain Rhodes. It didn't work. Oh, and we gave him a brother! Hot damn, a zombie apocalypse is fun for the whole damn family!
I am fairly certain that the studio responsible is shitting themselves now as they realize they wasted $8 million on a budget for this shit heep. For $8 million, I could write, direct and produce a zombie movie that would make the almighty George smile and approve. And I can find better actors AND hire a special effects team that knows how the human anatomy works!
Recommendation(s): DO NOT WATCH IF YOU'RE A TRUE ZOMBIE HORROR FAN!
I am praising the gods today for my wife being with me at Wal-Mart that day and telling me to hold off on buying this. If there is a rating less than B-rated, this movie is not on that scale. It is without words the biggest crock of garbage I ever watched.
First of all, let's talk about the acting. How dare you put the holy name of "Day of thr Dead" on this and sully the name of George A. Romero! This is a travesty and an insult to his legacy. The acting is terrible, even by zombie film standards.
Now, do not get me wrong, but on paper the story was interesting, but come on man! "Miguel" was a trainwreck from his first appearance. These jackoffs basically attempted to combine the cowardly Miguel Salazar with the jerk Captain Rhodes. It didn't work. Oh, and we gave him a brother! Hot damn, a zombie apocalypse is fun for the whole damn family!
I am fairly certain that the studio responsible is shitting themselves now as they realize they wasted $8 million on a budget for this shit heep. For $8 million, I could write, direct and produce a zombie movie that would make the almighty George smile and approve. And I can find better actors AND hire a special effects team that knows how the human anatomy works!
Recommendation(s): DO NOT WATCH IF YOU'RE A TRUE ZOMBIE HORROR FAN!
complete rubbish - run away from it
vonschmeel5 January 2018
I built this account just to warn people how bad this film is. save yourselves and dont watch it, its the worst low budget everything under the sun including acting. a film by fans for fans,of themselves...
it should be a crime to use "day of the dead" for garbage like this
Romero is rolling in his grave right now
it should be a crime to use "day of the dead" for garbage like this
Romero is rolling in his grave right now
Terrible Acting, Terrible Plot, Terrible Characters
raymondlc10 February 2018
Just all around a dreadful occurrence in film history.
The main protagonist checks all the boxes on the "dumb things to do in an apocalypse" checklist. Add to that the massive plot holes and bad acting and you get a recipe for failure.
While the main character is the absolute repository for bad ideas you'd be amazed at how stupid the other characters can be, it's as though they all want to die. For example in one scene zombies flood into the area, this is followed by one of the characters running TOWARD AND PAST the horde of zombies, followed immediately by the protagonist. Naturally these flesh hungry zombies let both individuals pass without harm after all we're watching a terrible movie.
All of this hullabaloo because she needs a zombie alive. Following this massive plot hole what does she do? She kills the one she wanted alive.
This movie is garbage don't bother watching it, I'd watch a 100 hour marathon of The Wiggles before I watched this again.
The main protagonist checks all the boxes on the "dumb things to do in an apocalypse" checklist. Add to that the massive plot holes and bad acting and you get a recipe for failure.
While the main character is the absolute repository for bad ideas you'd be amazed at how stupid the other characters can be, it's as though they all want to die. For example in one scene zombies flood into the area, this is followed by one of the characters running TOWARD AND PAST the horde of zombies, followed immediately by the protagonist. Naturally these flesh hungry zombies let both individuals pass without harm after all we're watching a terrible movie.
All of this hullabaloo because she needs a zombie alive. Following this massive plot hole what does she do? She kills the one she wanted alive.
This movie is garbage don't bother watching it, I'd watch a 100 hour marathon of The Wiggles before I watched this again.
Why?
paulwattriley7 January 2018
Why are people intent on wasting money making poor movies. After 2 minutes you can clearly tell that this is going to be an awful movie.
Since when do people explode blood when bitten. What was the zombie wiping the wind screen with blood inside the car all about?
Poor script with even worse acting.
Since when do people explode blood when bitten. What was the zombie wiping the wind screen with blood inside the car all about?
Poor script with even worse acting.
Very very bad movie and it's not a remake
anunsguy5 January 2018
Warning: Spoilers
OK so here the story:
The main character Zoe is a student in a hospital and study in epidemiology and have a patient called Max who have an abnormal amount of antibodies on his blood (at this point you already get what will happen on the movie). Unfortunately this patient his also a psychopath stalker in love with Zoe.
The evening the student have a party and Zoe go get some beer on the morgue fridge...ok!, arrive Max who try to rape her but Zoe is a lucky girl and one of the body wake up and attack Max. Zoe run to the party to tell people to go out but zombies attack.
Zoe's teacher who tell at the beginning she will not be at the party was here and turned to Zombie (How? Why? it's a mystery).
Anyway everyone die (and turned to Zombie) and Zoe escape.
You can notice on this movie that Zombie will attack people, bite them and go to the other victim (they don't eat them).
We are five year later. Zoe is a doctor on a military base and work for a cure. Everything is well organized they have food, people are protected.
One day a child became sick and need medicine they don't have. In order to prevent an outbreak Zoe ask to the lieutenant in charge to start a mission to get medicine into the hospital she was working because she know where the pharmacy is and she know the code ! (Yeah a bunch of soldier can't open a door closed with a locker).
On the way, one of the 2 hummer broke in the middle of a forest and they start to yell to each others (yeah it's good to yell in the middle of a forest Zombie will not hear you at all !) until they start to fix the car.
The night fall and the mechanic fix the car at the exact moment zombies start to attack from every side (Zombies start to hunt in group??).
They escape and arrive at the hospital, they arrive at the pharmacy start to take everything they need to go back, easy?, no Zoe stop to her old office to pick up some pictures and other medicine, but a Zombie is looking at her. He attack and she shoot at him (but miss) and start to run and drop a scarf , the Zombie smell it and of course we recognize Max (What a surprise !)
All the Zombies around start to attack. They escape but one of the soldier die (attacked from behind).
They arrive in the base with Zombie Max hided under one of the hummer (WFT?, how did he get here?), Zombie Max go to hide before one of the military check the car.
The base chef the lieutenant (I don't remember his name) blame Zoe for the death of the soldier.
Anyway, Zoe get the medicine and cure the girl (I'm not a doctor but drugs don't have expiration date?). Now Zoe is crying on her bedroom watching the pictures she took, a man is dead for those pictures remember, I hope she cry because she understood how stupid she is ... .
On this scene Zoe is wearing a black top (important) because on the next scene she is wearing a white one.
But what happen with Zombie Max? After killing a soldier outside he's successfully sneak into the base at the last minutes before the door closes, unnoticed he start to look for Zoe using the aeration tunnel (Alien Style).
No one noticed the missing soldier or the Zombie walking into the tunnel...
Zombie Max successfully kill to other people (a couple), the woman yell but NO ONE hear her (they live in an underground base, it's just long tunnel, what about the echo??).
Zombie Max attack Zoe and before he start to finish what he started 5 years earlier, Zoe ask the military to not kill him because he didn't tried to bite her. They restrain him on the lab.
After that, the lieutenant of the base ask how Zombie Max sneak into the base? Was he alone? Do we have missing people? No I'm joking no one ask those questions.
Zoe finally discover that Zombie Max was Max and start to use his blood to make a cure.
During a scene where Zoe was arguing with her boyfriend she was wearing a white top, she left the room and when she arrive in the lab she was wearing a blue top...
In order to work on the cure, Zoe need blood sample from Zombies, so without asking the lieutenant they organize a mission (during the night again) to take blood sample from Zombie by opening the main gate and let them pass one by one. When they where taking the blood sample from the second Zombie the guy who was holding the fence (alone against a bunch of zombie) start to yell to say he can't hold the fence. But no one care.
The fence collapse and 2 soldier dies. But she got the sample ! (we are at 6 people dead because of Zoe since the beginning of the movie)
She started to continue to work on the cure and at the moment she find it Zombie Max escape (he grab the key from a soldier earlier and hide them on his pocket).
She escape and Zombie Max was free on the base.
The military start to hunt him and Zoe go alone to take the sick little girl, and of course Zombie Max take her as hostage (first zombie hostage situation scene ever). Zombie Max release the little girl and grab Zoe and open the base gate and Zombies start to come inside. Military arrive shoot max (not deadly shoot yet) and save Zoe BUT the little girl afraid escape and go through the door Zombie Max open (outside) instead of going inside the base.
Zoe run after the girl to save her and Zombie Max follow.
All the military are killed by Zombies, the lieutenant too and the boyfriend is bitten. And Zombies go inside the the rest of the base and start to kill everyone.
During this time Zoe, the little girl and Zombie Max play hide and seek and Zoe kill Zombie Max by cutting is head off (Finally).
Zoe come back and find Baca (the boyfriend) ready to kill himself but she said NO I CAN MAKE A VACCIN ! (for who? everyone is dead).
The next scene is Zoe giving the vaccine to Bacca save him and everything is good everyone is happy and THE END.
So what about all the Zombies inside the base? They disappeared? (like the movie scenario).
So what to say about Day of the Dead: Bloodline?
The characters are stupid and have irrational behavior, hey let's go raid in the night an hospital full of Zombies ! Nothing bad will happen ! Most of the dead are people surprised from behind by a Zombie, are they deaf? or is it silent Ninja Zombies? The only rationnal character was the lieutenant who was supposed to be the bad guy.
If I need to compare this movie with the original Romero Day of the dead, I will say that first of all this movie is not a remake at all and it's an insult to Romero movies.
The main character Zoe is a student in a hospital and study in epidemiology and have a patient called Max who have an abnormal amount of antibodies on his blood (at this point you already get what will happen on the movie). Unfortunately this patient his also a psychopath stalker in love with Zoe.
The evening the student have a party and Zoe go get some beer on the morgue fridge...ok!, arrive Max who try to rape her but Zoe is a lucky girl and one of the body wake up and attack Max. Zoe run to the party to tell people to go out but zombies attack.
Zoe's teacher who tell at the beginning she will not be at the party was here and turned to Zombie (How? Why? it's a mystery).
Anyway everyone die (and turned to Zombie) and Zoe escape.
You can notice on this movie that Zombie will attack people, bite them and go to the other victim (they don't eat them).
We are five year later. Zoe is a doctor on a military base and work for a cure. Everything is well organized they have food, people are protected.
One day a child became sick and need medicine they don't have. In order to prevent an outbreak Zoe ask to the lieutenant in charge to start a mission to get medicine into the hospital she was working because she know where the pharmacy is and she know the code ! (Yeah a bunch of soldier can't open a door closed with a locker).
On the way, one of the 2 hummer broke in the middle of a forest and they start to yell to each others (yeah it's good to yell in the middle of a forest Zombie will not hear you at all !) until they start to fix the car.
The night fall and the mechanic fix the car at the exact moment zombies start to attack from every side (Zombies start to hunt in group??).
They escape and arrive at the hospital, they arrive at the pharmacy start to take everything they need to go back, easy?, no Zoe stop to her old office to pick up some pictures and other medicine, but a Zombie is looking at her. He attack and she shoot at him (but miss) and start to run and drop a scarf , the Zombie smell it and of course we recognize Max (What a surprise !)
All the Zombies around start to attack. They escape but one of the soldier die (attacked from behind).
They arrive in the base with Zombie Max hided under one of the hummer (WFT?, how did he get here?), Zombie Max go to hide before one of the military check the car.
The base chef the lieutenant (I don't remember his name) blame Zoe for the death of the soldier.
Anyway, Zoe get the medicine and cure the girl (I'm not a doctor but drugs don't have expiration date?). Now Zoe is crying on her bedroom watching the pictures she took, a man is dead for those pictures remember, I hope she cry because she understood how stupid she is ... .
On this scene Zoe is wearing a black top (important) because on the next scene she is wearing a white one.
But what happen with Zombie Max? After killing a soldier outside he's successfully sneak into the base at the last minutes before the door closes, unnoticed he start to look for Zoe using the aeration tunnel (Alien Style).
No one noticed the missing soldier or the Zombie walking into the tunnel...
Zombie Max successfully kill to other people (a couple), the woman yell but NO ONE hear her (they live in an underground base, it's just long tunnel, what about the echo??).
Zombie Max attack Zoe and before he start to finish what he started 5 years earlier, Zoe ask the military to not kill him because he didn't tried to bite her. They restrain him on the lab.
After that, the lieutenant of the base ask how Zombie Max sneak into the base? Was he alone? Do we have missing people? No I'm joking no one ask those questions.
Zoe finally discover that Zombie Max was Max and start to use his blood to make a cure.
During a scene where Zoe was arguing with her boyfriend she was wearing a white top, she left the room and when she arrive in the lab she was wearing a blue top...
In order to work on the cure, Zoe need blood sample from Zombies, so without asking the lieutenant they organize a mission (during the night again) to take blood sample from Zombie by opening the main gate and let them pass one by one. When they where taking the blood sample from the second Zombie the guy who was holding the fence (alone against a bunch of zombie) start to yell to say he can't hold the fence. But no one care.
The fence collapse and 2 soldier dies. But she got the sample ! (we are at 6 people dead because of Zoe since the beginning of the movie)
She started to continue to work on the cure and at the moment she find it Zombie Max escape (he grab the key from a soldier earlier and hide them on his pocket).
She escape and Zombie Max was free on the base.
The military start to hunt him and Zoe go alone to take the sick little girl, and of course Zombie Max take her as hostage (first zombie hostage situation scene ever). Zombie Max release the little girl and grab Zoe and open the base gate and Zombies start to come inside. Military arrive shoot max (not deadly shoot yet) and save Zoe BUT the little girl afraid escape and go through the door Zombie Max open (outside) instead of going inside the base.
Zoe run after the girl to save her and Zombie Max follow.
All the military are killed by Zombies, the lieutenant too and the boyfriend is bitten. And Zombies go inside the the rest of the base and start to kill everyone.
During this time Zoe, the little girl and Zombie Max play hide and seek and Zoe kill Zombie Max by cutting is head off (Finally).
Zoe come back and find Baca (the boyfriend) ready to kill himself but she said NO I CAN MAKE A VACCIN ! (for who? everyone is dead).
The next scene is Zoe giving the vaccine to Bacca save him and everything is good everyone is happy and THE END.
So what about all the Zombies inside the base? They disappeared? (like the movie scenario).
So what to say about Day of the Dead: Bloodline?
The characters are stupid and have irrational behavior, hey let's go raid in the night an hospital full of Zombies ! Nothing bad will happen ! Most of the dead are people surprised from behind by a Zombie, are they deaf? or is it silent Ninja Zombies? The only rationnal character was the lieutenant who was supposed to be the bad guy.
If I need to compare this movie with the original Romero Day of the dead, I will say that first of all this movie is not a remake at all and it's an insult to Romero movies.
Irrational behaviour in the face of danger
imdb-29655 January 2018
Warning: Spoilers
There are some spoilers in here, but I try to keep the details somewhat non-specific.
Everyone behaves as dumb and illogical as possible; one evening they decide on a raid "farther than designated range" -- the next day. Apparently "farther" means either 12 hours driving or they did start in the afternoon because soon as they have some motor trouble with one of their two Humvees, the sun sets. Still, after some scare, they get to the hospital, where they go spelunking into the hospital, at night. They find the antibiotics they're after, while moving out the heroine goes off on her own to her old lab to collect some photographs, gets a bit ambushed, shoots a bit so every other "rotter" now knows they're there, and of course they loose somebody. Also, they import the heroines old stalker (under a car, because they didn't check), which now stalks everyone in their previously safe bunker. If there's something suspicious going on, like noises in the aid ducts or blood dripping from somewhere, of course you're going to investigate it, alone, without anyone else even knowing where you are. After capturing the stalker, nobody is looking for several missing people the stalker already got before. Collecting other rotters for comparative samples is of course also something you do best at night. And then you realize that one person just is not heavy enough to hold a fence gate against 30 rotters...
It's a massacre.
Everyone behaves as dumb and illogical as possible; one evening they decide on a raid "farther than designated range" -- the next day. Apparently "farther" means either 12 hours driving or they did start in the afternoon because soon as they have some motor trouble with one of their two Humvees, the sun sets. Still, after some scare, they get to the hospital, where they go spelunking into the hospital, at night. They find the antibiotics they're after, while moving out the heroine goes off on her own to her old lab to collect some photographs, gets a bit ambushed, shoots a bit so every other "rotter" now knows they're there, and of course they loose somebody. Also, they import the heroines old stalker (under a car, because they didn't check), which now stalks everyone in their previously safe bunker. If there's something suspicious going on, like noises in the aid ducts or blood dripping from somewhere, of course you're going to investigate it, alone, without anyone else even knowing where you are. After capturing the stalker, nobody is looking for several missing people the stalker already got before. Collecting other rotters for comparative samples is of course also something you do best at night. And then you realize that one person just is not heavy enough to hold a fence gate against 30 rotters...
It's a massacre.
Are you kidding me?
mhorg20187 January 2018
First, I'll be entirely honest. I absolutely hate remakes. 99% of them are utter crap, made by no talent pinheads trying to use an existing success to lure chumps in to see their crappy, ill thought out tax break films. This is no different. I didn't think that there could be a worse remake of Day than that horrible 2008 version, but this one is EVEN WORSE. Someone should make a movie where George Romero comes back as a Zombie and KILLS everyone even thinking of making another remake of one of his movies. This has everything bad. Acting. Storyline. Plot. Even the zombies are bad. At 90 minutes long it felt like three times that. Just a horrible waste of time.
Made my mates and I laugh constantly
ocnav878 January 2018
The way people's blood exploded is worth 10 stars haha
Lots of gore. The plot I thought was quite original for a zombie flick. Simple but original. It's just a not-to-be-taken-too-seriously zombie flick to make you and your mates laugh. Good times.
Lots of gore. The plot I thought was quite original for a zombie flick. Simple but original. It's just a not-to-be-taken-too-seriously zombie flick to make you and your mates laugh. Good times.
It's not the original, but it's a fun time!
gojiseb13 February 2018
When another remake of Day of the Dead was announced, the horror community was already up in arms. And for good reason. The last two attempts at "reinventing" Romero's nihilistically grim third installment in his "Dead" series were total unmitigated disasters. And from the sounds of it, this one was going to be no different...
Low and behold, the film is released to scathing reviews left and right. And I won't sit here and pretend I don't get it, because I do, but I will say this...for whatever the hell it's worth, I personally thought it was very fun. It's trashy, cartoonishly violent (literal EXPLOSIONS of blood whenever someone gets bitten) and just plain silly at times. But I think that's why it works. It reminded me a bit of the Italian zombie flicks that were made in the wake of Dawn of the Dead and it seemed more focused on being an entertaining movie than trying to top the original.
The cast is generally pretty poor with Sophie Skelton making a bland protagonist (a sort of cross between Sarah and Dr. Logan from the original), Jeff Gum being an incredibly lame substitute for Joe Pilato's legendary Captain Rhodes and Marcus Vanco just being plain old boring.
The big exception here would be the top-billed Johnathon Schaech as our main antagonist Max. Max is essentially meant to be this movie's version of Bub, but whereas Bub was a lovable and sympathetic character, Max is a flat-out despicable monster from the get go. He makes a solid villain and the scenes where it's just him interaction with Skelton are genuinely effective. The third act really picks up thanks to shifting its focus mainly onto him.
So at the end of the day, it's not going to blow anyone's minds and if you walk into it wanting something on par with the original, then you're just asking to be disappointed. But if you're craving some old-fashioned splattery direct-to-video zombie action, you'll probably have a fun time with it.
Low and behold, the film is released to scathing reviews left and right. And I won't sit here and pretend I don't get it, because I do, but I will say this...for whatever the hell it's worth, I personally thought it was very fun. It's trashy, cartoonishly violent (literal EXPLOSIONS of blood whenever someone gets bitten) and just plain silly at times. But I think that's why it works. It reminded me a bit of the Italian zombie flicks that were made in the wake of Dawn of the Dead and it seemed more focused on being an entertaining movie than trying to top the original.
The cast is generally pretty poor with Sophie Skelton making a bland protagonist (a sort of cross between Sarah and Dr. Logan from the original), Jeff Gum being an incredibly lame substitute for Joe Pilato's legendary Captain Rhodes and Marcus Vanco just being plain old boring.
The big exception here would be the top-billed Johnathon Schaech as our main antagonist Max. Max is essentially meant to be this movie's version of Bub, but whereas Bub was a lovable and sympathetic character, Max is a flat-out despicable monster from the get go. He makes a solid villain and the scenes where it's just him interaction with Skelton are genuinely effective. The third act really picks up thanks to shifting its focus mainly onto him.
So at the end of the day, it's not going to blow anyone's minds and if you walk into it wanting something on par with the original, then you're just asking to be disappointed. But if you're craving some old-fashioned splattery direct-to-video zombie action, you'll probably have a fun time with it.
Sh*t Sandwich.
alistairc_200013 January 2018
This is one of those time when I wished I had listened to my gut feeling. It said avoid this trash but I was like how bad can it be? As bad as Day of the dead Contagion (a turkey which had nothing to do with the original movie)? As bad as the Steve Miner one? It is on a par with the Miner movie. It just feels like a generic zombie trash movie. Like zombies of mass destruction or zombie planet to name two from the cannon of so bad they are awful zombie movies.
The movie itself is just generic zombie schlock. If they had called in zombies in Mexico then it just would have been a 2 out of ten trash movie. Saying it is based on the George Romero movie is an insult.
Watch this at your own peril.
Really?
jamieselbebowsel9 January 2018
I am getting sick, really sick, of these hacks "remaking" classic horror movies. This is a theft of a name/brand. This is not even a zombie movie. Its a total mess and a joke. Zombies aren't stalkers. Blood does not spray out of a humans body like a fire hose. With the budget they had for this, they could have at least found some people who could act their way out of a wet paper bag. They failed. Even DOTD 2 Contagium was better written and acted, and my dog could crap out a better movie than that turd.
I wanted the main girl to die within 30 seconds of seeing her character on screen. She caused the death of almost every character by her stupidity. But hey, all she had to do was take some blood from her stalker zombie ex-patient, who tracked her down from the smell of her panties, and she saved civilization. Great writing.
DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME ON THIS PIECE OF CRAP! 'nuff said
I wanted the main girl to die within 30 seconds of seeing her character on screen. She caused the death of almost every character by her stupidity. But hey, all she had to do was take some blood from her stalker zombie ex-patient, who tracked her down from the smell of her panties, and she saved civilization. Great writing.
DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME ON THIS PIECE OF CRAP! 'nuff said
Sub Par
Athanatos1735 January 2018
From what I understood, Day of the Dead Bloodline is supposed to be a remake of Day of the Dead (1985).
Now I must state for the record that I am not a fan of remakes as they usually fall flat, and I can't understand the need for them in the first place, and it shows a lack of originality as well.
With that statement out of the way, Day of the Dead Bloodline was in fact far inferior to the original Day of the Dead, though to be fair it bares very little in common to the original.
The acting was amateurish and the script was poorly written. The effects were actually pretty good, with the only exception being blood constantly expelled with explosive force from people being attacked, which is fine if you are watching a comedy but not so much in a supposed horror movie.
All in all, I wouldn't recommend this movie, though if you have nothing else to do and want to watch it, go ahead, just don't expect something memorable.
Now I must state for the record that I am not a fan of remakes as they usually fall flat, and I can't understand the need for them in the first place, and it shows a lack of originality as well.
With that statement out of the way, Day of the Dead Bloodline was in fact far inferior to the original Day of the Dead, though to be fair it bares very little in common to the original.
The acting was amateurish and the script was poorly written. The effects were actually pretty good, with the only exception being blood constantly expelled with explosive force from people being attacked, which is fine if you are watching a comedy but not so much in a supposed horror movie.
All in all, I wouldn't recommend this movie, though if you have nothing else to do and want to watch it, go ahead, just don't expect something memorable.
Zombies all of a sudden geniuses and stalker
LoneWGK6 January 2018
The movie started out so so.
What totally made me think this is crap is when they all of a sudden made the zombies clever. The one zombie is now a stalker and only goes after the specific woman. Its like a serial killer/rapist stalker movie but using a zombie do it.
They could not make up their minds if they wanted to make a zombie movie or serial killer thriller.
Zombie carrying a grudge and angry after seeing the woman he is after kissing her boyfriend. I mean come on, really.
Zombies is supposed to be brain dead and only want to eat the living, in older movies zombies were slow as well, now they break records running sprints here. But i can still live with that, just not the genius stalker serial killer zombie.
The rest got spoiled by bad acting and sloppy camera work.
Not a good movie at all. Do not waste your time.
What totally made me think this is crap is when they all of a sudden made the zombies clever. The one zombie is now a stalker and only goes after the specific woman. Its like a serial killer/rapist stalker movie but using a zombie do it.
They could not make up their minds if they wanted to make a zombie movie or serial killer thriller.
Zombie carrying a grudge and angry after seeing the woman he is after kissing her boyfriend. I mean come on, really.
Zombies is supposed to be brain dead and only want to eat the living, in older movies zombies were slow as well, now they break records running sprints here. But i can still live with that, just not the genius stalker serial killer zombie.
The rest got spoiled by bad acting and sloppy camera work.
Not a good movie at all. Do not waste your time.
George Romero would be spinning in his grave!
ommbomb6 January 2018
Warning: Spoilers
I love zombie movies..aged 13 when Dawn Of The Dead came out it changed my life. I stopped counting how many times I watched the Romero classic after it reached 350..(I know that is hard to believe). When Day Of The Dead arrived I was old enough to see it in a cinema..and I loved it. WHY would anyone attempt a remake is beyond me..there was a crap attempt at a remake over ten years ago and now this. Another crap one. Due to The Walking Dead and the pure genius of Nicotero most zombie attempts these days seem insignificant and poor, Day Of The Dead Bloodline is one of these films where I question..what a waste of money, when finished being made did those involved feel proud of their garbage?
This remake has much swiped from Romero's original..instead of Bub we have Max..a semi human zombie who seems to be a bit of a perverted stalker. Everyone..scientists, military and civilians are all in a bunker. I forced myself to complete the viewing. The 2 stars is for the make-up effects which are quite good..however on a final note I can't stand fast running zombies. It works in 28 Days Later because we are dealing with a virus rather than reanimated corpses. The only person I believe could remake Day Of The Dead and succeed would be Grieg Nicotero. The undead should have a green, rotting shambling look to them. Anyway watch Day Of The Dead Bloodline at your own peril. But I suggest you watch Romero's original AGAIN instead..it is a more valuable way to spend your time.
This is to Romero's originals what canned spaghetti is to authentic Italian pasta
kardosma5 April 2018
.. that is to say, tastless rubbish.
I love the horror genre, and especially the classics and those movies with fresh new ideas. This one? Sigh. It's formulaic, follows a standard character profile (the army guys, the cranky leader, the gormless younger brother, the driven med student/female love interest...) with predictable plot points throughout, and what must surely be the most stupid characters in the history of horror cinema. I mean, this goes way WAY beyond "heard a noise in the dark basement, goes to investigate" kind of stupid. And don't even get me started on the ultra cheesy ending... this movie really should come with vomit bags. Truly.
When your entire storyline would have been negated by even one sensible/logical choice at some point, there's something very wrong.
This stinker is best avoided; if you can't, then try to find the humour in it like some other reviewers did - that'll help you get through without tearing your hair out!
I love the horror genre, and especially the classics and those movies with fresh new ideas. This one? Sigh. It's formulaic, follows a standard character profile (the army guys, the cranky leader, the gormless younger brother, the driven med student/female love interest...) with predictable plot points throughout, and what must surely be the most stupid characters in the history of horror cinema. I mean, this goes way WAY beyond "heard a noise in the dark basement, goes to investigate" kind of stupid. And don't even get me started on the ultra cheesy ending... this movie really should come with vomit bags. Truly.
When your entire storyline would have been negated by even one sensible/logical choice at some point, there's something very wrong.
This stinker is best avoided; if you can't, then try to find the humour in it like some other reviewers did - that'll help you get through without tearing your hair out!
It may be bad but at least it's only 90 minutes long.
freqeteq6 January 2018
There is absolutely nothing new or interesting to be found in this budget zombie flick.
The story is fine I guess, but the screenplay that tells that story isn't, it's full of poorly written characters in cliched situations full of worn out horror tropes that you've seen 100 times before and done 100 times better.
The acting swings wildly between just OK, awkward, and completely terrible. Some of the actors deliver their lines as if punctuation is a foreign concept to them, there's no pauses or natural flow to the monotone words falling from their mouths. The lead actress does a few voiceovers throughout the film that are delivered so poorly that it sounded like she was reading them for the first time as they recorded her.
When it comes to direction and camera work the action is your typical low budget handheld shaky cam style, it's functional, it does the job and that's about it. There's nothing special or inspired, no shots that make you sit up and take notice. Any young aspiring directors out there aren't going to be rushing out to copy this directors style, if you can call uninspired and forgettable a style. I will say that the practical zombie and gore effects are well done, though variety when it came to how things died would have been nice instead of just zombie death = headshot and human death = bite on neck from zombie.
In the end this is a very mediocre horror film full of poorly written cliched characters portrayed by mostly terrible actors, the various situations they find themselves in have zero tension because the script is so uninspired and predictable that you always know what's coming next. If you're like me you'll be rooting for the zombies after the first 10 minutes.
I give it 3/10
You don't need a lot of money to make a great zombie type flick, all you need is a good script and a passionate director with a vision, for proof of this go watch The Girl With All The Gifts or 28 Days Later that both had similar budgets to this movie.
The story is fine I guess, but the screenplay that tells that story isn't, it's full of poorly written characters in cliched situations full of worn out horror tropes that you've seen 100 times before and done 100 times better.
The acting swings wildly between just OK, awkward, and completely terrible. Some of the actors deliver their lines as if punctuation is a foreign concept to them, there's no pauses or natural flow to the monotone words falling from their mouths. The lead actress does a few voiceovers throughout the film that are delivered so poorly that it sounded like she was reading them for the first time as they recorded her.
When it comes to direction and camera work the action is your typical low budget handheld shaky cam style, it's functional, it does the job and that's about it. There's nothing special or inspired, no shots that make you sit up and take notice. Any young aspiring directors out there aren't going to be rushing out to copy this directors style, if you can call uninspired and forgettable a style. I will say that the practical zombie and gore effects are well done, though variety when it came to how things died would have been nice instead of just zombie death = headshot and human death = bite on neck from zombie.
In the end this is a very mediocre horror film full of poorly written cliched characters portrayed by mostly terrible actors, the various situations they find themselves in have zero tension because the script is so uninspired and predictable that you always know what's coming next. If you're like me you'll be rooting for the zombies after the first 10 minutes.
I give it 3/10
You don't need a lot of money to make a great zombie type flick, all you need is a good script and a passionate director with a vision, for proof of this go watch The Girl With All The Gifts or 28 Days Later that both had similar budgets to this movie.
A Complete Insult to Its Namesake
ekim198214 July 2018
Warning: Spoilers
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.
Bacterial Pneumonia...
thehorsetowater6 January 2018
Warning: Spoilers
The film is complete rubbish.
Even basic continuity and fact checking is absent from the plot.
For example. A 'doctor' comes into one scene proclaiming that someone has 'bacterial pneumonia which is highly contagious'.
Pneumonia is usually bacterial anyway so it's unnecessary to lament this point.
Bacterial pneumonia is not highly contagious.
Might seem like a small issue but we rely on the film makers to get basic stuff like this correct so as to convey a believability to the story.
The acting is stonefaced and stoical. There is no depth to any character.
It's not even fun to watch as an unintended comedy.
I do hope that the filmmakers search long and hard about their contribution to humanity before planning a further film.
Okay zombie movie
duckman_07922 January 2023
Seems like other reviewers plagiarized one another without forming their own opinions.
Acting - is so-so. Not good, but good enough.
Story - some reviewers complained about the story or plot, but it's around the same quality as the original.
Smart zombie- another reviewer complained about the zombies being too smart. Well none of the zombies were smart. There was one character who LOOKED like a zombie, but wasn't. He was partially immune to the zombie virus and had certain systems of his body succumb to the virus, while retaining some higher level brain function.
All in all, it's not that good, but not nearly as bad as what other reviewers are claiming. I can see why someone might give it a 4 or 5 if they we're expecting Dawn of the Dead or 28 Days Later. But a 1 - 3 is certainly out of the question.
Acting - is so-so. Not good, but good enough.
Story - some reviewers complained about the story or plot, but it's around the same quality as the original.
Smart zombie- another reviewer complained about the zombies being too smart. Well none of the zombies were smart. There was one character who LOOKED like a zombie, but wasn't. He was partially immune to the zombie virus and had certain systems of his body succumb to the virus, while retaining some higher level brain function.
All in all, it's not that good, but not nearly as bad as what other reviewers are claiming. I can see why someone might give it a 4 or 5 if they we're expecting Dawn of the Dead or 28 Days Later. But a 1 - 3 is certainly out of the question.
One of the worst movies ever made
him-6115710 June 2018
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