Plain Dead (2007), aka "Flight of the Living Dead", Directed by Scot Thomas and written by Sidney Iwanter and Mark Onspaugh, is a goofy and entertaining little horror/adventure film, Spoiler Alert ahead, I will be talking detail, so watch the film and see if we agree.
Planes make dandy hotbeds for all manner of creatures, The popular and successful Snakes on a Plane was released a year earlier,(2006) Here the creatures are Zombies. In all fairness, the Zombie on a Plane was more recently dealt with in the 2013 World War Z.
The earnest cast includes David Chisum as agent Truman, escorting an international con man, Frank played merrily by Kevin O Connor. 'Stereotypes abound on this flight, Heros and villains. Richard Tyson plays a celebrity Golf player, and Eric Avari plays the despicable Dr Bennett, who developed the Zombie Virus, The 747 is carrying the "special cargo" But we need not be concerned, because the cargo was secured, and nothing could go wrong.
Aside from defying all laws of Logic, and keeping it's feet firmly planted in the Genera Cliché tradition, This picture manages to entertain, Yeah shoot off yer automatic weapons in the enclosed airspace. Two men are mysteriously killed in the Cargo area? Right, send down two more.
By the third reel, options for plot development become slim, as the plane becomes zombified. Admit it, you knew the Nun was going to be zombied out, as well as the young lovers, and the odd Asian fellow, who does not get the concept of, "Unbuckle your seat belt". Not a fun flight for the stewardess either, who are reduced to calming down the passengers by asking if they want coffee. And this was to be the Captains last flight before retirement too.
The production values were good, they had a dandy 747 interior set to play with, Music by Nathan Wang was properly suspense inducing, The gore effects were tolerable, and the closing act was oddly effective in keeping with the loony premise. "And what rough beasts slouch toward Bethlem...." Seven out of Ten, "Amuse me," Stars
Planes make dandy hotbeds for all manner of creatures, The popular and successful Snakes on a Plane was released a year earlier,(2006) Here the creatures are Zombies. In all fairness, the Zombie on a Plane was more recently dealt with in the 2013 World War Z.
The earnest cast includes David Chisum as agent Truman, escorting an international con man, Frank played merrily by Kevin O Connor. 'Stereotypes abound on this flight, Heros and villains. Richard Tyson plays a celebrity Golf player, and Eric Avari plays the despicable Dr Bennett, who developed the Zombie Virus, The 747 is carrying the "special cargo" But we need not be concerned, because the cargo was secured, and nothing could go wrong.
Aside from defying all laws of Logic, and keeping it's feet firmly planted in the Genera Cliché tradition, This picture manages to entertain, Yeah shoot off yer automatic weapons in the enclosed airspace. Two men are mysteriously killed in the Cargo area? Right, send down two more.
By the third reel, options for plot development become slim, as the plane becomes zombified. Admit it, you knew the Nun was going to be zombied out, as well as the young lovers, and the odd Asian fellow, who does not get the concept of, "Unbuckle your seat belt". Not a fun flight for the stewardess either, who are reduced to calming down the passengers by asking if they want coffee. And this was to be the Captains last flight before retirement too.
The production values were good, they had a dandy 747 interior set to play with, Music by Nathan Wang was properly suspense inducing, The gore effects were tolerable, and the closing act was oddly effective in keeping with the loony premise. "And what rough beasts slouch toward Bethlem...." Seven out of Ten, "Amuse me," Stars