DOTD 2 = garbage?
Aug. 12, 2005
Much like a stalker ex girlfriend, DAY OF THE DEAD 2 CONTAGIUM
(Directed
by: Ana Clavell and James G. Dudelson,
read
my interview
here) just won't F-Off! It's constantly coming
and going in the media, threatening to eventually be released to spit in our
faces.
I won't hide the fact that I hate the idea of this "sequel/prequel" to George Romero's classic Day of the Dead! And judging by what I've seen thus far, it looks like a floating turd waiting in the wings to me! A German "AITH Reader" Roman Deppe recently got to see the film and here's what he had to say about it. You got the floor bro!
MINI REVIEW: I won't write a whole review
as this crappy movie isn't worth the time writing about, or watching! How and
why this movie is called DAY OF THE DEAD 2 I still don't know. Instead of
buying that title or the rights or whatever they should have put some money into
their special effects. For a direct to video movie like this I don't expect glossy
camerawork or a big orchestral score, not even a clever script, but at least
give us some guts and gore. Especially when you make a zombie movie!
The story wasn't all that bad and had some interesting ideas to it, but failed
to generate any suspense, shocks or scares. Basically it's about a group of
people getting infected with a mysterious virus, which has been stolen from a
military compound or whatever in Russia. They slowly turn into the undead, but
they keep their mind. Actually, some
turn into evil bloodthirsty zombies while some don't and try to find a way to
become human again. But at that point I hardly think that anyone cared anymore.
The movie is so slow, boring and uninteresting that you really would have needed
spectacular gore effects to keep the audience watching.
But forget it. The zombie make up is no more than some blood and spots in the face and whenever someone gets eaten you just see 3-4 zombies grabbing someone and pretending to bite them. You don't see any ripping, tearing eating... nada....This has absolutely nothing to with any of Romero's masterwork and it is actually a prequel... sort of... explaining how the zombie plague started. If you ever want to interpret it like this. Don't even rent this movie; it's not worth the time...and not worth writing about anymore...
I'm not too surprised, I'll still wait to see it for myself to
pass full judgement though. Want more bad news? The people behind CONTAGIUM
are also behind the upcoming CREEPSHOW 3 and a DAY OF THE DEAD
REMAKE...great...that's just f*cking great...George why did you sell the
rights to your films...WHY!!!!!!!!!
9:46AM on 09/23/2005