Dead Again

Following a spate of strange reports, a policeman attempting to retire and the rookie he's training to replace him find that the reports involve their small-town being overrun by zombies unleashed by aliens as part of a diabolical alien invasion plot to take over the world forcing them to defend the village. Overall, this was a pretty enjoyable effort. Among the better features here is the generally enjoyable setup that gets this going quite nicely. The early scenes where the policeman gives the new recruit a history and rundown of the town's history while also teasing him about his lack of experience create some lighthearted moments while the background action of the townsfolk being attacked is featured. That this inadvertently offers up the early explanation for what's happening by mentioning the original alien invasion scheme mentioned as an unforeseen sighting only to be ignored and forgotten about until the finale where it's revealed as the true plan all along which is quite ingenious the way this all comes together. That early setup here gives way to a rather fun series of action scenes involving the zombies. Featuring a tense encounter in the woods where they appear out of the woods to attack the couple, the later scenes of them appearing out of nowhere to swarm the hideout where they're forced to barricade themselves against the creatures. This leads into a fun series of swarming-based encounters throughout the complex where the attempts to escape or recon the situation bring about confrontations with the hoarder of creatures allowing the group to be thinning out rather nicely. The finale, involving a rather fun blood-soaked shootout involving their dash to escape, gets a lot to like with the frenetic tempo and apocalyptic implications getting to showcase the fine make-up and gore for a lot to like here. There are a few minor problems here. The main issue featured here is the somewhat illogical series of tactics displayed here which run counterproductive to escaping a zombie invasion. The constant splitting up and leaving the safety of the barricade to check on potential weapons caches stored nearby are asking for trouble, especially with the strange behavior of the zombies to break off the attacks to leave them alone. This feels more like contrivance than anything and causes some slight pacing issues to arise when they stop attacking. As well, the jarring sense of tone here is distracting, with the comedic outbursts and jokes flying in the face of the more serious zombie attacks which has a far different tone here, which alongside the low-budget limitations hold this down. Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Violence and Graphic Language.

There is a worldwide zombie apocalypse as a prelude to an alien invasion. The action we see takes place in the quiet town of Little Pitchfield. PS Cooper (Tony Fadil ) is giving the rookie (Elliot Cable) a tour of the town when things start to happen. At this point, more people are involved and the action moves to an abandoned mental hospital. PS Cooper is a movie buff who likes to use lines from films. This makes the conversation and humor light. The characters were okay but seemed underutilized. I was hoping for more, but it was too low budget. Passable as a comedy horror. Guide: F-word. No sex or nudity.

In a quiet rural English community, a zombie apocalypse is unleashed and the various locals are forced to deal with it. It's an English zombie comedy. So my initial thought is Shaun of the Dead and this is nothing like that. It's nowhere near that level. The comedy is rather flat. If it's anything, it's more like the Night of the Living Dead but still not as good. It's really an uninspired indie made by a run-of-the-mill film group. It's a good step above student films but it lacks any aspect which could make this good.

I can't remember the last time I was on the edge of my seat and laughing at the same time!

I like bad films. I have a huge bad film collection. The best are the ones that rise above the badness. This did not rise, it flatlined. The entire plot of the film could have played out in a 15 minute short. They should have had the person who edited the trailer edit the entire film. Even with better editing I'm not sure it could have been saved. I'd say it was... 80% nothing happening... 10% what? 10% meh. 0% worth it. Most of the dialog was tedious. Through the runtime I found myself asking, "Why am I still watching this?" Still, I continued to watch, hoping for something to happen that would make it all worth it. Then the credits rolled. Rats. The two stars are because I liked the two cop characters - mostly - and wish they were in a different, better film.

Right, well I might as well just be honest and say that this movie, given it's very "Shaun of the Dead" look-alike movie cover and the fact that it is a zombie movie made me sit down to watch the 2021 movie "Dead Again". And the title actually gives away how you would feel once you watch this movie. Yeah, this movie was a massive swing and a miss. First of all, the storyline was just not overly well-written. Sure, it was watchable, but it didn't really feel like much effort was put into the writing of the script and storyline. So it felt very much like some kind of home video project. And then there were the zombies. No. Just no. That didn't work out one bit. Zombies that were sort of half-lurching, half-running? No, it didn't work in favor of the movie. Nor did the fact that there was literally no proper zombie special effects or gory make-up. So the zombies in the movie felt like little more than just extras milling about with some theater paint brushed on their faces. The characters in the movie definitely had potential. But given the inadequate script and the whole down-the-drain atmosphere permeating from the movie, then it was just near impossible to actually take much of a liking to the characters. I wanted to, sure, but I just couldn't find the angle. Sure there were some nice enough references to other movies throughout the course of "Dead Again", but given the acting performances and the interaction between the characters, it felt like these attempts were tossed up in the air only to be left falling flat on to the ground. The dialogue in the movie was not something that will leave you wanting for more. "Dead Again" from writer and director Steven M. Smith was a swing and a miss. I watch a lot of zombie movies, and "Dead Again" was by no means remarkable or noteworthy. It came without as much as making any noise, and it will fade into oblivion just as quietly. This is not a good zombie movie. My rating of "Dead Again" lands on a generous two out of ten stars, mostly based on the effort the people working on this project had put into it.

I hope this movie died and stay dead. Are we 5 years old? I believe that even teenagers will find this movie boring. The acting of some people in this movie was atrocious. Anyway Just give this movie a chance, the only thing you are going to lose is one hour and fifteen minutes of your life.

Shoddy acting, camera work and script. No redeeming features. 2 stars for having zombies, even if they were about as scary as my morning fecal matter.

The World's End meets Evil Dead - on zero budget! Great indie film with loads of fun references to JAWS and other brilliant genre films. Hot Fuzz, Dirty Harry, Night of the Living Dead, Zombie video-games - if you're a fan of these things then you'll find this an okay watch. Watch it just for the fun that seems to be had by everyone involved in making it.

I'm not sure why the Americans are being harsh about this film. Regardless that it's got a marketing ploy for any Simon Pegg and Nick Frost fans, I still think it's stands well on it's on merit. Dead Again stars two funny actors side by side in this tone and cheek comedy apocalyptic feature.