the_wolf_imdb Yes, you can! The movie is very cheap, not very bright but interesting in its message: There is group of some Middle east terrorist who must communicate that the Middle eastern terrorist are not the problem - the US are the problem. So they decide to make multiple terrorist attacks on US soil to gather attention about their peaceful nature.This is because, you know, there is secret zombie-virus developed in US labs. (Please ignore the fact the US stopped developing biological weapons in sixties, whereas bioweapon labs in Iraq and Lybia have been working on their programs until recently. The US labs are ALWAYS the problem, ever.) Of course, even if such substance would be developed in US labs, you would still have to steal enough of it to perform multiple attacks or to cultivate it which would be probably very hard to impossible for any Middle eastern terrorist. But never worry, no brain has been damaged by realistic thinking during production of this movie. Simply blame the US government project as usual so we can continue this "thrill ride".Please don't expect too much action. Some folks run around in dark trying attack others, turning them instantly into the zombies. But this movie is mostly about sitting on the ass and thinking aloud about nonsense of paranoia. (Yes, it IS seriously bizarre given the situation.) The characters in the radio station are bunch of wimps, they seem not be able to form any reasonable measure: There is no defensive plan, there is no realistic combat, they are even not able to lock the doors or block them effectively. The action scenes are really laughable. The most hilarious is the "elevator fight" where glass wearing nerd fights the zombie - security guard who is approximately two times as big and three times as heavy and WINS bare handed! This is NOT because he is nerd Rambo, but the security guard seems to be too inept (at least at that very moment). There are two persons in the radio station yet they are not able to incapacitate / kill the one terrorist even when he seems to collapse under the exposition to the virus. They spend some fun time discussing bad US policy instead.The only really hard core person here is the wife of the moderator - she can kill bigger and stronger virus-laden man with a glass shard bare handed. This is specnaz class action - I seriously doubt if this can be really done by untrained person. I think even Rambo would use some protection for his hands before using glass shards. But I do guess this was humanistic gun free home so there was really no alternative.The final scene is full of totally pathetic declamations about the fate of human race. I ended up watching this train wreck of "humanistic propaganda" laughing aloud. Seriously, you will not find so many such stupid movies even in communistic propaganda cinema!

siderite If it weren't for the ending, I would have given this film a full 9. The movie starts almost like Pontypool. Same controversial radio host, same woman boss, same feeling of weirdness from people that are at the same time isolated and in the center of attention of their listeners.The plot is about some middle eastern guys that plant a zombification virus in the major U.S. cities, so people just get really mad and start scratching at each other. Later on, the plot is revealed to be slightly more complex. I really liked the dialogue of Abir, although I may be a little biased there. At least I was glad to see a terrorist that is smart, idealistic and petty at the same time. It really gave dimensions to the character.One reviewer said that the zombies were ridiculous. What I find ridiculous are the films where infected people start acting like dumbed down superheroes, ripping arms and biting through necks. We're just human, damn it, with flat teeth and trimmed fingernails. From that standpoint, the movie was refreshing. Yeah, the extras were not professional zombies, I get it. Maybe that's why they call movies like this low budget. Like all zombie movies, it features a way for infected people to not attack each other, which for me seems the thing most hard to believe.Babylon 5's Patricia Tallman is still sexy, even at her age, but her role is supporting at best. That gets a little annoying when the entire movie has about six characters beside the zombies, and most of them secondary. Also the ending was really bad. The film was decent for a long time, clearly overcoming the financial shortcomings, but the last 10 minutes just ruined a lot of the buildup.Bottom line: it really was painfully low budget, but at the same time refreshing and showed a decent effort from both production and acting teams. It is a must see for a horror fan. Personally, I would get some more funding and redo the last 15 minutes, because they felt like a plane crash near the destination runway.

Scarecrow-88 A rare treat for horror fans, a chance to see Bill Moseley in a straight role portraying a normal, rational thinking human being who isn't hostile or incredibly inhospitable to innocent people. He stars as a radio personality whose station is located in the center of a city whose citizens have become infected by a bio-weapon released by Muslim terrorists who stole the toxic substance supposedly from Quantico Bay, Virginia. Worried for his wife and child as the outbreak produces insanity, ongoing explosions of violence, and flesh eating, Moseley(..as Logan)remains at his station, communicating what he can to the outside world that may be unaffected by what has transpired. Soon, however, his own crew become infected as the outbreak finds it's way into his building, and Logan(..along with his producer Lucy, portrayed by Patricia Tallman, of Night of the Living Dead fame)must also fend off a Muslim terrorist responsible for spreading the virus(..and who also has an anti-serum for which he keeps to himself, despite having another Muslim comrade in need of it)who has them held at gunpoint, wanting his own message spread across the airwaves. An interesting variation on George Romero's "The Crazies", is confined mostly to the radio station, but occasionally ventures outside where we can see how the infected operate. More or less a zombie film with a message against mankind's continual progression towards destroying itself, whether by chemical or other means. The virus, like a zombie plague, is breathed from the air, taking a slow hold over the human body, eventually turning those infected into raving, bloodthirsty maniacs who attack anyone that is in their trajectory. With David Moscow as Logan's radio partner, Gil(..who courageously braves the outside to ride his motorcycle to Logan's house to see if his family is safe)and Dan Lauria as the man who operates the controls, Fred. Navid Negahban is Abir, the Muslim terrorist who besieges Logan and Lucy, the expository figure who explains to us what the weapon is harming everyone and who was behind it to begin with. Outbursts of violence do occur in the movie, but "Dead Air" isn't as potent or shocking as other zombie flicks of it's ilk. "Dead Air", still, will be of interest to those horror fans who wonder what it would be like to see Moseley as an ordinary man, whose voice is of importance as it relates the horrors occurring on the streets, feeding information to his audience(..and depending on live witness reports from listeners/callers who are experiencing first-hand what is taking place)as he gets it.

jonb-29 Far from combining the best bits of Pontypool and 28 days this managed to ignore them. Whilst shamelessly copying them. (if that makes sense?) Pontypool was different and got progressively tenser, this just stinks. The Radio DJ, "we must stay on air" spends effectively no time on air. He sits on his bottom and watches the TV for news. This is by far the worst excuse for a zombie movie ever. Is there a single person in the USA or indeed the world who doesn't know what a zombie is? Or ever heard of the word "zombie"? Well, by the 50th minute this bunch of misfits are still calling the zombies, "the infected ones" or the ones with "rabies'. The word "Zombie" might make a guest appearance later, I could care less. Maybe there's a copyright where you have to pay to use certain words? Like the Bluetooth earphone is called "the ear-thingy" I kid you not! To finish, no plot + no acting = no-one cares. A waste of time, a shameless, poorly executed rip-off.