Undead

2003 "Crazy has come to town for a visit."
5.4| 1h37m| R| en| More Info
Released: 04 September 2003 Released
Producted By: Spierigfilm
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A quaint Australian fishing village is overcome by meteorites that turn its residents into the ravenous undead, leaving a small group of those unharmed to find a way out.

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Aaron1375 I am surprised to see the score for this film is relatively low. Granted, it is not as good as other zombie/comedy films such as 'Dead Alive' or the all time great 'Shaun of the Dead', but it is a lot better than most of the tripe put out the last four or five years since 'The Walking Dead' has become all the rage. Not slamming it or any other more well known zombie films, I am referring more to the thousands of zombie films that have gone direct to DVD or are made by the SyFy channel. Is the film perfect? Absolutely not as there are so many plot holes and inconsistencies it is insane, but at the same time, I do not think a film that has a guy completely naked at one point and pulling guns out of nowhere the next is a film that one should take too seriously either.The story has a relatively small town being bombarded with meteors that quickly transform most of the population into bloodthirsty zombies. You get to meet some of the town's population at first, but it does go by quickly as soon the town's local beauty queen finds herself besieged by hordes of the undead. A man rescues her and she soon finds herself at this person's house trying to hide out with other survivors. Soon they have to try to make it to the local hospital as one of the survivors is pregnant. As they try to escape they soon come across a huge wall encompassing the entire town and it quickly becomes apparent that there is more going on than a simple zombie outbreak.I thought the film did do a good job for the most part as it flowed pretty quickly. The one guy did look exactly like Torgo from 'Manos: The Hands of Fate' albeit with better knees, and I have to wonder if that was done purposely or not. The other characters do a fairly good job, but once again this is not as good as Shaun of the Dead as the acting is much better in that particular film. Another problem with the film is that it lags on a bit too much at the end. It proceeds so quickly for the most part then it just kind of takes forever for the film to finish as there is a lot of staring going on. They could have easily trimmed the film 5 or 10 minutes and kept the quicker pace. Still, it was a spot of fun and I loved all the gun stuff with the one character who looked like Torgo. I wish more of the film had been focused on him as he exits the film in confusing fashion at one point as suddenly he is on the ground and it is not apparent how this happened.So, I enjoyed this film a good deal. Still think there are numerous zombie films with comedy that are better, but I still think this one is better than a lot of the newer stuff released recently. It is fast paced for the most part, but does kind of lag near the end. The gore is pretty decent, never getting as gory as say 'Dead Alive', but with enough to keep things messy. A few twists here and there keep the film interesting too as this is not your typical zombie outbreak. Still, it is so strange how much that guy looked like Torgo, only he was not a servant of the master, but rather a mentor!
KineticSeoul This is one of those movies that is so bad, it's actually kinda good. Watching this put a grin on my face, not because of how good it is but because how cheesy and hilarious the dialogue is. It's like it's going in a sort of serious direction, but the actors themselves don't seem to take any of it seriously. Which is a good thing, cause if they tried their best to act serious the movie just wouldn't be good at all. The dialogue is even hysterical at times, not because it's clever in anyway but because it seems like everything is so darn sarcastic. Everything about this movie is just downright ridiculous and silly and the characters actions and reactions just doesn't make any sense what so ever. It's basically a sci-fi zombie flick, where meteorites turn people into zombies and the living survivors are trying to stay alive. Anyone can tell when the uber cheesy music start to play that this isn't a serious zombie flick, nor should it be viewed as one. Even if it's one of those ridiculous movie, it got a bit annoying watching the survivors try and kill the zombies by shooting them in the chest instead of aiming for the head for the long portion of the film. Overall it's basically a very flawed movie that should be watched with friends in order to get some laugh out of it and make comments during the movie.6.1/10
thatsarappp Possible minor spoilers...First thing's first...There are pros and cons to avoiding IMDb prior to viewing a film. One major pro, I have found, is when you check out IMDb prior to viewing, it can create unfair and unrealistic expectations for a film, be it high or low. This can ultimately greatly affect your opinion of the film. If you go in with no, or very little preconceived notions, you are likely to appreciate the film far more, and give it a much fairer assessment. Hence the reason I have started to do this. Films like this one make me reconsider that decision. Why? Because then you don't get blindsided by something so misleading, such as this film. And boy is it. I don't mind the occasional horror comedy. In fact, I enjoy them if they're actually good (unfortunately most aren't). I can even get into a sci-fi film every now and then. But I don't want to be tricked into watching either. That's precisely what happened here. So if you're reading this and are expecting a legitimate horror flick, that is not what this is.I can't honestly say I flat out hated this film. It had its moments, that's for sure. There were some genuinely funny parts, and if it only had three or four, that's three or four more than the zombie "comedy" I watched just a few nights earlier (Dance of the Dead *cringe*). Of course, those funny parts couldn't really even come close to making up for the incoherent, and at times flat out boring, mess that this film really is. It severely lacked a solid plot or some kind of direction. Way too many moments where I'm left pondering whether I'm supposed to laugh, or if they're trying to be serious here. I should be able to know the difference. The whole time I was really just trying to figure out what the hell was actually going on. I still don't know.There also seemed to be religious (christian) undertones. Not that this is either a good or a bad thing. I'm just quite surprised no one else seemed to catch it...At one point, the zombies are zapped with the white beam from the sky and change back into humans, at which point they are raised up into the sky. Walking "dead" are transformed (given new life) and then promptly raised (resurrected) into the heavens. The alien also had a few things to say shortly thereafter that could be taken to be along the same lines. Either way, doesn't affect my opinion of the film.Other than those handful of funny moments, it doesn't have a whole lot going for it. The acting and lighting were both sub par, and it had some pretty questionable effects. Not to mention there really was no significant zombie action to speak of. They kind of just stood there and growled, with the occasional "braaainsss" or "jooinn ussss" being mumbled. All that being said, I can honestly say it is the best Australian zombie alien horror comedy I've ever seen!
MrGKB ...who really, really ought to know better than to provide deceptive grist for the blurb mills, "Undead" takes a somewhat interesting idea and then thoroughly botches the execution of it. With a cast of unknowns (most of whom will remain that way) and a script straight out of high school, "Undead" is to be lauded only for what it achieves on a relatively shoestring budget, and really, it's not all that much.Meteorites plummet to earth in and around a small town in Australia, and those who are struck by them become flesh-eating zombies (and presumably capable of infecting others, although this is never demonstrated, to the best of my recollection). Shortly thereafter, an alien craft descends to vacuum up the afflicted in beams of light in order to cure them. Okay. This is an interesting concept, but it's handled ineptly by the Spierling Brothers writing/directing/producing team; they seem more interested in bringing their CGI effects to the screen via their home computers. All well and good, but without a script worthy of merit, all the CGI and special make-up fx in the world can't hold an audience's interest. Staged and directed with ham firmly in fist, "Undead" simply can't transcend its poorly-constructed story and horrendous dialogue, nor the limits of its actors. Were he alive, Ted Sturgeon would be nodding his head in agreement.And, yes, Tony "Fangoria" Timpone and Harry "Ain't It Cool News" Knowles ought to be forced to watch this one a hundred times in a row as penance for their fawning.