Dead Rising: Watchtower

2015

1h 58m

Horror

Action

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32%

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250+ Ratings

Chase and Jordan cover the government's efforts to contain a virus that turns people into zombies. When a new drug fails to stop the spread of the disease, they team up with two survivors to escape the town before it is firebombed.

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David Hogan

hoganreviews.co.uk

A perfectly fine low-budget zombie movie. It pays homage to the game series it itself is a part of well, and even on its own merits it's a perfectly acceptable two hours.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 27, 2020

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Mikel Zorrilla

Espinof

'Dead Rising: Watchtower' is a mediocre film that misuses all the interesting elements of the original video game saga. [Full Review in Spanish]

May 8, 2020

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Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

I'm usually very rough on video game adaptations, but "Dead Rising" is a surprisingly very good take on the hit video games of the same name.

Oct 13, 2015

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Scott Weinberg

Nerdist

You've seen it all before, true, but at least it's not boring.

Jun 25, 2015

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Fleegle B

Really enjoyable. I love Dead Rising

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/15/24

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The K

You've seen it all before, but like the reporter said, it's all about the hot chick. Fun zombie flick to turn your brain off.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

06/11/23

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steve d

Not quite as good as the original because it loses some of the humor but still a lot of fun.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Lucas R

It's 50% faithful to its source material, but it doesn't bring the same load of scares as its game franchise.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

10/23/22

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Milhouse V

Watchtower serves as a serviceable zombie film, while being neither the best or the worst in the genre. The main problem is that the narrative arc remains relatively flat throughout the film. The stakes are rarely heightened, and when they are, it's fairly lackluster in comparison to how long you had to wait for it. Instead, the film adapts more of a video game structure, divided up into chapters that are broken up with news cast filler with Rob Riggle appearing as Frank West offering his best zombie advice. From there, the characters all fall into their zombie movie archetypes and never budge from them once entrenched. This leads to an overly predictable story line that is interspersed with splatter and gore and little nods to the video game. However, you would think that since this film is taking the mantle of the video game, there would be stronger connections between the two, but instead it basically makes just enough to justify using the name. It's not a bad way to kill two hours, but it's not something you're going to watch over and over and over either.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

06/08/21

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jack h

Actually pretty good. A bit slow at times but overall a good movie.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Zach Lipovsky

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Jesse Metcalfe

Chase Carter

Meghan Ory

Crystal O'Rourke

Virginia Madsen

Maggie

Keegan Connor Tracy

Jordan Blair

Aleks Paunovic

Logan

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Synopsis

Chase and Jordan cover the government's efforts to contain a virus that turns people into zombies. When a new drug fails to stop the spread of the disease, they team up with two survivors to escape the town before it is firebombed.

Director: Zach Lipovsky
Producer: Tim Carter
Screenwriter: Tim Carter
Production Co: Legendary Digital Media, Di Bonaventura Pictures, Contradiction Films
Genre: Horror, Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 8, 2016
Runtime: 1h 58m