Survival of the Dead

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DanTheMan 2 In many ways, Survival of the Dead marks a return to Romero's low-budget B-movie roots for his untimely swansong, one that I certainly enjoyed more than his previous venture. There's a real down-and-dirty simplicity to this one, rapidly paced with buckets of gore and absurdist glee, a neo-western zombie fable with a group of good ol' Irish lads pulling the ultimate Hail Mary. The film certainly isn't without a sense of humour, several jokes and a multitude of kills had me chuckling quite a bit, it just lacks a lot of Romero's sharp satire and is more a cerebral means of cinematically satiating one's wanton bloodlust. Philosophical discussions are brief, to the point and rife with real-world applications as the zombies keep coming. Romero sticks to the traditional zombie shuffle, with herds approaching in slow but determined motion. In keeping with the puckish touch for which he is justly renowned, our motley band find a few new and ingenious ways to dispose of them when ammo runs low, including discovering a new way to light a cigar that is both visually lovely, viscerally disturbing and thematically piquant. Romero's direction is clean if unmemorable, the writing is sly although treading on old ground and the performances are solid from all involved. Survival of the Dead works on every level for which it aims and without shortchanging any of them offering a reasonably entertaining variation on a familiar theme, although it lacks the inspiration that would make it stand as an original in its own right. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 10/30/24 Full Review Sams K There's something missing ok, but still very interesting story, there are a lot of cool themes, and it's kinda cool to see a "Shakespearean" inside the twisted world of George A. Romero. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 10/25/24 Full Review Alec B Its kind of a western (yes its set on an Island off the coast of Delaware with a bunch of Irishmen, but it fits with that genres typical themes), and an action comedy, and a zombie/horror film. The point is that its just got too much going on to totally work. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 11/10/23 Full Review Andre G Just an ok zombie. There was a lot of zombie attacks and killings. Once again though the ending was kind of iffy. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 07/03/23 Full Review Audience Member I think if I'm being fair this is the worst Romero zombie movie. It's not remotely scary and the characters were incredibly simplistic and dumb. Just as it has been for the last two Romero zombie movies before this, the social commentary here is way too on the nose. There was quite literally a narrator in the final scene stating what the message of the movie was. I commend Romero for trying something new with the genre (as he did with all 6 of these movies), but this story/plot was just poorly executed. The direction felt uninspired, the music seemed odd, and even the editing felt off. It was hard to tell what was even happening at times in the third act simply due to confusing and choppy editing. I will say that while this is objectively the worst Romero zombie flick, I was actually more entertained by it than Diary of the Dead. Whereas Diary was bland, dimly lit and boring, Survival is brighter and has more character to it. It's a little bit quirky and some of the characters may be incredibly stupid but that stupidity makes them mildly entertaining in an almost comedic kind of way. There is also some creativity with the zombie kills in this movie, even if they come off silly and don't always look the best. Sadly, Romero's final movie reminds us that we've dropped a far way off from his original trilogy. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Audience Member Sad to see Romero go out like this. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/15/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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