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Day Of The Dead 2:
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A virus breaks loose at a mental institution and
a couple of ex-convicts get infected. Their skin
starts to peel off and they can't seem to be able
to eat normal food. Soon enough they realize that
they are no longer normal human beings, they're
transforming into something much more dangerous.
I'll be honest with you, I didn't have very high
expectations for this flick, thinking it would be
a cheap cash-in on the Dawn Of The Dead remake.
To my surprise I actually found Day Of The Dead 2
pretty good. The budget is much higher than other
Taurus Entertainment flicks I've seen, in fact, the
budget for this flick was no less than 9 million
dollars so I have to wonder why this didn't go
theatrical. It sure does look like a theatrical
flick and it sure is entertaining enough.
Day Of The Dead 2 isn't your normal zombie flick.
I guess in a way this is kind of a prequel to
Romero's cult classic since they actually explain
how the infection started in the first place and
while it's not a Romero flick, it's still a pretty
slick sequel so Romero has got to be pretty happy
about this. Just seeing zombies kill people for
no reason has kind of grown old now and I guess
that's why I liked the fact that this had more of
a plot than normal zombie flicks do.
While the acting might no be brilliant, it's still
pretty good. Most of the main characters are pretty
likable and easy to root for. That's another twist
that I liked about this flick, this time we
actually get to root for the zombies instead of
their doomed victims. The directing is pretty
average, I would have expected better directing
considering the budget actually.
This flick took me by surprise so try to give this
movie a shot even though you might not be too
psyched about a freestanding sequel to the cult hit.
Try not to think of it as a sequel and you'll
probably like it a whole lot better. Clearly
Taurus Entertainments best release! Original,
entertaining and filled with gore!
We get a couple of very gory zombies and
some very gory bodies with lots of intestines!
Nothing special, average suspense score.
Surprisingly good sequel which brings zombie flicks
to a new level. With an original story and plenty
of gore this actually turned out to be pretty good.
It does tend to get a bit slow at times though at
times though but this one is definitely worth a rent.
Review By: AnthroFred
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