The name Night of the Living
Dead first brings to mind the 1968 original film from George A. Romero but
due to a clerical error that film was not copyright correctly and now tons of
film-makers think they can go out there and make a film based on the characters
and/or plot of the film. Among some of
these titles is the animated version NOTLD:
Reanimated (2010), and NOTLD: 3D
(2006) version and its sequel Re-Animation
(2012) and not to mention the John Russo 30th
Anniversary Edition (1999), which adds new footage to the old ’68
version. So it should come as no
surprise that this new version Night of
the Living Dead: Resurrection (2013) has emerged and it takes place
somewhere in the UK (as the characters all have a British accent).
This film actually starts off in an interesting manner in which
the character of Ben witnesses some violence by some street kids before
realizing that something wrong is definitely going on. He flees the city in search of a safe place
but encounters a farm house where a family resides that will protect everything
that is theirs both from the zombie menace outside and the more human monsters
that exist as the world crumbles in chaos.
Now this all makes the film actually sound better than it is. In fact, the film is a complete travesty of
cinematic film-making. Written by Andrew
Jones and James Plumb (who also directs) this film is hampered by a bad script
with bad dialogue and inane motivations by all the characters. Characters continue to make one bad decision
after another that will leave you wanting to kill them all yourself rather than
wait for a zombie to reappear or the chaos within the house to erupt.
There is nothing to recommend this film as it is a complete waste
of time and a mockery of the name Night
of the Living Dead.
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