Geraldine
The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.
Bob Jim
Imagine "Warm bodies" if it was funny, with cool action scenes and better dialogue. (And better story.)It was surprisingly funny, with crude (And somewhat revolutionary humor , personally for me. I never thought you could do a zombie- penis joke that good.). I LOVED the action scenes. How they worked the camera & edited it made them intense and cool. *Heavy spoilers ahead*The only thing that prevented me from giving this movie a higher rating, was the really cheesy & unfunny ending. I expected it to be "The main character has grown a lot and stopped being weirdly awkward all the time and he expresses his love in a badass clear way" but instead "lets make it awakward and cheesy. Also lets make her chase after him like 5 meters & kiss him and speak to him in a cheesy weird bad lines kind of way just to make it worse"God, that ending ruined it. I still love the movie though.
phxphil
Entertaining actors, well acted and the movie has a pretty funny script. I didn't hear/see a lot of Clichés as other have said. The script moved along well. It was not low budget nor was it high budget. But definitely not low budget. The special effects were high quality, body parts, gun shot wounds, etc. The guys chasing the two main characters do a good job as vigilantes and present a nice reason for the main characters to be on the run. Oh, and there is an explanation for the reason the two guys are not like the other zombies. You just have to wait for it. It's definitely a good popcorn movie with enough funny moments.
Peppered_Productions
If George A. Romero, John Hughes, Sam Raimi & Broken Lizard spliced together their genes, DeadHeads may indeed be the love child of this labor.Reading the plot summary before selecting this flick, I thought it was going to be "My Boyfriend's Back" shifted forward a few years. I liked that little sleeper, and would have been happy with a similar track.However, from the first scenes, this story was clearly pure camp, with heart. We open with Mike (Michael McKiddy), a newly awakened zombie. He is self-aware and intelligent, except, of course with regards to his current state of being. He soon meets Brent (Ross Kidder), who becomes his goofy sidekick. Brent is grounded more in the reality of their situation, and his loyal friendship helps Mike along.Mike has unfinished business - he is carrying an engagement ring meant for his high school sweetheart, Ellie (Natalie Victoria). Unfortunately, he's been dead 3 years. He doesn't know how he got where he is, or why he's one of few 'intelligent' zombies around, but this quest is his only thought.Unfortunately for the guys, there are 'unchanged' folks ready to call them out & kill them. Also, there's the little matter of the corporate types hunting them down for extermination. It seems they may have something to do with the situation Mike finds himself in. They've hired a sure-shooting, experienced zombie slayer, Thomas (Thomas Galasso).What follows is your typical A to B road trip. We meet many characters along the way. Beloved "Cheese" (Markus Taylor), is the slow, but mostly harmless zombie who tags along like a puppy. Cliff (Harry Burkey) is the doper who picks them up and helps get them closer to Ellie's door. And, of course, super-fuzz wannabe McDinkle (Benjamin Webster), who seems to be suffering from a combination of suppressed homosexuality and roid rage.At times, this flick had a very "Tommy Boy" feel w/Brent being the Chris Farley to Mike's serious David Spade. The music and almost cartoonish delivery from Kidder's Brent also called to mind the newer Scooby Doo cartoon features. Add to that the naked sincerity of Mike's love for Ellie, and a high school reunion to boot - we have a Zombie John Hughes movie.I discovered part way through the movie why there was a Bruce Campbell quote in the trailer - they watch clips of Evil Dead. But, I was OK with that. The snippets fit in with the campy nature of the film.This movie manages to fill many niches at once, as well as hearkening to some 80s nostalgia (there is a Goonies reference at one point). The story, direction, music and acting are overall pretty good. Even Kidder's exuberant offerings don't quite tip to the side of absurd. The lighting is a bit weird, trying to keep it dark, but for the most part it's forgivable. As we head toward the climax, Mike gets flashes of memory revealing pieces of how he got where he is. When he finally reaches Ellie's door, he is just as resigned, though prepared not to have his fairy tale ending. She makes the decision for him & Brent encourages them to 'give the audience what they want' amid a throng of the corporate scientists and assassins who have followed them the whole way.Overall, I really liked this film. It was entertaining, and the characters were sympathetic. They played a far-fetched storyline, with enough humor and drama to keep my attention to the end. There are plenty of gags and caricatures, but they add to the fun of this adventure.My rating: 7 out of 10.
mocktheweek31
OK IL admit that when i saw the poster and read the blurb, i thought it would be low budget and cheesy. But having watched it i was delighted. the film mixed the main plot with humor very well. they even had a few sad moments in there too R.I.P cheese. But i will say this in terms of conflict resolution well there isn't any. i mean yeah the guy gets the girl, but i seem to remember her dad shooting him in the head but the main character mike seems to be OK with this hes just happy to be alive so to speak. don't get me wrong though i love this film everyone should watch I'm just nitpicking. And one last thing as Colombo would say. there is a few characters who seem important but don't go anywhere like the PA woman at the start she almost has a love interest and that might be going somewhere but no not at all. she blends back in with the extras witch is sad because she was good at acting the role. And finally mikes girlfriend OK great they got back together great but and its a big one she like others doesn't give a flying potato that her dad killed her boyfriend. anyhow watch the film.
