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Right, well I might as well just be honest and say that this movie, given it's very "Shaun of the Dead" look-alike movie cover and the fact that it is a zombie movie made me sit down to watch the 2021 movie "Dead Again".

And the title actually gives away how you would feel once you watch this movie. Yeah, this movie was a massive swing and a miss.

First of all, the storyline was just not overly well-written. Sure, it was watchable, but it didn't really feel like much effort was put into the writing of the script and storyline. So it felt very much like some kind of home video project.

And then there were the zombies. No. Just no. That didn't work out one bit. Zombies that were sort of half-lurching, half-running? No, it didn't work in favor of the movie. Nor did the fact that there was literally no proper zombie special effects or gory make-up. So the zombies in the movie felt like little more than just extras milling about with some theater paint brushed on their faces.

The characters in the movie definitely had potential. But given the inadequate script and the whole down-the-drain atmosphere permeating from the movie, then it was just near impossible to actually take much of a liking to the characters. I wanted to, sure, but I just couldn't find the angle.

Sure there were some nice enough references to other movies throughout the course of "Dead Again", but given the acting performances and the interaction between the characters, it felt like these attempts were tossed up in the air only to be left falling flat on to the ground. The dialogue in the movie was not something that will leave you wanting for more.

"Dead Again" from writer and director Steven M. Smith was a swing and a miss. I watch a lot of zombie movies, and "Dead Again" was by no means remarkable or noteworthy. It came without as much as making any noise, and it will fade into oblivion just as quietly. This is not a good zombie movie.

My rating of "Dead Again" lands on a generous two out of ten stars, mostly based on the effort the people working on this project had put into it.

Ok, so lets get things right: when judging a movie, especially an underground one, please take the budget in consideration. Clearly this one had perhaps a few thousands ready to spend, but I doubt there was any more.

Thus the final product is weird and divided: a first half consisting in nothing more but dialogue with some humor every now and then, and a second one that transformed into a shooter for some reason. Sure zombie movies are cheap and easy to do, they also threw the abandoned building in the mix, so that saved a lot for location, some cheap blood special effects and that was about all.

Anyway, hard to watch, impossible to recommend, it is a movie that tried to take itself serious and perhaps that was its biggest flaw. It just didn't work out, sorry.

Cheers!

I like bad films. I have a huge bad film collection. The best are the ones that rise above the badness. This did not rise, it flatlined.

The entire plot of the film could have played out in a 15 minute short.

They should have had the person who edited the trailer edit the entire film. Even with better editing I'm not sure it could have been saved.

I'd say it was...

80% nothing happening... 10% what?

10% meh.

0% worth it.

Most of the dialog was tedious.

Through the runtime I found myself asking, "Why am I still watching this?"

Still, I continued to watch, hoping for something to happen that would make it all worth it. Then the credits rolled.

Rats.

The two stars are because I liked the two cop characters - mostly - and wish they were in a different, better film.

Few guys got together and one of them said "Hey I've got an idea. Let's butcher Sean Of The Dead, Hot Fuzz and World's End all in one go".

This atrocity is the result.

The acting at the beginning was pretty good. I liked the interplay between the retiring officer (Tony Fadil ) and the newby (Elliot Cable) .

The greenhouse gent (Mark Wingett) was a treat of over the top caricature.

The rest... well.. Weird news clips of real political commentary taken out of context, unexplained filters, the sparker of doom.. weird disconnected cuts to various actors for their line.

Overall, it made us laugh a couple times with cheesy lines and low budget filming. Some of the special effects were ok.

Don't think too much about it and just enjoy the gems you can find in it.

The intro is too long and boring, real life politician statements are you serious, really? What a disaster, I only watched for 10 minutes and I couldn't take it anymore, waste of my time nothing else!

I'm guessing the film-makers behind 'Dead Again' must be massive fans of the Simon Pegg 'Cornetto Trilogy' as it's effectively a cross between 'Hot Fuzz' and, of course, 'Sean of the Dead.' Sadly, it doesn't even come close to either. It starts off really serious and you think you're going to be in for some world-ending, apocalyptic epic adventure. You get quite the opposite.

A pair of police officers (who are the typical 'funny man' and 'straight man' or discount versions of Nick Frost and Simon Pegg) patrol a quiet little English country town where nothing out of the ordinary ever happens. Naturally, the dead start to rise and cause all kinds of havoc, well, nearly.

Some films don't have a budget that matches their concept, yet can be forgiven because they have other qualities such as a good script which makes up for it. Here, it doesn't have either and when it's not copying lines from 'The Thing' it's adhering to every horror cliche ever. The two policemen are by far the best actors - the others aren't really up to much, but then the script is so clunky the poor actors aren't really given much to work with. There aren't any actors you'll probably recognise (or certainly none that I'd seen in anything else!). Plus the scenes just ramble on and on - whether they're supposed to be 'character building' or 'dramatic' (such as the longest and most boring chase ever through an empty house where the camera simply follows the victim for longer than you could ever wish for).

Also, the direction is weird with strange red filters (with a firework/sparkler at the top) on outside shots and then when they're not using cheap Instagram filters it's like the camera is over-exposed and really bright and overly vibrant. Again, this all adds to the 'cheap factor' and when there are kills, don't expect any good gore. They can't afford that. Just the odd CGI splatter of blood for head shots.

Overall, it feels like a student film - and not a very good one. It is short. That's about the best thing I can say about it.

I will not waste any more time on this drivil just to pass on a message, do not waste your time. It is one of those movies that are actually painful to watch. I do not like putting actors down, it is a difficult profession but the acting in this movie is just not good, not good at all. it is as if the actors were not trying and the result is everything else is effected, don't bother, there is nothing redeemable about this movie.

At the end, I thought I would bite my foot off I was so bored. Nothing is happening here. The plot is idiotic. Boring scenario. I do not recommend to anyone.

As one who is very lenient on flesheaters, this British tedium has no redeeming qualities aside from writer-director Steven Smith's infatuation with Edgar Wright. Despite touching on all three in the Cornetto trilogy, the mix only produces inane dialogue, unlikable characters, and makeup of blood-smeared faces. The bunch trade verbal jabs while fending off meek corpses and an incredibly annoying red tint to random scenes.

More fun could've been had if the love for Wright's work had been openly written into the screenplay; have the officers realize how much their predicament parallels those films and riff that for laughs. Yet no, it's about an hour minus credits that never lifts off and is already difficult to remember. When the disc hits Dollar Tree, dropping just a buck still wouldn't grant an easy recommendation. Watched via ITN Distribution's DVD.

A lot of bad reviews appear every time a group of people decide to make an independent movie. I ask one question.. could all of you armchair critics do better? Personally i enjoyed this movie for the same reason i watch a lot of independent cinema. It has heart, and enthusiasm in its making, and does not rely on three hours of slow burn before anything happens, like in so many hollywood movies of today. Ok, this ones not going to win any oscars, but a lot of effort has gone into this, and it looks like the cast enjoyed themselves, so whats not to love? Prehaps next time the writers could keep an eye on the editing, as little bits such as the police conversation went on a bit, but overall its a 7 for me.

I don't know how to describe this movie. It's a new take on zombies. I fell asleep watching it.

Shoddy acting, camera work and script. No redeeming features. 2 stars for having zombies, even if they were about as scary as my morning fecal matter.

In a quiet rural English community, a zombie apocalypse is unleashed and the various locals are forced to deal with it.

It's an English zombie comedy. So my initial thought is Shaun of the Dead and this is nothing like that. It's nowhere near that level. The comedy is rather flat. If it's anything, it's more like the Night of the Living Dead but still not as good. It's really an uninspired indie made by a run-of-the-mill film group. It's a good step above student films but it lacks any aspect which could make this good.

The movie isn't completely terrible. Most of the acting is decent except for this one overweight zombie in a blue shirt that is one of the first three they see. I don't know what his problem was but he was moving like he had a stick jammed in a very uncomfortable place. Some of the dialogue is bad. Also, I can't stand the cliche oh no there's a monster, let me stand here like an idiot troupe. The zombie makeup, if you can call it that, is pretty bad consisting of little more than a bit of blood here or there. The two lead actresses were pretty at least.

I hope this movie died and stay dead. Are we 5 years old? I believe that even teenagers will find this movie boring. The acting of some people in this movie was atrocious. Anyway Just give this movie a chance, the only thing you are going to lose is one hour and fifteen minutes of your life.

Who is fooling who? I should have known when the writer, director, producer and film editor are all the same person, there is going to be trouble in river city.. How can anybody rate this a 10? Another reviewer said the director knocked it out of the park. We are kidding, aren't we?????

Following a spate of strange reports, a policeman attempting to retire and the rookie he's training to replace him find that the reports involve their small-town being overrun by zombies unleashed by aliens as part of a diabolical alien invasion plot to take over the world forcing them to defend the village.

Overall, this was a pretty enjoyable effort. Among the better features here is the generally enjoyable setup that gets this going quite nicely. The early scenes where the policeman gives the new recruit a history and rundown of the town's history while also teasing him about his lack of experience create some lighthearted moments while the background action of the townsfolk being attacked is featured. That this inadvertently offers up the early explanation for what's happening by mentioning the original alien invasion scheme mentioned as an unforeseen sighting only to be ignored and forgotten about until the finale where it's revealed as the true plan all along which is quite ingenious the way this all comes together. That early setup here gives way to a rather fun series of action scenes involving the zombies. Featuring a tense encounter in the woods where they appear out of the woods to attack the couple, the later scenes of them appearing out of nowhere to swarm the hideout where they're forced to barricade themselves against the creatures. This leads into a fun series of swarming-based encounters throughout the complex where the attempts to escape or recon the situation bring about confrontations with the hoarder of creatures allowing the group to be thinning out rather nicely. The finale, involving a rather fun blood-soaked shootout involving their dash to escape, gets a lot to like with the frenetic tempo and apocalyptic implications getting to showcase the fine make-up and gore for a lot to like here. There are a few minor problems here. The main issue featured here is the somewhat illogical series of tactics displayed here which run counterproductive to escaping a zombie invasion. The constant splitting up and leaving the safety of the barricade to check on potential weapons caches stored nearby are asking for trouble, especially with the strange behavior of the zombies to break off the attacks to leave them alone. This feels more like contrivance than anything and causes some slight pacing issues to arise when they stop attacking. As well, the jarring sense of tone here is distracting, with the comedic outbursts and jokes flying in the face of the more serious zombie attacks which has a far different tone here, which alongside the low-budget limitations hold this down.

Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Violence and Graphic Language.

I really wanted to like this movie. The premise seemed good: two nice-guy policemen in a sleepy English village, one about to retire and one just starting, slowly build to the realization that there be zombies around. The first few minutes, showing news clips of real-life world leaders (Donald Trump, Boris Johnson, Emmanuel Macron, and it's really them) supposedly talking about the zombie outbreak, is clever. The two policemen (played by Tony Fadil and Elliot Cable) do a good job, and their incidental banter (about the movie "Jaws" for example) is entertaining. The other characters, however, are so-so. And the zombies themselves are little more than extras smeared with a bit of blood, and never really generate the "fear them" factor that helps to make a good zombie movie. Also, too much of the movie is filmed in a reddish haze that adds nothing to any sense of tension. I did watch it to the end, however, and so feel obliged to give it a 4. With a bigger budget, and some better direction and writing, this could have been much better.

This no-budget zombie mess was really not necessary to make. It is a steaming pile of waste and you will regret watching it. Clearly they just threw the comedy tag in there as a desperate effort to somehow justify making this horrible piece of feces.

I don't generally write reviews so here is an exception.

It is as if Simon Pegg and Nick Frost had written the draft for the Cornetto trilogy, decided it was no good, had shredded it and Best then used it as toilet paper, flushed it away and it had been found. This film is the result.

I do often enjoy a bad film since there is usually a redeeming feature. I just cannot find one to mention here.

Sorry to those involved in creating this film. I'm sure that it was a great learning experience. I think in time you'll be able to create much better work or find an alternate career. Best wishes to all of you.

Have you lost your minds? Are you bots? Are you being paid to say that? The only good thing I can really say about it is that by todays movie length standards it was relatively short. Not that it felt that way. I can watch Shaun of the dead over and over again and see genius every step of the way. That's not this. Have I seen worse? Yes. I've watched Sharknado so I'm clearly not THAT picky. But do not compare this to Shaun of the Dead. Don't expect much and you won't be too disappointed. And now I've learned I have to add more words to reach the minimum length required to submit a review. I'm lazy and my natural reaction to that is to just close it up and say screw it. But I feel compelled to warn you so I'm just going to write random stuff to fill the space. Run! Go to sleep! Read a book! Watch Sharknado! 1 through 7. Or 9. Whatever they're up to now. Thank me later.

I'm not sure why the Americans are being harsh about this film. Regardless that it's got a marketing ploy for any Simon Pegg and Nick Frost fans, I still think it's stands well on it's on merit. Dead Again stars two funny actors side by side in this tone and cheek comedy apocalyptic feature.