Night of the Living Dead: Resurrection

Night of the Living Dead: Resurrection

Starring Sarah Madison, Sabrina Dickens, Sule Rimi, Richard Goss

Directed by James Plumb

In Wales, the dead are coming to life and killing the living.  A family is holed up in their family home in the middle of nowhere, hoping to somehow survive together, but they don't have the dead to worry about, as a group of teenage kids who are obsessed with "Call of Duty" is on the prowl looking to bring their video game lusts to life.

George A. Romero brought to life the new vision of the zombie, but unfortunately he didn't market his own film right, making it available to the general public to use and abuse.  Worst movie to do this was the 3D version with Sid Haig.  Another bad one was the one before this film, "Re-Animation."  That seemed to try to combine the "Night of the Living Dead" and "Return of the Living Dead" franchises together, with horrible results.

As it goes with "Resurrection," the first half of the film wasn't that bad.  They had characters called Barbara and Ben, reminiscent of the original film, and turns it on its head.  The worst part of the film was the teenagers who are out for bloodlust because of a video game.  I feel the director was trying to tell a story about the evils of video games in society, and it just ended up a mess. 

The family in the film too were extremely stupid.  When family members got bit and turned, instead of killing them, they kept them locked in rooms because "they're still family."  Not so much, and it turns out disastrous for them.  Not to mention the husband of one of the sisters was having an affair with another sister and they talked about it way too loud in such a small house.  The first half was great, and the second half was horrible.

My Rating: C