The Dead (2010)

The Dead: Directed by Howard J. Ford, Jonathan Ford. With Rob Freeman, Prince David Oseia, David Dontoh, Ben Crowe. An American mercenary, the sole survivor of a plane crash, has to run the gauntlet across Africa, battling with the living dead.

“this movie is great. i briefly recall seeing the poster for it a while back but iu0026#39;d since forgotten about it up until the other day when i took a gamble on watching it and was happy within the first 10 minutes after seeing the style and effects.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003elike another reviewer stated, the movie is shot on 35mm film, not on digital like modern Hollywood flicks. this gives it a very classic look and feel, reminiscent of the George a Romero film like dawn of the dead in u0026#39;78 and day in u0026#39;80.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003ethe zombie effects and makeup as far as i could tell used no CGI whatsoever and the gore, though not too frequent, looks great when itu0026#39;s on screen.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003ethe undead are also nearly always on screen, and combined with their excellent makeup, great camera work and complete lack of unnecessary music, have a very menacing feel as they creep up on the films 2 protagonists.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003ethe films setting is beautiful and a fantastic change from the normu0026#39;s of busy city streets and urban environments. it is shot in west African locations such as Burkina Faso and Ghana, as well as the Sahara desert. it really is a breath of fresh air in the zombie movie genre.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003ethe story is fairly simple. an American military engineer washes up on the coast of west Africa after his evacuation flight crashes. as the sole survivor he attempts to reach a northern military air field to re-attempt his escape, and runs into a soldier of the African military who is trying to find his son during the chaos.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eoverall i give this movie an 8 out of 10. and thatu0026#39;s only because i wasnu0026#39;t keen on the acting by the American protagonist played by Robert freeman, and a couple small sections of the movie are quite slow.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003ethe film does leave itself open for the possibility of a sequel and i would be more than happy to watch it if it mirrors the quality of this.”