{"id":13828,"date":"2018-10-19T19:03:26","date_gmt":"2018-10-19T23:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.9deuce.tv\/blogs\/?p=13828"},"modified":"2018-10-19T19:03:26","modified_gmt":"2018-10-19T23:03:26","slug":"survival-of-the-dead-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.9deuce.tv\/blogs\/survival-of-the-dead-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Survival of the Dead (2009)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The final Romero zombie film is a mixed bag to say the least. Do you remember the National Guard guys in Diary of the Dead?\u00a0 Well, this is their story.\u00a0 I actually wish they had connected more films in a similar fashion.<\/p>\n

We get some backstory on this island inhabited by the O’Flynn and Muldoon families.\u00a0 This is like the zombie version of the Hatfields and McCoys.\u00a0 The Muldoon’s forced most of the O’Flynn’s off of the island, except Jane and Janet, which is Patrick’s 2 daughters.\u00a0 I think that they were the only 2 that stayed.\u00a0 Fast forward to present day, and this group of National Guards ends up getting this teenage boy with them in their group and they try to figure out where to head next.\u00a0 The kid suggests that they head south and try to make it to an island.\u00a0 So that’s the plan.\u00a0 They meet Patrick O’Flynn and the men who left with him.\u00a0 They try to kill the guards, but the guards kill all of his men except for Patrick.\u00a0 They cross the water to the island and find out that Sheamus Muldoon has been trying to condition the zombies to eat something other than humans.\u00a0 So it harkens back to Day of the Dead, in that regard.\u00a0 There ends up being a showdown, lots of people die, the usual.<\/p>\n

This was the worst of the six, in my opinion.\u00a0 Some of the acting was really good.\u00a0 The material was not good at all.\u00a0 I am saddened that this was Romero’s last film. This was cheesy too often.\u00a0 The motives for some of the characters were less than desirable.\u00a0 \u00a0The guy who played Patrick was also in The Void.\u00a0 That was something I didn’t know.\u00a0 I don’t have a lot to say about this one.\u00a0 You’re only really seeking this out if you’re a fan of one of the actors, or more likely to see the final Romero film.\u00a0 No matter what I say to you, it’s not going to influence your decision.\u00a0 Thankfully, it’s a shorter film.<\/p>\n

Rating: 3.7 – I really didn’t care for the story at all in this one.\u00a0 It brought everybody down with it.\u00a0 That final shot was also absolutely absurd as hell.\u00a0 I can’t say that I recommend this for any rhyme or reason.<\/p>\n

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