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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
I wish a meteor had crash landed on my TV during this one.., March 22, 2009
The cover art was deceptive, as it usually is with these low budget zombie movies.. The description on the back was a total fake out, it sounded like it could be a good movie.. But behold, all we got was another serving of crappy budget, zombie comedy slop. It wasn't funny, it wasn't entertaining, it was just pure stupidity. I wanted to watch this one with a crash helmet on my head, so I could repeatedly bash my cranium against the wall while screaming why, why, why!!!!!
If only God loved me enough to send a real meteor smashing through my TV set durning this one, I would have had plenty to be thankful for on the following Thanksgiving.. But all I have now are the Nam-like flashbacks of another zombie movie that was total blasphemy to the genre...
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Yawn..., January 22, 2009
So you walk into your local Blockbuster Video and make your way over to their horror section that seems to be perpetually diminishing in quantity and quality over the years. Your eyes scan over a few of the time tested classics scattered here and there, but the shelves are mostly filled with low budget, amateurish, straight to DVD, and overall poorly made horror films from the 00's. You breathe a sigh of indecision while the socially inept sales associate gives you the "Is there something I can help you with?" look from behind the register. I found myself in this particular scenario just the other night. Call me a masochist, a glutton for punishment, someone with too much time on their hands, or all of the above. In the end, I decided to take one of these new millenium duds home with me, entitled Days of Darkness.
It was exactly what I thought it would be. An amateurish, low budget zombie outing that was derivitive of literally any movie ever made about the subject, riddled with bad acting, unbearable dialogue, and cheaply done special effects. A motley group of survivors are trapped inside a military bunker after a zombie breakout strikes. Personally I liked it better twenty years ago when it was called Day of the Dead. Eventually a little twist is unveiled when we discover that the zombies are actually created by parasitic aliens taking over a human host, but they can be defeated by drinking alcohol. It's amazing that I didn't just turn this off.
The new millenium seems to have shown a renewed interest in the zombie genre, most likely propelled by movies like 28 Days Later and Shaun of the Dead. In my estimation however, this has been mostly a bad thing as most of the new offerings are uninspired heaps of cinematic sludge like Days of Darkness. Many people didn't care for George Romero's latest Diary of the Dead early last year, but I assure even the strongest doubter would call it a masterpiece in comparison to this tripe. Learn from my mistake and avoid like the plague.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
A review from Zombiefans!, May 3, 2008
Where's Donald Sutherland and Leonard Nimoy?
1) ACTING: I felt that for a low / no budget indie, the acting wasn't really all that bad. A lot of times, the acting sets the tone for a movie, and if it's not all that good, that really puts the viewer in a mindset where he / she possible might not give the movie a chance. The actors here aren't going to be winning any Oscars anytime soon, but they were okay.
2) PRODUCTION: First things first: I have to comment on the script. While watching this movie, I had this overwhelming sense of Deju Vu...similar scenes in different movies from the past kept running through my mind. Not that I was insulted by this, but I found it to be kind of distracting, as I kept wondering while viewing different scenes if I had seen it before. With the many plot devices that were in this movie, I don't really know if I can say that this is a "ZOMBIE" movie. It's more like an attack from outer space that also includes zombies. I really felt like I was watching yet ANOTHER unnecessary version of 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Too much "alien invaders," and not enough "zombies."
Additionally, the characters were kind of stock. I know it is difficult to have characters we haven't seen before, but it seems like there is always a "set" group. I think that this made it difficult for any real character development. The filming was fine, the mood and the tone of the movie was okay, and there were no real lighting issues.
The gore was good, but sadly, very minimal for a "zombie" movie. Now, I'm not asking for the gore /blood quantities of the Italian 1970's zombie flicks, but in a zombie movie, there should be a good amount of blood and gore.
3) ZOMBIES: A mixture of shamblers and runners (for the minimal time they are on screen). The zombie make up is almost non-existent, as they seem to be just covered in blood. Not even the "pale face, raccoon eyes" make up is here.
4) THE CAUSE: Alien Micro-organism infested comet from outer space.
5) NUDITY: None.
FINAL: While I don't hate this movie, I really can't praise it, either. I wanted a zombie movie and got a science fiction movie. If I wanted to see 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers' again, I would've rented it. It wasn't a bad movie, I felt that it just wasn't a zombie movie. It was very reminiscent of Romero's 'Night of the Living Dead,' with all the human drama, but with a sci-fi twist. As a zombie movie, not real impressed. As a science fiction alien invasion from outer space movie, not all that bad. While I have my reservations regarding the director / writer, if he decides that his next movie will be a ZOMBIE movie, I'll be there.
RATING: 2.5 out of 5
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