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Thursday, May 19, 2011

DIE ner (Get it?) 2010



Greetings all! Todays Flick Is called "Die ner". Yeah yeah , I know cheesy as shit but hey what can you expect from a movie that rates 2 stars on Netflix and 4 stars on IMDB? You can view the trailer HERE.

Today's movie starts with a waitress in a rinky dink run down all night diner talking to a customer. well, it is only after a short discussion we realize he is a murder. He knifes her and some poor unlucky bastard who just happens to be sitting at the bar. Does a quick clean up and low and behold as he is doing this guess what happenes.... More customers! YEAH! douche bag should have thought about this since it is a 24 hour diner!

The couple that pull up obviously have some issues to work out as they are distant and barely look at each other. you see It's not just my keen observational skills telling me this. It could be due to the diologue of.

Guy; "look.."
Girl; "Lets just not talk until we get inside and have some coffee"

See folks, ISSUES. so while they are having issues, the homicidal maniac plays waiter and a piss poor one at that. so not only is he a homicidal maniac he eavesdropps also. So while the couple are having their marital dispute the maniac, hell I'll call him Jack witnesses a cop pull up, yeah the crowd is getting together..

HEHEHEHE GREAT! The dead fry cook just shows up on the cooks line. Well it seems the cat is outta the bag as Rose crawls from the coller and the police officer Dudley Doright gets attacked by Fred the shororder cook and amazingly the zombie always knows to go for the neck! Well Jack grabs the sherriff's gun and basically takes hostage of the two people in the diner. So Rob, Cathy and Jack tape up the zombie Fred. and incapacitates him by stuffing a cinnamon roll in his mouth and taping it shut.

Meanwhile Dudley Doright is bleeding out.  They tie up rose in the back. the lead character reminds me a lot of Edward norton with is smart ass attitude. and halfway decent acting. Ok so Jacks name is now Ken. but Ken is trying to maintain order as Rob and cathy are reluctant to drive a nail through fred's head to see if it kills him. It's quite obvious that this movie is meant to be toungue n cheek and not taken serious. Rob knocks out Ken. While he is out we are treated to a flashback of Ken playing hide and seek with his mom. He switches between boy and adult.

Dudley Doright is mumbling something about his family and wife and basically gets on Ken's mood.

The sheriff tries to get back to the bathroom (WTF WHY?). Ken ties up Rob and cuts off his finger for collateral. (Original)

Ken wonders out to dispatch the Zombie trucker who gave him a lift only to find hes gone. OOPS contagion alert. While tied up Carol and Rob find this a good time to reconcile their differences while they are still alive. of course the required "if i'm a zombie put me down" discussion is tossed about.

While Ken is out he finds a machete. Just happens to be one of Max Brook's weapons of choice. Those of you who have ever read "the Zombie Survival Guide" will appreciate this. inside the diner the two tied up lovers are trying to burn their way through the rope. The Zombie trucker wonders in gets his head removed. Of course the head is still alive. 

Ken starts to monologue and makes some pretty intelligent arguments surprisingly. While he is doing this, ole Duke (Dudley Doright) dies. In the shitter of all places. Once rob and cathy escape their restraints, they bop ole ken across the head triggering another flashback. Only this time it is his turn to hide. But unfortunately mom doesnt come looking for him. As he returns to the room he left her in, we flashback to today.  Cathy goes in search of the keys that ken threw and Rob tries to hotwire the car. 
Only rob is making so much noise he attracks a roaming undead. Rob gets a good chunk taken outta him. 

Ken meanwhile is tied up in the bathroom with Duke and is starting to look a little worse for wear. After all hes been beaned twice.  Cathy and rob try to make their way into a rig. (seriously doubting either of them are class A certified. Fred finally breaks free of his duct tape prison.  Unbeknownst to Cathy, Rob has climbed into a cab with a zombie who is now feasting on him and sheriff Duke has just awoken from his eternal slumber in the shitter with Ken. Oddly enough, Cathy comes back to help Ken because she needs someone to drive the truck. 

Oh goodness, the sheriff's dispatch officer shows up in time to shoot poor Cathy freeing Ken. He's quickly dispatched. Ken makes a run for it leaving Cathy behind. In the kitchen we find fred and rose pissed off  and freed. Surrounded by Zombies, Cathy and Ken both meet their fate. Ken with the obligitory Romero style evicerastion.

Ending the film we see a zombie get into the cab of a rig and start it up, leaving it to the viewer to determine if this will be the catalyst for an outbreak.

The acting was pretty good in the main characters cases. the supporting cast however could have been cast better. 
Very little gore
 And the basic storyline of wrong place at the wrong time.
I would definitely suggest giving this a watch. 
I give this three severed thumbs. And Remember,
I watch this shit so you dont have to!
Shane

Joshua Grote ... Ken
Parker Quinn ... Rob
Liesel Kopp ... Kathy
Larry Purtell ... Sheriff Duke
Maria Olsen ... Rose
Jorge Montalvo ... Fred
Daniel Schweiger ... Jessie
Scott Fish ... Trucker Zombie
Brodrick Thornsberry ... Young Ken
Jill Black ... Mother
Eric Johnson ... Truck Driver Zombie

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