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| Undead or Alive: A Zombedy 2007 |
This is exactly my point. I see Chris Kattan and I think Comedy. However, netflix ranks this as a action adventure, horror movie. So lets see which is correct. HELL even the title hints at a comedy. Damnit!
Set in the old west, we are treated to a comedic explanation of who Geronimo was and his final medicine known only as "the white man's curse". Personally, I find this to be fitting. After the chaos and destruction by the europeans during this time and epochs later. Maybe a white man's curse is still needed.
A zombie outbreak has just started to spread in a slapstick comedy manner. Starting with old ben who sucks the brains from his wife and kids then eats his own tongue. The sheriff (mr cocksure I'll call him) things that old Ben swinging and doing a gallows jig with remedy the situation. We shall see.
Jump scene to a stranger just coming in town and heading straight for the bar. Here he encounters Kattan's character . They cross words, then blows, then wind up in the cell next to ben. The two wind up breaking out and try to get Elmer's money back. they grab the dough and head off into the night. the sheriff comes to and grabs deputy "Fife" to hang old ben and then raise a posse. And it looks like the posse will have an easy job cause Elmer and Luke are shitty shots.
Jump scenes to the town waiting to see old ben swing and noone realizes that the plaque has already jumped to another victim. The sheriff. unbeknownst even to the sheriff and deputy fife who re really starting to look rough, our two heros have met up with a third person. A native american named Sue.
the sheriff and deputy Fife decide to make a meal of their posse. Meanwhile old ben gets cut down and starts to munch his way through town. The sheriff and his zombie posse closes in as Elmer, Luke and Sue set up an ambush. Now they realize something is amiss when the posse doesn't stay down. They hightale it outta there quick like. the only positive thing here is that the posse lost its horses. But now they are surrounded by towns of undead.
Turns out sue is the brightest one of the bunch as she went to NYU and accomplished a great deal. Now Elmer is captured by the same group that he desserted from.
In order to see how Luke, Elmer, and Sue get out of this one. You'll have to watch. It's quite surprising.
This movie has a funny moments. And its serious moments (few). The zombie gore is acceptable. And the love tones underneath could be done away with. This was not a bad movie. The fact that the zombies retain intelligence adds to the humour. being a typical zombie flick we cant get attached to one character.
I give this four severed thumbs for the decent movie and decent acting, story line, and execution of all things zombie. remember, I watch this shit so you dont have to.!
Shane
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