Flight of the Living Dead is as you might imagine, about zombies on a plane. Simple as that. Some secret clandestine research involving a mutant strain of malaria has created the zombie virus and it gets out on board a trans Atlantic flight.
I picked this one up since Fangoria gave it their official seal of approval, and, more often then not they're right. In this case though the film is a little above mediocre. I had reservations going in and was moderately entertained going out.
The film starts off very strong with multiple story lines being set up and a variety of characters including a pro golfer with a gold plated putter. And in case you were wondering, yeah, he does use it to smash some zombie heads. The film is very gory with pretty dang good zombie makeup. It takes a while for the zombie action to begin but i didn't feel like it was too long, just right to help build the tension and the humor which is sprinkled throughout the film. The film doesn't really try to be scary, more funny and action packed, which works fine here.
The problem with the film is that even at its short 90 min. run time, it still seems to drag a bit in the third act. There is no real conflict at the end except survival and the remaining survivors do just that. This could have been a golden opportunity to play on all of our fears of terrorism and flying but the film never really touches on these too much. The film could have just as easily been set anywhere, a train, a boat, hell even in a building.
Not really much here, just you're average meat and potatoes zombie flick. It doesn't disappoint but it's nothing new either. Check it out if you're in the mood for zombie carnage and have seen everything else.
Gore - High
Nudity - none
Overall 6/10
I picked this one up since Fangoria gave it their official seal of approval, and, more often then not they're right. In this case though the film is a little above mediocre. I had reservations going in and was moderately entertained going out.
The film starts off very strong with multiple story lines being set up and a variety of characters including a pro golfer with a gold plated putter. And in case you were wondering, yeah, he does use it to smash some zombie heads. The film is very gory with pretty dang good zombie makeup. It takes a while for the zombie action to begin but i didn't feel like it was too long, just right to help build the tension and the humor which is sprinkled throughout the film. The film doesn't really try to be scary, more funny and action packed, which works fine here.
The problem with the film is that even at its short 90 min. run time, it still seems to drag a bit in the third act. There is no real conflict at the end except survival and the remaining survivors do just that. This could have been a golden opportunity to play on all of our fears of terrorism and flying but the film never really touches on these too much. The film could have just as easily been set anywhere, a train, a boat, hell even in a building.
Not really much here, just you're average meat and potatoes zombie flick. It doesn't disappoint but it's nothing new either. Check it out if you're in the mood for zombie carnage and have seen everything else.
Gore - High
Nudity - none
Overall 6/10
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