2/5
I first saw
Dead Alive aka Brain Dead nearly nine years ago. I did not know Peter Jackson
then, had no clue about the Lord of The Rings movies he had made. I brought
this to show to my friends in engineering college on the recommendation of the
CD shop owner who said that this was a terrific movie, very scary and full of
thrills. Back then I had cursed him and his family members a lot after viewing
the film. I had to stop the screening after 45 minutes as almost all the people
had left. That was the only screening I was allowed to do during under
graduation.
I decided
to see this again as I wanted to be through with Jackson’s filmography as a
director before watching The Hobbit. So I got a blue ray print and was very
excited because of the great reviews and rating that this enjoys on various
sites.
This is the
story of a rat monkey from Sumatra who bites people and infects them, turning
them into zombies with flesh eating urges.
I could
watch this till the hour mark and then had to shut it down again.
The bad
special effects, the amateurish acting, the weird camera angles and the ‘different’
direction might be cup of tea for his legions of fan boys but they made for a
very jarring movie watching experience. I understood that the movie is
deliberately over the top like Evil Dead but it could not grip me at all. A few
scenes were pretty hilarious but the overall sense remains the same that I
could have done without watching this.
If being grossed out is what you like you will enjoy
this tremendously. For others, this is a
mandatory skip.
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