Undead (2003)

"Mad Max" . . . "Yahoo Serious." Both films demonstrated Australian film-making's love for oddball characters in their movies. With the former, they struck gold; with the latter, they dumped a turd. Guess which category this movie falls down under?So, . . . there are meteorites that smash into people making them zombies . . . oh, and, then, aliens show up . . . and, there's this country-bumpkin guy who apparently has experienced this before and has been preparing for this event (or, these events) . . . and, the aliens are beaming people up into the clouds and putting them into some kind of stasis . . . and, then, the aliens leave and the whole "zombie-thing" starts all over again. Throw into this mishmash of nonsense a bunch of Aussie "oddball" characters. By now, I would have thought, that the Australians would have realized that this type of humor doesn't translate very well anywhere else -- even in the Anglophone world. There's a fine line between "oddball funny" and "oddball stupid and obnoxious." Alas, Aussie comedy is still trying to figure that out.Don't waste your time. Really, . . . don't.

If you are a fan of zombie films, "Undead" is a true gem. It's got everything you want from the zombie genre, and some new ingredients that makes it a notch above most. The acting is decent and the plot is full of spielberg-like magic and wonder. The special effects are wonderfully orchestrated for a low budget film....the best I've seen in a long time. The comedy is laugh-out-loud funny and the bad-ass character truly acts, looks, and fights like a bad-ass. "Undead" has a surreal quality to it that is unmatched in the zombie genre. I'm surprised at the low ratings here on IMDb. This is easily in the top 10 best zombie movies ever made and should not be overlooked by fans of the genre. 8/10

I watched this movie based on the poster picture on the page expecting a cool post apocalyptic zombie tale. Instead you get this movie. I found myself fast forwarding through scenes. while it is interesting to have zombies and aliens, the film never explains the origins of the zombies, why the aliens are here, what they want, and what is with the rain. Also it felt as if it was trying to be too much like Peter Jackson's Dead Alive, which is a much better zombie comedy and movie i recommend. While Undead does contain some funny moments as in Marion's hiding of guns in weird places(armpits? really?) or the sheriff that curses every other word and is so annoying you want him to die, i found myself only actually laughing during one scene after they run over several zombies.I will admit for the low budget of said film the effects were quite good. I recommend Daybreakers if you want to see a Spierig film.

I wasn't expecting much from this movie and was pleasantly blown away. The non-heroic "hero" was awesome. The movie would be moving right along at a nice clip, then throw something so out of character and hilarious at me that I would be taken aback and laughing, waiting for the next off the wall break in the action. I'd highly recommend this movie to any of my friends. The casting of the actors was brilliant and it kept up a really good pace throughout. While writing this review, I am thinking that I'm going to watch this movie again this coming weekend! It is definitely one of those films that I'll queue up when friends are over so we can all laugh together.