The Dead and the Damned (2011)

The movie opens with a silly close range blood squirting shoot out. Mortimer (David A. Lockhart) is a bounty hunter. After collecting his bounty he opts to go after an Indian (Rick Mora) wanted for raping a "white virgin." (I don't write this stuff.) Others have tried and died. He lives in the woods. Mortimer buys Rhiannon (Camille Montgomery) a reluctant woman to come with him to use as bait.Meanwhile there is a subplot of a meteor being found in a farmer's field with fluorescent green stuff and no Steven King. The farmer has a daughter (Heather Montanez) who does take a bath...and like any good circus, the big top is worth the price of admission. The meteor turns the town's folk into the fast moving zombies as opposed to the raise from the dead variety.I liked the metal soundtrack. We've seen worse acting. Many are first time actors. The special effects or make-up was very stiff. The dialogue wasn't great. The buttons on the women's blouses never seemed to work either.No f-bombs, no sex, nudity (Camille Montgomery, Mandy Pauline, Heather Montanez)

When one comes across a movie like this, you tend to lower expectations to a pretty base level. Zombie action, some scares, low budget cheese, and an overall good cheeky time.The 30,000 dollar budget is apparent, but not as much as you'd think. There's some good bang for the buck, but not nearly enough bang. We'll start with the lead actor. Forgoing all subtlety, he's AWFUL. Most of the laughs in this came from cringes induced by his ridiculous and amateur performance, gun handling, smirks that scream "I look like a cool action hero to myself" only to look idiotic and embarrassing to the audience.There is some gratuitous nudity that likewise illicit some groans here and there. It's as if the filmmakers did not realize that with the production value they had, a GOOD zombie cowboy movie could have been made. If you're going at it from the view that no matter what you do, the movie will be crap, then at least make it entertaining crap.There must have been several 15-20 minute stretches in this movie where characters fall victim to the "we must sit down and tell our sad story" syndrome, when due to the level of acting, or lack thereof, a greater focus on the action and horror would have been preferable whereas to not make the audience feel like they've been ripped off in the end.That said, there are two scenes that come pretty close to showing how this could have been a GOOD little low budget genre mash-up and both of those scenes involve the main actress encountering zombies (a standout being a creepy hide and go seek scene that belongs in a better movie). What both of these scenes have in common? The horrible lead actor is nowhere to be found. Also these two scenes (due to their isolation from his awfulness) seem to have been filmed after the fact (after shooting was completed?) to fill out what is already a pretty short movie.All in all, don't let the cover fool you. There's not much action to be had here. Just long stretches of characters talking about back story that would have been better left in the subtext in place of what your audience was told to expect: Action.The good: A few inventive zombie make-ups, a couple genuinely creepy scenes with the main actress escaping zombies, and some nice location photography.The bad: Most of the performances, the music, pacing, and lack of action.The ugly: Every time the main actor shows his face or opens his mouth. He really is that bad.

Really, what dd you expect? This was an indie film done by mostly local people with tiny budget. You go into this film without much expectation and it doesn't disappoint. Perez has put together a showcase of his talents as a young filmmaker and this film is merely him cutting his teeth. He shows promise with the action scenes, but the story line is generic. The actors ... well ... let's just say it seems the cast and crew had fun making this. The post-production effects are elementary, the make-up actually inspired (the high point of the film) and the boobs are, well, epic. What can I say; I'm a guy. If your goal it to watch zombie movies, make sure this one is on your list. You can make it fun by having a drinking game related to the anachronisms (I see plywood ... drink!).

Riding the wave of the movie cowboys vs zombies. Lead actor sounds like a girl. Acting was terrible and badly directed with weird Montagues. Director need to do his research on the old west. Wanted poster is print out in the old west? I went to sleep about 10 min in. I tried to watch it again but the music was horrible. Songs were PItchy and badly written. The guy singing the songs reminded me of reject from American idol, one those guys who thinks he can sing but sounds like dying bird. If someone really cares about this guy they would tell him the truth. To bad this was directed so poorly, could been a good movie,zombie vs cowboys is a good idea.