The Dead the Damned and the Darkness (2014)
In a savage land where zombies roam freely - Lieutenant Colonel Sawyer is armed with machine guns, body armor and courage. He is on a mission to give his family a burial at sea. To reach the coast, he must enter a quarantined infected zone and fight through hordes of bloodthirsty zombies. There he encounters a group of survivors including a young woman who is a target of both the male survivors and the ravenous zombies. To protect the last non-infected humans and complete his mission, Colonel Sawyer must face the Dead, the Damned and the Darkness.
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Shouldn't there be a comma in the title? Whatever. Zombies move slowly, so does this film. Zombie films are all much the same. So is this one, mostly. The central character is a soldier, only there is no army left because the entire planet has been taken over by these infernal things; we learn why towards the end. On his travels he picks up a deaf girl, and an older bloke who always looks on the bright side.Clearly there can be no redemption although there is a happy ending of sorts, and if you watch it all the way through you will be happy to reach the ending. There is no real plot at such, little in the way of characterisation, but the soundtrack isn't bad, and deserves to be attached to a better film.
A group of uninfected band together to escape the mutants to get to a coastal road. After a wacky action packed opening, director Rene Perez delivers a low budget infection affair. Perez's heavy score is excellent when reminiscent of Euro splatter flicks and it harks back to Italian horror's when a woman's shirt (Raven Lexy) is ripped open exposing her breast. Writers Barry Massoni and Perez offer some interesting moments, mainly those involving a deaf character Stephanie, played notably by Iren Levy. Lead Robert Tweten with a practical and cool costume also deserves a mention.Akin to Zombie Massacre's dead make up, the mutants also growl. Nevertheless, plenty of effort has gone into the production which is traditionally shot, its not another PoV or found footage movie. It's a zombie mash up, while not as well executed as Wyrmwood or as stylised as Bomshell Bloodbath, thankfully it's not as sleazy as Zombie 108 or Zombie Fight Club. Sadly, Perez links it to his 2011 predecessor Cowboys & Zombies a.k.a The Dead and the Damned in the latter half, jarringly taking the edge off this with some unnecessary flashbacks.At times in the spirit of B exploitation flicks its better than anything made for the Syfy channel, zombie completest may get a kick out of this low budget offering.
If you have bought this film but first went seeing these reviews I am afraid that I have some really bad news for you... this movie is so, so bad, horrible, lousy and heinous that you better throw it rapidly to the dust bin without blinking or even seeing it (undoubtelly a smart decision... believe me!).Goodies: The zombies looked like clowns and the blood rotted Ketchup.More goodies: Appalling wardrobe and laid-back/nonthreatening zombies.Pace: Infinitively slow.Cast: They were just doing their job for some bucks.Script review: Flawed from the beginning, clichéd remarks abound everywhere, no credible tension and stupidity all around. A really cheesy B-movie!Opinion: Don't waste your money or your precious time seeing this utter rubbish. Summing The Dead the Damned and the Darkness it's just three Ds filled with a big S!
Most zombie movie fans put up with a lot of bad ones,just to get that one good , bad-ass zombie flik reward.Sorry ,this isn't it.I see tons of bad zombie films ,and this one is not one of the worst i,ve seen in the past few years ,and sadly ,it also far from the best.The story ,for what its worth ,is hmmm.... , alright.A guy wants to take his cremated family's remains to the sea.Dump the ashes ,and make some sort of peace with himself.Well ,using some sort of high-tech armor (left over from Uli Bolle,s last film ? ),he puts it on ,looking like a dude from some 80,sci-fi film from Italy,and leaves for the coast.Along the way ,he of course ,finds others trying to survive.For starters ,the acting is just o.k. .This is a very low budget film,but is not shot on someones cell-phone.It does has some decent production work ,and the camera work isn't that bad.The shots are set up well ,and the F,X. (masks ,and gore) are done well enough.The "action" is weak ,and the sound-track sorta shoddy.It has the feel of a few of this type of zombie movies (Extinction:G.M.O. crons. ,The Darkness something ,)...too many "Zombie /survival ",low budget ,kinda boring things. Fine for a one-time ,watch,on a Sunday afternoon.I will also add that this is called Part 2 ,because of The Dead and the Dammed,a cool little "Western Zombie movie" made some years ago by the same writer/director,though its more in mention,as a actor explains a lot of un-answered questions towards the end of this movie,going back to the aforementioned film,and its zombie-virus story.Like I said ,some body rippin , a little blood splashin ,some bare boobs ,(2), some cool lookin zombie masks,some blood ,bullits ,and some boring B.S. . oh yeah ,...a happy ending too !.....gotta love these type of films ,cause like the living dead ,they just wont stay down...