Platicsco
Good story, Not enough for a whole film
Pacionsbo
Absolutely Fantastic
Zandra
The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.
Michael Ledo
Just because you can make a zombie movie, doesn't mean you should. Before the zombies are created through a bomb, the TV and phones go out...but airplanes can still fly with their GPS. The film is low budget, lame, boring, bad sound, terrible acting, worse dialogue and virtually lacking a plot.Guide: F-bomb. No sex or nudity.
Turtle5729
My dad works with "Michelle" from the movie, and that's how I got around to seeing it. Michelle and her husband were producers on the movie, and her husband helped do the music, so they got acting bits. All of the actors were locals, and the "zombies" were random people that answered to an ad in the paper.The producers pulled every string they could to put the movie together, and for low, LOW budget, it's not too bad.AND I'M SURE IF YOU SAW THE MOVIE YOU WANT SOME THINGS EXPLAINED MORE: While they did manage to get a street blocked off for the zombie scene, they didn't have a lot of time to prep for filming it.The thing with the dog - there were alternate takes where the dog had to be put down, etc. but it just wouldn't do things on cue, which is why the dog doesn't leave with Michelle after a fuss is made over it.
scifiknut
First it was Pittsburgh, then Louisville, Ky, and now Baltimore, MD has fallen to the army of the dead in Gary Ugarek's Deadlands: The Rising.When George Romero gave us Night of the Living Dead it was a type of horror movie never seen before, taking the zombie monster and converting it into a cannibalistic killer capable of no emotion or remorse, making it one of the most terrifying monsters in cinema history. Today countless filmmakers have copied or tried to mimic the zombie paradox, some have succeeded and some have flat out failed, but every now and again, in the countless indie zombie horror films, a diamond in the rough that peaks out to grab the attention of zombie film lovers the world over.Deadlands is that diamond. Although very low budget, and with flaws in hand, it has a great 80's movie vibe with a realistic feel and some nice gore, not too mention scenes building suspense are done quite well and the films score is eerily effective and felt in the vein of John Carpenter's musical styling.Zombies are what people want and they will eventually get once they progress through the story of Deadlands. The films plays the angle of an average day turning into the nightmare from hell and although the acting leaves a lot to be desired you can easily see the direction Ugarek was taking when constructing the films story. One thing I want too mention as well is how Ugarek shares a similar trait as Romero, they both like to give the audience a little political commentary in their films. Romero's Land of the Dead had a more in your face approach with the political sub plot whereas Ugarek kept his more subtle and he played on the events surrounding not only 9/11 but hurricane Katrina as well.Deadlands single biggest problem is a very slow start. The first zombie did not appear on screen until the 22:00 mark, but once the dead begin to walk and the blood begins to flow this is where Deadlands takes off and soars. Deadlands is also a little on the short side. The films total running time is about 62:56 seconds, but the actual film and story end at about the 57:00 mark leaving nearly 6 minutes for the closing credits, which has one of the catchiest medleys of the entire films score remixed into one song.I cannot close of this review without giving props to the make-up department. Deadlands didn't go gore crazy, but what carnage does exist is done effectively and on the meager funds Ugarek mentions in the commentary make-up FX supervisor Stephanie Petagno knows how to make the money stretch.Deadlands is probably one of the better indie zombie efforts I have seen in a long time and I feel it is up there with the big boys. If the crew of this film can pull this off for less than $20,000 imagine what they could do with $20,000,000.7 out of 10
meemoomay
I have read the reviews, I have read the user comments, and I have looked at the votes. About half the people who have watched this film actually get it, and get what its about. The other half either don't have a clue, or don't understand what low budget cinema is all about.Films like these are not something you can walk into and expect CGI explosions and people getting blown to bits, especially in a film made for 10,000 bucks. This is the type of film from people who have a love for the genre and try to bring you a vision as twisted as the films you love. I am sure if they had a million bucks you would see everything you like, but they don't and it ain't't gonna happen. If you go into this expecting Dawn of the Dead 2004 or 28 day later, for get it. That is not going to happen. You will see references to every zombie film ever made, especially the good ones, but you will also see one of the better no budget indie zombie films ever made.
