thesar-2
Wait until you find out what really made the sands red.Sure, it's CGI'd, like too many things in this low-budget zombie Gerry-like feature, but it's the thought that counts.Sometimes I check the time on a movie when it makes me either bored or frustrated. I literally thought I was an hour or more into this film when I accidently moved my mouse and saw I was only 32 minutes in. Egad, this one was tough.It Stains the Sands Red, or as it should've easily been called, "You're killing me, Smalls!" was, indeed, a chore to get through. You will spend more than 90 minutes of one dumb decision after another from some dumb blonde. Literally, that's the movie: many stupid mistakes from someone you couldn't care less about.Some coke-addict skank from Las Vegas strands herself in the middle of the Nevada desert and in her attempt to travel more than 30-miles (sorry, she would have never made it) in the scorching sun and as little as a day or so, she's followed by a zombie as it's suggested briefly in a cool, CGI-heavy and altered flyover the Las Vegas Blvd, that the zombie outbreak has occurred. In a quasi-"Hostage Terrorist, Terrorist Hostage: A Study in Duality," she befriends a living dead dude and actually allows him to accompany her travels. I'm guessing some/most of these scenes were meant for laughs or some dark-humor understanding, but for the most part, I couldn't get past her or other people's idiotic actions...or inactions.It wasn't badly shot, despite all the horrible and too obvious CGI, nor badly acted, it's just so hard to have such a terrible protagonist and when you have basically two people in the entire movie and neither you root for, it's a drag.I'm all for zombie movies and love how everyone puts their own twists on them (here, the best scene reminded me of the superior indie flick, Rubber.) But, I've seen enough of them to know that her one major conflict could've been solved dozens of times. Not a recommendation, unless you just love to shout at the screen at an idiot. But, at least, this one's not in politics. ***Final thoughts: "This is bullshit!" exclaims one soldier in this. Every...step...of...the...way: I agree.
cjan
First! Money cannot explain everything. The plot was good but who the hell survives so many days and nights in the desert sniffing cocaine and drinking Vodka? Rigght after loosing water in a vomit? As for the rest.... Do you really want was to believe in love after death?? Boring.
kevjoyce-41340
*Spoliers*******First of nice try, I mean really nice try. My only problem that made watching this hard work is that the zombie should R been dead contained within the first 5/10 minutes of being on screen. Any characters that fails to deal with a zombie that moves like that deserves to die. Or use as bait. Also hiding in a bath tub from something that has tracked you across a desert by the smell of your blood is not going to miss you hiding in a bathtub behind a shower curtain... Smell doesn't work that way. The intelligence of the main character is pitiful. Throw in some rape hicks for shock value and this honestly is the most stupid, shout out loud at the screen movie I have witnessed in many years. Then throw in a little romance/understanding/stuff happens moments with said zombie and that's it I'm done. I'm sorry for the spelling and grammar of this review but my mind and brain cells have been depleted by this movie. Some may like it, I could see why but I want my money back.. And I didn't pay to see it.
lora-jen
Boring movie with very unlike-able main character. I can never get behind a movie where the main (and really only significant) alive character is a crappy person and makes stupid decisions. At first I wondered, is this meant to be a comedy? Certainly its no horror nor a thriller. Black 'comedy' maybe. Annoying cheap drunk stripper coke head uses guy, shows shes a crap person, boringly gets chased by a very poor make-up-ed smalls, lets her misandry fly and over all proves she really is an unlike-able 'dumb broad'- would be a much more accurate summary of this movie. Would definitely recommend re-watching TWD for the 100th time over this. But in the pros - good use of landscape, actors aren't terrible and zombie sound effects are good.
AD
