Leofwine_draca
RISING UNDEAD is another indie zombie movie made without any originality or interesting intent. In was made in 2005 so in terms of technical qualities it looks much more dated than the modern indies they're making today. The story involves a bunch of characters hiding out in a warehouse during the zombie apocalypse. As tensions rise inside, a horde of zombies try to get in from the outside. Unfortunately, this is a film marred by horrid acting, a rubbish storyline with barely any action, and some truly awful computer graphics and sound effects seemingly added in "because they can".
chainoffear
Rise of the Undead. After some trying visual effects our mostly nameless main characters spend about 15 minutes bitching at each other after seeking refuge in a self storage facility from the apocalypse. After one of them gets the bright idea to leave, they embark on a poisidenesque adventure through the building, to the other side, where....they can't get out anyway, and then have to fight the mysterious creature that has been stalking them throughout.The interesting thing about this film is the journey never happens. Well, it does, but not on screen or in the way you're thinking. Confused? Probably. The entire second act of the film is a dream sequence in the head of the most passive character. An effeminate young man named Jim. In the sequence the group is besieged by zombies and are killed off one by one until only Jim and a catholic school girl remain. Then they share what must be cinema's most uncomfortably long kiss, in what has to be the funniest scene i've seen in a while. (hopefully intentionally so) This is a no budget thriller. NO BUDGET. It looks and sounds very cheap. But it is the ideas contained within that peaked my interest. It was a solid, if somewhat technically inept effort.
horrormovieguy
This has got to be the cheapest movie of it's kind I have ever seen. It looks like it cost about 50 bucks. But, they still blew up buildings, had a fire storm, a cg monster, and a shot that traveled through a guys chest and came out the other side. Sure none of it looked a million bucks. But, hey you work with what you got. And I'd say these guys got quite a bit out of their 23 dollars. I was expecting a splatter show or zombie movie. It had a little of both, but not a whole lot of either. The acting was so-so for the most part. I did like the crazy dude with the purple vest, and the guy in the suit. He played a good jerk. The guy with the axe was an alright action star some day. I'm not so sure about the pony tailed guy. All in all it was a good movie, for a 27 dollar movie. But hey, maybe for their next film they'll get $30.
goatthought
i've seen a lot of really low budget flicks in my day. Rise of the Undead is definitely a low budget flick. i'm guessing they shot this for next to nothing. but the question is, is it worth watching? The answer is... yes. It's a really cool idea for a movie. A group of people trapped in a large building, during an apocalypse, being hunted down by an unseen creature. Add a catholic school girl, buckets o'blood, a sex crazed psycho, and some zombie to boot, that's spells fun in my book. It gets a bit slow in parts, and has a fair share of technical errors. But it's overall worth the view. Sure the acting is spotty. And they shot it on a camera of the dv variety. but it sure has an assured sense of style and sense of humor. if nothing else i can't wait to see what these kids do for their next flick.Bob out.
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