Tuesday 25 October 2011

Shatter Dead

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Year:1994
Country of origin:USA
Director:Scooter McCrae
Genre:Zombies
Starring:Jennifer O'Neill, Stephen Lack
Rating:3/5
IMDB link:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111159/
Tagline:GOD HATES YOU!
Favourite line:"Prepare to be Physically Challenged"

This is a really interesting idea.

Zombies are trying to be normal people, and aren't depicted as mindless shells of humanity and, really, this should have been better but unfortunately it does get a little bit boring towards the end.

The main problem with the movie, besides it's low budget which I am always ready to forgive, is that the lead woman is very unlikeable. She is cold, unfeeling and wooden, yielding no compassion from the viewer and I really get the feeling that you are meant to care about her predicament, but I found it impossible to do.
Besides that, the most notable point worth mentioning is the massively graphic sex - the strap on pistol with visible penetration and masturbation sequence is very explicit and I am surprised they got away with that one.
Overall, a nice idea that really could have been developed more successfully.

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