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kosmasp 2012-05-24 06:49:46

Beware of the ...

I don't usually do a background check on movies. Neither before I watchthem nor after that. But just when I was about to write my review Irealized this movie was from 2009, but only just played on a 2011Fantasy Film Festival in Germany. There must be a reason for thisclearly. And there is. There seems to be two different cuts of themovie. And while another reviewer who watched this in 2009, talkedabout this becoming a cult classic, I think the re-edited version I gotto see, won't get that far.Of course when I did watch it in cinemas, I just thought that thefilmmakers had lost control and didn't mix their movie right. Just whenyou think the movie is going great, there comes a scene that almostputs into a full stop. The pacing is all over the place and the bestyou can say about some jokes is: "They tried". Which is not a goodthing at all. Quite the opposite, you can feel how hard they trysometime to be cool, instead of just being. It seems that certainscenes have been inserted to satisfy certain demographics ... What ashame/scam ...Hopefully there will be a version where you can watch the original(alternate?) cut of the movie. Until then, this is decent, but not asgood as Deadheads

rob o'cop 2012-05-23 23:55:53

undiscovered gem

while we get bombarded with plenty of low budget junk it seems we canstill miss something with real genius in it. This is one of the missedones it seems. Well acted, well scripted, keeps the story moving, andgives us a new and interesting take on a tired genre. The specialeffects were also top notch and although you were aware this was amovie done on a tight low budget when the fx kicked in they went aboveand beyond the call. Top notch stuff. I also really liked the tone thelead actor got. A perfect balance and he delivered some really touchingmoments. So why didn't we get to see this movie in wider release.Studio politics? Who knows. Very worth the effort to track this onedown and tell your friends. This is the sort of indie film making weneed to encourage and support.

LavaHound_76 2012-05-22 03:57:46

Loads of fun for the whole family!

Take Michael Mann's DV visual style from Collateral, sprinkle in someTarantino-esquire dialogue, gently borrow the premise from Deathdream.And voilà! You've got The Revenant! Oddly enough, with all thesecomparisons one would believe the movie was a spoof of sorts, a giantrip-off machine perhaps. On the contrary, it stands very nicely on itsown with head held high.A horror action comedy zombie vampire buddy popcorn flick with a bit ofromance tossed in for kicks. Here comes the kitchen sink too, look out!No, it's not one of those films that 'doesn't know what it wants tobe.' It knows exactly what it is and boy does it ever deliver thegoods! First and foremost, it is FUNNY! Even amidst some serioussubject matter it manages to pull the humor out of the abyss. Darkcomedy at its finest, folks! Astounding special effects and camera workespecially considering it is an independent film. The acting is topnotch, no slacker actors collecting a pay check here.My only gripe: shorten a few scenes, make it more compact.

coolvin91 2012-05-21 21:55:42

Awesome

This is a film you don't want to hear too much about before seeing. Icame in with low expectations after seeing that crappy online trailerand was blown away.The story is fantastic and always had you wondering what the hell couldpossibly happen next. The acting is awesome. The actors are perfect intheir roles and I couldn't think of any two other actors that couldreplace the main two. They were classic! The effects were very good,even on the big screen. The film was beautifully shot on 35mm which wasa nice surprise.I don't want to give away any more, because you need to see it foryourself.Hopefully we'll see a "Director's Cut" on BluRay because, according tothe director, quite a few scenes were completely cut out to shorten therun time. The cut I saw at Fantastic Fest had a few scenes missingcompared to the screening earlier this year, so go see it soon if it'splaying near you.9/10

N_Sawyer 2012-05-21 18:25:06

Gore and Spills of laughter!

I caught The Revenant at a horror film festival in the UK late lastyear and to my amazement it surprised the living hell out of me.*To be honest I have to state that for the £15 i spent on going to thefestival I would have spent that alone to watch, buy or download a copyof this movie its great...It's zombie flick meet vampire flick meets cops and robbers! (so tospeak) I myself and the audience where in fits of laughter throughoutthe movie and where still talking about it for days / weeks to come.I don't want to give any spoilers away but I will just advise peoplethinking about going to see this to not think, JUST DO! and for thelove of god enjoy it! :)For fans of: Zombies, Vampires, Sex, Blood, Guns and over the topstupidity.*I just hope this gets an actual screening in the UK and doesn't justgo straight to DVD!*

jayperry92 2012-05-21 06:22:26

So frustratingly close.

It's sad to see a film with a fairly original concept executed sohorribly. so many good idea's wasted on a half baked buddy 'comedy'.David Anders performance as Bart was very well done, as was LouiseGriffiths as Janet. However Chris Wylde's performance as joey wasextremely weak, frustrating and unnecessary. I felt his character letdown the film the most. The effects were shockingly good in parts forthe budget and its fair to say the ending of the film was refreshinglypowerful. Overall though the film seemed fairly disconnected, thecomedy and the drama didn't flow very well and the film just kind ofLeft me thinking how good it could have been if different directionswere taken.