Unfortunately, the film quickly
ends up devolving more into a
generic horror film than that of
something George Romero
would have created.
Again, this could have played
differently with the whole
attempted rapist thing and
coming to terms, but it's just silly
and more than a little gross,
especially when he smells the
The acting also degrades even
headband Zoe drops and
more with lifeless conversation, apparently remembers he was a
actors reciting lines with zero
rapist, and yes, he does "try"
emotion or direction, and mild
again as a zombie. And yet, even
attempts at making everything
with all that, Max has the best
mean something. Random lines actor in this whole damn
like a random researcher saying" production. Hell, even halfway
Maybe God doesn't want us to
through the film the audience is
revert what's happening," are
yet to get all the names of the
simply cringe-worthy. Maybe in a military team that Zoe works
classic Romero film, or in
with.
anything well-written that line
would work, but when tossed at "Day Of The Dead: Bloodline" is
the audience right after a joke
simply a mess from beginning to
about having sex in a shower,
end. The acting is atrocious, with
asked by a character we don't
dialogue so wooden you'd guess
even know, it falls flat.
the actors got the script the day
of filming. You also get the usual
A few more “Day of the Dead”
stupid characters doing very,
homages are thrown our way,
VERY stupid things that make
more lifeless narration to fill in
you wonder how they survived
gaps you can drive a freight train this long. Add in the fact that
though, Zoe geting a sex scene
once Max returns, the film once
with another character that we
again changes and becomes
don't even learn the name of,
more a slasher movie, and you
and a scene of a sick little girl
have a movie with no cohesion.
that they can't cure from her
Like, how in the hell does Max
random flu. If this really were
manage to parkour openly
“Day of the Dead” the military
around a heavily secured
head would have fed that girl to military base, of which is
the zombies himself, laughing
constantly looking out for
the whole while, but here, they
zombies, killing people without
mount a convoy to find medicine anyone seeing him? Sigh...
from Zoe's old hospital.
The only positive thing here is
We then learn that Max is still
the impressive zombie fight
around at the hospital,
scenes. The action is a lot of fun
seemingly spending five-years in and well choreographed, and the
the same room, and that he
effects used for the zombies and
might hold the cure to the virus
their kills is about as gory as it
thanks to his "special" blood.
gets. Blood flies, body parts
get tossed around, and guts are
everywhere. If only the movie
spent more the budget on
getting a good script written and
decent actors, they might have
actually had something.
At the end of the day "Day Of
The Dead: Bloodline" is a film
that does not need to exist and
one that is better left forgotten.
Outside of have "Dead" in the
title, this film offers nothing, and
isn't even worth being a rental,
even only to make fun of.