The Walking Dead (1995)

User Rating:

4.8/10   

Director:

Preston A. Whitmore II

Writer (WGA):

Preston A. Whitmore II (written by)

Release Date:

24 February 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | War

Tagline:

Surviving the streets was just a rehearsal.

Plot:

In 1972 Vietnam, Marines are sent in to rescue some POW officers. The cold landing zone is hot and after a short fight...

Plot Keywords:

Vietnam | Marine Corps US | African American | 1970s | Prisoner Of War

Cast

Allen Payne	...	Cole Evans
Eddie Griffin	...	Pvt. Hoover Brache
Joe Morton	...	Sgt. Barkley
Vonte Sweet	...	Pfc. Joe Brooks
Roger Floyd	...	Cpl. Pippins
Ion Overman	...	Shirley Evans
Kyley Jackman	...	Sandra Evans
Bernie Mac	...	Ray
Jean-Claude La Marre	...	Pvt. Earl Anderson (as Jean LaMarre)
Lena Sang	...	Barbra Jean
Wendy Raquel Robinson	...	Celeste
Dana Point	...	Edna
Doil Williams	...	Harold
Damon Jones	...	2nd Lt. Duffy
Kevin Jackson	...	Deuce

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R

Filming Locations:

Chuluota, Florida, USA

Company:

Savoy Pictures

Soundtrack:

OOO Baby Baby

Really Lame Movie with Blatant Racist Message

This is a horrible war movie by any standards. The Vietnam set is as realistic as a high school play, as well as the battle scenes. They fly around in commercial choppers at night with running lights on, as if half the NVA would be firing on it before it got 2 miles over enemy lines. The acting is sub par, to be charitably. It is like some off Broadway play more than a movie, and a bad one at that. The flashback scenes are just downright hokum.

It advances a lot of black conspiracy theories, a.k.a. racist lies, like so many more blacks died than whites, which is just not true. Over 80% of the casualties were white troops, so how they cooked up that lie is beyond me. But some people think it's cool to promote lies like that, usually the same ones who deny true things if they don't like how it reflects on their race.

To buttress my claim, look at the whites portrayed in the film: a psycho gung ho Marine NCO who pulls guns on people. a twisted younger guy in their squad that they kill (real Marine spirit there), a cowardly helicopter pilot, etc. All whites are dehumanized stereotypes that could have come out of the fetid mind of average rapper or Nation of Islam clone. The plot is pure dime store conspiracy trash. They send these so called soldiers out to liberate a POW camp, except it's empty. It's empty cause this is a plot by whitey to kill people of color. Compare that to the "Great Raid"!

As you can see, there is absolutely no point to see this movie unless you believe everything Louis Farrakhan says, because this movie was made by people who think just like him.