Dead & Deader (2006) (TV)

Director:

Patrick Dinhut

Writers:

Mark A. Altman (writer)
Steven Kriozere (writer)

Release Date:

16 December 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Sci-Fi

Plot:

After he's bitten by a beetle carrying a zombie virus, a tough soldier survives the infection, becoming only half zombie. Once back in the US, he finds himself fighting his former comrades in arms, all of whom are turning into zombies! |

Plot Keywords:

Zombie | Shotgun | Severed Arm | Living Dead | Severed Finger

Cast

John Billingsley	...	Langdon
Dean Cain	...	Lt. Bobby Quinn
Guy Torry	...	Judson
Colleen Camp	...	Mrs. Wisteria
Susan Ward	...	Holly
Greg Collins	...	Captain Niles
Ellie Cornell	...	Dr. Adams
Affion Crockett	...	Private Connery
Esteban Cueto	...	Sgt. Cruz
Peter Greene	...	Dr. Scott
Dean Haglund	...	Funeral Home Director
Brent Huff	...	Officer Raimi
Jamie Kaler	...	Private Lazenby
Steven Kriozere	...	Officer Campbell
Natassia Malthe	...	Dr. Boyce

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:R (2007)

Company:

Mindfire Entertainment

Trivia:

Several characters were named for various famous people: Pvt. Connery and Pvt. Lazenby, the two soldiers in the truck transporting one of the infected, were named after Sean Connery and George Lazenby, who both played James Bond ("The best James Bond" was the topic of conversation between the two). Officer Raimi is named for Sam Raimi, director of the "Evil Dead" series of movies. Officer Campbell is named for Bruce Campbell, star of the "Evil Dead" series.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Bobby and Judson find the overturned truck in the desert, the camera follows Bobby at such an angle that you can see there is no engine block in the overturned vehicle.

Quotes:

Holly: Dead or alive, men are all the same.

Movie Connections:

References "Saturday Night Live" (1975)

Okay Zombie Flick, Okay Story

This is a good one. Considering it's a TV movie it preforms really well and keeps the entertainment going throughout the movie. Some scenes tend to be bothersome, for example when the military truck breaks down. There was no scene that lead to that, it went from sitting there in truck to standing outside the broken down truck. It's almost like there was a scene before that and it was removed. Good movie with graphic violence which tends to keep people watching whether they want to admit it or not. Lots of random action /graphic violence scenes that happen out of nowhere. Caine always has something cocky to say after achieving something further in the story like killing a zombie. The only reason it didn't get a higher rating is because it wasn't a major motion picture. But it should have been. It surely doesn't compare to Dawn Of The Dead or like 28 days later, but it's still worth the watch. One thing I found interesting was they never used a whole load of CGI graphics like most TV movies do(excessively). For example the zombies are people dressed up as zombies not computer generated images. Even gun shots and things like that seem real. In one scene where Caine(Bobby) first meets the character "Johnson" and Johnson shoots the insect on the tile floor. The insect is destroyed but the tiles are left clean. You would think a double barrel shotgun would mark any floor in some which way or form. Enjoy the flick.