Rise of the Zombies (2012)

During a zombie apocalypse ,a group of survivors hide on Alcatraz Island to escape from rising zombie hordes. When their refuge is overrun, and upon hearing that a scientist may have ... See full summary »

Director:

Nick Lyon

Writers:

Keith Allan (screenplay), Delondra Williams (screenplay)

Stars:

Mariel Hemingway, Ethan Suplee, LeVar Burton

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Mariel Hemingway	...	Dr. Lynn Snyder
Ethan Suplee	...	Marshall
LeVar Burton	...	Dr. Dan Halpern
Danny Trejo	...	Captain Caspian
Heather Hemmens	...	Ashley
French Stewart	...	Dr. Arnold
Chad Lindberg	...	Kyle
Madonna Magee	...	Vivian
Andy Clemence	...	Bob
Peter Ngo	...	Jud Nagase
Lilan Bowden	...	Jun Nagase
Kim Little	...	Pauline
Lorenzo Eduardo	...	Park Ranger Sanchez
Kerisse Hutchinson	...	Julie
Jon Kondelik	...	Jason

Storyline

During a zombie apocalypse ,a group of survivors hide on Alcatraz Island to escape from rising zombie hordes. When their refuge is overrun, and upon hearing that a scientist may have discovered a cure, they leave the island to seek him out.

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Plot Keywords:

zombie | alcatraz | scientist | prison | hand chopped off | 

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Taglines:

Their Time Has Come!

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Genres:

Action | Horror | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 October 2012 (USA)

Also Known As:

Dead Walking

Filming Locations:

Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Asylum, The

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

In several of the aerial shots of the supposed deserted city, you can see vehicles moving on the streets below.

User Reviews

Zombie fans will not be disappointed

What do you want from a zombie apocalypse movie? Social commentary? Rich symbolism? Literary dialog?

Or, do you want wicked zombie gags, overacting, cheesy dialog and B-plus acting by B-minus actors glad to have the work?

All my friends from paragraph two, welcome to "Rise of the Zombies." You will not be disappointed.

A standard-grade zombie movie is the best you can hope for from The Asylum, whose previous living-dead efforts include the aptly named "Zombie Apocalypse" and better-than-it-deserved-to-be "I Am Omega."

But the low-rent production house ups its game here, with some decent location shooting in San Francisco, some really gross zombies, more- than-decent acting turns by Jordi Kunte Kinte Reading Rainbow LaForge and the sane Hemingway sister, and a performance by Machete that's everything you expect and nothing more, because what you see is all he was paid to do.

The Asylum seems to excel at zombie movies because they're cheap and easy. What's nice is, despite that, they seem to be having fun making these pictures and that fun is evident on screen. "Abraham Lincoln Versus Zombies" was a freakin' hoot. And the aforementioned "I Am Omega" was a more enjoyable adaptation of the Matheson novella than Will Smith's blockbuster ever could be.

That's not so in some of The Asylum's other efforts, like its haunted house or found-footage movies, for example, which are boring and sullen. So, let's encourage the good stuff in the hopes it'll make more of it.

This one's definitely worth the buck-and-a-quarter at Redbox.