Immortal Island (2011)

When DEA agents are called to a beach crime scene, they discover a missing college girl drifting alone in a drug-runners boat. As she recalls her island trip of a lifetime, the ... See full summary »

Directors:

Joe Knee, Robert W. Sterrett III

Writers:

Darrin Cummings, Christopher Dye

Stars:

Christian Campbell, Brian Drolet, Eric Scott Woods

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Christian Campbell	...	Agent Ron Cecil
Brian Drolet	...	Locke
Eric Scott Woods	...	Captain Jack
Stacia Crawford	...	Detective Rinoa Ames
Jim Klock	...	Agent Marlon Kain
Brandon Henry Rodriguez	...	Ed (as Brandon Rodriguez)
Somali Rose	...	Katelyn
Darla Delgado	...	Haden
Tom Nowicki	...	ER Doctor
Romeo Clarke	...	Witch Doctor
Bo Keister	...	Cid
Kyle Haynes	...	Zack
Kimberly McVicar	...	Tyler
Krystal Badia	...	Ashley
Alyssa Davis	...	Snake Spirit

Storyline

When DEA agents are called to a beach crime scene, they discover a missing college girl drifting alone in a drug-runners boat. As she recalls her island trip of a lifetime, the investigation begins to unravel a spring break adventure that took a lethal dive into drugs, betrayal, and murder. Attempting to solve the mystery, catch the smugglers, and find the missing teenagers, the DEA agents uncover the ancient island legend of Immortal Island.

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Genres:

Adventure | Horror | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 March 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

Burial at Sea

Box Office

Budget:

$770,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Nothing will rise with the tide...

When I purchased this movie from Amazon, I was under the impression that I was getting a zombie movie, especially because the DVD cover had a girl with dead eyes emerging from the water with her hands reaching out towards you, and more hands were emerging in the water behind her from other corpses. Plus it had this brandished underneath the title "the dead will rise with the tide".

Well, you have to look hard and far to find these zombies, because they just ain't there. In fact, there is not a single zombie to be found in the entire movie. The DVD cover is such a bad case of false advertising and luring people into purchasing under false pretenses.

The story, in all its lack-of-zombies-glory, is about a group of young people going out to party on a remote island, getting passage aboard a ship sailed by captain Jack who is somewhat of a shady character. Using the island for illegal operations, Jack and his partner has come into possession of some strange dust obtained from a native shaman during a fatal encounter. Giving the youngsters this dust under the guise of it being drugs, the youngsters find themselves hunted by a mysterious tribesman.

Right, well the story itself is adequate in originality, but the characters in the movie were one-sided, shallow and caricatures, which made the movie hard to appreciate. Plus, the lack of zombies was a down-right punch to the gut. This was a voodoo thriller at best, and I use the term thriller sarcastically here. Forget about the living dead, they just ain't there.

The people in the movie were actually doing good enough jobs with their given roles, but they were fighting an uphill battle with one-dimensional characters and not having the best of dialogue to work with.

I will say that the movie actually did have a good enough ending, and if you are truly observant while watching the movie, you will be given enough clues to actually figure it out. Otherwise, I assume that the ending will be somewhat of a surprise to most viewers. So thumbs up on this achievement at least.

If you like voodoo mysticism and such, then you might find some enjoyment in the movie, otherwise, there isn't much that "Island of the Dead" has to offer, except for false advertisement.