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Title: Survival of the Dead (2009)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Alan Van Sprang | ... | Sarge | |
| Joshua Peace | ... | D.J. (as Josh Peace) | |
| Hardee T. Lineham | ... | Lieutenant Vaughn | |
| Dru Viergever | ... | Soldier Zombie | |
| Eric Woolfe | ... | Kenny | |
| Shawn Roberts | ... | Tony (archive footage) | |
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Scott Wentworth | ... | Professor Maxwell (archive footage) |
| Amy Lalonde | ... | Tracy (archive footage) | |
| Michelle Morgan | ... | Debra (archive footage) | |
| Joshua Close | ... | Jason (archive footage) | |
| Mitch Risman | ... | Drooling Zombie | |
| Kenneth Welsh | ... | O'Flynn | |
| Julian Richings | ... | James | |
| Wayne Robson | ... | Tawdry | |
| Kathleen Munroe | ... | Janet / Jane | |
In the Plum Island, off the coast of Delaware, the long feud between the families of the patriarchs Captain Patrick O'Flynn (Kenneth Welsh) that intends to eliminate the zombies and Seamus Muldoon (Richard Fitzpatrick) that intends to keep his undead relatives waiting for a cure culminates with O'Flynn expelled from Plum. Meanwhile in the continent Sarge "Nicotine" Crocket (Alan Van Sprang), Chuck (Joris Jarsky), Cisco (Stefano DiMatteo) and Tomboy (Athena Karkanis) are plundering and seeking a safe place to stay. When they rescue the young Boy (Devon Bostick) from group of sadistic hunters, Boy decides to join the group and suggests them to head to Plum Island since he had heard a O'Flynn's broadcast inviting people to move to the island. When Sarge and his team arrive in the island, they are attacked by Muldoon's men and they see that the place is crowded of undead. Sarge's friend Chuck is killed and they decide to fight against Muldoon. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
A military group that has turned into bandits during the zombie infestation decides to follow an online infomercial and tries to make it to the peaceful island it promises. At the harbor they realize they have been ambushed by the guy pitching the island. He robs the potential clients and dumps them on the island, which is nothing but zombie-free.
Earlier in the movie we meet this guy O'Flynn, a fisherman on the island. He's runs one of the two Irish clans on the island. His nemesis is Seamus. When zombies infest the island, O'Flynn opts to eliminate them all while Seamus wants to keep them "alive" and chained. They kick O'Flynn of the island leaving his daughter behind.
Now the military guys make it to the island followed by O'Flynn who sees this as an opportunity to avenge himself from Seamus. They find that Seamus is trying to domesticate the zombies, enchained and treated like cattle or horses. His special project is trying to teach zombies to eat animal meat and not human. So far he has been unsuccessful.
Eventually we have the confrontation between the two clans plus the zombies in a bloody and brutal outcome.
As all Romero movies, this one is smart, sometimes funny and with plenty of zombie violence. Even what should be a lame scene, Romero manages to make it interesting. He's particularly good as showing human interaction. And of course there is the usual criticism of human inhumanity in how they treat the zombies. The last minutes are particularly entertaining for those who are into gore. The only problem I have with this movie is that the final zombie mayhem is presented as a comedy. It's unnecessary and doesn't suit the violent tone of the content. Otherwise this is classic Romero in a quickly paced and gory zombie movie.