RipDelight This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.

Maidexpl Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast

Murphy Howard I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Micah Lloyd Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.

andrew salisbury i had known about this movie for many months, but never taken the plunge and watched it until now, and i can honestly say i,m glad i did. the story may not move at a fast pace, but it's interesting enough to hold the attentionit has a lot in common with Night of the Living Dead and Dawn of the Dead, especially in regards to how slow the zombies move. no cgi was used for the zombies, but the gore effects were still pretty goodit may not be nonstop action from start to finish, but the zombies are always a present threat, with our 2 main protagonists always having to keep moving in order to stay ahead of themits also nice to see a zombie movie set somewhere other than America or Britain for a change, namely in Ghana and Burkina Fasoas for the story, an American military engineer attempts to escape the dead by finding a working plane after his original flight crashed, leaving him stranded. he joins forces with an African soldier who deserted his post in order to look for his son, and together they make their way through the countryside, dodging the dead as they go. if you like your zombie movies fast paced, then you probably won't enjoy this as it can be slow at times, but the story alone is enough to keep you watching

Seth_Rogue_One I couldn't actually sit through it without hitting the fast-forward button within some of the scenes where literally nothing happened.Anyway it took me about 1 hour 5 minutes to watch it that way, now that just goes to show how slow this movie is as the movie is actually 1 hour 40 minutes. But I was able to fastforward 35 minutes where there was no dialogue (had subtitles on so I know this for a fact) or any real events besides the typical walking away from a zombie or whatever.So yeah I was able to somewhat enjoy it occasionally doing that way but had I been forced to watch it in real time I'd probably scratched my eyes out out of pure frustration.And it's not like it could be seen as a character-study either as the characters are pretty one-dimensional, particularly the American who leads the film lacks any kind of depth. The African soldier he meets is slightly more interesting I suppose.I don't know what more to say, if you think that zombie movies in general are way too fast for you than perhaps this is a valid choice.

begob After surviving a plane crash, a white engineer fleeing the chaos of zombie-torn sub-Saharan Africa gets swept back into the danger zone, where he teams up with a black soldier in search of his lost son.The sense of the vastness of Africa with its little localities is well done. And I love the idea of zombie picaresque, with a sequence of odd encounters under the constant threat of slow moving brain gobblers.But this is not good. It runs 20 mins too long, was probably 150 mins before editing, suffers from a plonkish story structure, and sucks diesel for characterisation and dialogue. The opening half hour is uncomfortable in its assumption of colonial values, and I'm not far off calling it racist - although it does become more humane when the soldier enters. A concept with so much potential, but every trick of story telling is missed.Impossible to judge the actors when they're ordered to deliver such drek. At least it didn't sign off with the US army saving the day.The music is beautiful.Overall, a disappointment after the combined IMDb and meta- scores.

Scott LeBrun You definitely see plenty of the title characters in this outstanding horror film from Howard and Jonathan Ford. As numerous other reviews attest, this is a refreshing return to the days of the classic zombie film: the zombies themselves are slow and awkward yet still undeniably deadly if they catch up to you. They're proliferating in war torn Africa, where an American Air Force lieutenant, Brian Murphy (Rob Freeman) has survived a plane crash off the coast. Just when it looks like his ticket is about to be punched, he meets up with another survivor, Daniel Dembele (Prince David Oseia), who saves his life. Daniel is a sergeant from a local tribe in search of his son, who's managed to escape the onslaught. And the relationship between these two young men from different cultures forms the basis for the balance of "The Dead". It's nice to see a film like this that maintains a careful balance of both very human moments and the traditional bloody carnage that zombie fans demand. And there is a respectable amount of gore to enjoy. There is some political commentary on hand, but the Ford brothers never beat the audience over the head with it or allow it to overwhelm the story or the central dilemma facing two men who over the course of their journey develop great respect for each other. In fact, a substantial portion of the running time is devoted to what is essentially a two character drama. And the two main characters receive very efficient, low key, and believable performances. Oseia in particular has a commanding presence. Filmed on location in Burkina Faso and Ghana, there's a rich amount of incredible scenery, all impressively photographed by Jonathan Ford. The music score by Imran Ahmad is full of flavour and perfectly reflects the emotions of each scene. Particularly effective is the way that the Fords combine some jump scares with some wonderful, traditional moments of suspense. There's one moment where we know a jump scare is coming, yet when it happens it still works. There's also little in the way of exposition, or preamble; the filmmakers know how to begin this with a bang, and establish a tone that is grim yet not without a glimmer of hope. And that's the real joy of watching something like this: the way that it combines action, violence, and drama into a stimulating whole. Recommended for any lover of zombie cinema. Nine out of 10.