Tuesday, 8 May 2007
Zombies On A Plane
I present to you, Plane Dead.
On a flight from Los Angeles to Paris a mad scientist (Midkiff), on the run by the CIA, is transporting a coffin containing the body of a colleague infected with a genetically modified virus. While the 747 crosses a violent thunderstorm, the instability of the aircraft allows the corpse to get out of its container. The flesh-eating zombie quickly starts to spread the virus, infecting many of the passengers which now will have to fight for their lives stranded in the air with no way out. (via IMDB)
Now, I love the zombie genre. They're my most favorite movies ... EVAR! Of course I'm going to see Plane Dead when it makes it into the theaters, but, unfortunately I have to call bullshit on the entire movie.
If you watch the trailer, you'll see that the infected scientist is in an ice box and is guarded, presumably by the scientist on the run. The scientist also looks to have a pretty sizable firearm in his possession. Now, in the trailer, at one point it looks like the scientist guarding the zombified scientist gets knocked out by some cargo when the plane hits some turbulent storms. But, frame-by-framing it, we see he doesn't get knocked out. And in the next scene, he's at the ready with the gun, watching the zombie scientist make its way from the ice box, only to attack him moments later.
This is all classic horror movie stupidity. But, are you telling me that this zombie unfroze that quickly to the point where it could attack and infect the scientist with the BFG? Puh-lease.
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