I really wanted to like this movie. The premise seemed good: two nice-guy policemen in a sleepy English village, one about to retire and one just starting, slowly build to the realization that there be zombies around. The first few minutes, showing news clips of real-life world leaders (Donald Trump, Boris Johnson, Emmanuel Macron, and it's really them) supposedly talking about the zombie outbreak, is clever. The two policemen (played by Tony Fadil and Elliot Cable) do a good job, and their incidental banter (about the movie "Jaws" for example) is entertaining. The other characters, however, are so-so. And the zombies themselves are little more than extras smeared with a bit of blood, and never really generate the "fear them" factor that helps to make a good zombie movie. Also, too much of the movie is filmed in a reddish haze that adds nothing to any sense of tension. I did watch it to the end, however, and so feel obliged to give it a 4. With a bigger budget, and some better direction and writing, this could have been much better.
Review of Dead Again
