Day of the Dead: Bloodline (2018)

Too much of everything

Such a frustrating disappointment

Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

There's a more than satisfactory amount of boom-boom in the movie's trim running time.

I was into zombie movies BEFORE zombie movies became cool again (some time in the early 2000s I believe when 'Resident Evil' appeared on the big screen. Therefore George Romero's 1985 film 'Day of the Dead' (or rather sequel to two classics - 'Night of the Living Dead' and 'Dawn of the Dead') was a real favourite of mine.In fact (and don't hate me for this!) even though 'Day' wasn't quite as well-received as its two predecessors, I actually liked it the most. I loved its darkness, sheer terrifying claustrophobic nature, cast, gore - in fact, everything about it. Now, skip forward a couple of decades where I'm allowed to browse the internet and I find out that - for some reason - the actual TITLE of the film, i.e. 'Day of the Dead' was never copyrighted (or something). This meant that, if I so wished, could make my own version of the film (maybe with some sort of addition-tagline just to cover myself) and not get sued. This went some way to explain 2005's 'Day of the Dead: Contagium' (don't watch it - trust me!). And possible 2008's remake of 'Day of the Dead' which confused many into thinking it was a sequel to the (quite excellent) 2005 remake of 'Dawn of the Dead.'I don't know why I watched 'Bloodline.' Maybe it's because 'The Walking Dead' is currently between seasons, or because 'Bloodlines' is on Netflix. Either way... I wish I hadn't. Although, like any good car crash, I couldn't turn it off. 'Day of the Dead: Bloodlines' has some of the worst acting I've ever seen. It also has some of the most obvious sets I've ever seen. The gore is okay, but too over-the-top for a film that's not supposed to be a 'comedy-horror' and the characters are more one-dimensional than your average daytime soap opera. So why did I continue to watch it? Possibly because I couldn't believe that someone was not just content with ripping off the 'Day of the Dead' title, but they've basically remade the original film... only much worse.Most of the original characters have been 'updated' (any by 'updated' I mean turned completely one-dimensional by second-rate actors), although a few names have been changed and/or applied to different characters. They've taken the setting, the characters, recreated the location (albeit badly in a set, rather than a real underground missile silo) and palmed it off as some sort of update. And - surprise, surprise - it doesn't work. They've even turned 'Bub' (aka the slightly more intelligent zombie from the 1985 version) into a slimy stalker, although, in the actor's defence, he's probably the best actor in this remake.If you like zombie movies - great. Just watch a different one, as you're bound to have a few in your collection. Just because this is 'free' on Netflix, doesn't mean you should waste your time on it. It really is that bad. 'The Walking Dead' will be back soon enough. Even if you think the TV show is getting stale, it's still head and shoulders over this garbage.

Everything that could be bad, is bad. The script. The direction. The dialogue. The acting. The overblown, unrealistic special effects. The worse part? They dared sully Romero's legacy. This review requires I say if there are any spoilers. Rest assured, there's nothing anyone can say that could spoil this movie.

The first few minutes are okay. Maincharacter introduced, a little backroundinformation about said character, Typical Zombie Outbreak, okay for me.And then... A landslide of a movie. The characters are stupid and there is no evolution. I mean.. they are stucked in this apocalypse for years and still have no no chance to fight these zombies? What the heck did they do the whole time? And this asshat of a major (or captain or whatever, I stopped paying attention)... He remains an ass till his end.I don't mind the bloodeffects. Over the top, yes, but I know worse.The zombies: Rotters? Really? the first one, the big bald, is great. This stalker zombie... Okay. It ist sonething new. But why is there only one? They try to explain it, but the whole story is more than stupid. Two stars for trying something new with the Stalker Zombie, and if they did not called it DAY OF THE DEAD it could have been a good movie with really bad acting...

Romero's Day Of The Dead is arguably the best of his original trilogy. They tried to remake this masterpiece with the help of Mena Suvari, Ving Rhames and co, and it worked out terribly. You'd think another attempt would draw on the failures of that turkey. But Bloodline manages to enhance the failings even further to produce this absolute dud of a movie. The acting is incredibly wooden, and that's usually something I can get past but if it weren't for utterly poor story. I'd watch it if you are a pure zombie genre fan and need to tick it off your list but I'd sooner rewatch Miss Suvari shooting at zombies that can walk on ceilings!!