Day of the Dead 2: Contagium

I love zombie movies, and I have liked pretty much everything I have seen. Even though this version was not directed by Romero, I was sure that the directors would still do a decent job.....I was dead wrong.

The movie is boring and has no pace. Goes from a fast pace hit, to a slow, girl meets boy movie. It starts out looking like it will be something worth watching, but after the first 15 minutes it ALL goes down hill.

The plot makes little sense and seems as if the directors have tried to tie it all together by what other film makers have done before. But in the end it makes very little sense. All the actors are nobodies and end up over-acting in many parts of the movie.

The gore is not at all great, it is at best poor to okay. There are two maybe three zombies that were well made, but the rest looked as if some college art student took 5 minutes to do their makeup. Also the zombies, and the people being attacked by the zombies, go down very slowly as if not to hurt themselves or the other actors when fighting with them, making it look very fake.

I love zombie movies. Even the cheesy European ones done 20 years ago where makeup was just grey paint and ketchup, and they did a better job.

Bad, bad movie. Very badly directed and acted. So bad that I had to make sure everyone knows about it. If you REALLY want to see it, rent it first, as not to waste your money buying it. Or you can wait 6-7 months until it hits the bargain bin at the movie store. I give it 2 stars for effort.

I love Romeros Dead series & I even liked the 1st ROTLD film.
The newly released Land of the Dead left me a little cold.
Rumors of this Day of the Dead sequel have been circulating for a while and I like everyone else was completly against it because its not Romero in any way shape or form.
So I rented & watched it yesterday and was shocked that I enjoyed it so much.
Yes its pointless and flawed but the story is damn clever.
The filmakers of Dead 2 have managed to squeeze their idea somewhere between Night & Day without too much of a fuss.
The gore is splattered from start to finish and it looks pretty good too.
Where Romero failed with Land was that he didnt show us the full evolution of his zombies AT ALL.
Dead 2 has a wide assortment of zombies and the reason is explained nicely and never goes off course.
Purists who have ssen this movie just tear it to pieces and thats not fair because this film is a fun entry into the world of the dead Romero created years ago.