Dead
Rising: Watchtower (2015/Sony DVD)
Picture:
B- Sound: B- Extras: C+ Film: C-
Based
on the Capcom video game of the same name, Zack Lipovsky's Dead
Rising: Watchtower (2015) is a short zombie film full of as much
blood and guts as you would expect with outlandish characters and an
absurd storyline that aims to satisfy fans of the genre.
When
a mandatory government vaccine fails and a full-scale zombie epidemic
ensures, a news reporter and three other survivors are trapped in a
quarantine zone. The team must use whatever means are necessary to
survive and remain human and not one of the undead.
The
film feels more like a video game than a movie at moments, with
several scenes where weapons become easily available and the kinetic
feel is based on convenience. As far as storytelling goes, it's
pretty much the same zombie movie we have seen before with some
things that cater more towards fans of the game more than anything
else. Jesse Metcalfe, Virginia Madsen and Dennis Haysbert star.
Presented
in standard definition with an anamorphic widescreen aspect ratio of
2.40:1 and a lossy Dolby Digital 5.1 audio track that sounds and
looks fine for the DVD format but doesn't match Blu-ray quality.
Special
features include Rob Riggle Blooper Reel, The Weapons of Dead
Rising: Watchtower, Genesis of Bonzo the Zombie Clown, Filmmaker
Commentary and a Behind The Scenes look at an epic one-take shot.
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James Harland Lockhart V
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