The Dead 2: India (2013)

Truly Dreadful Film

Save your money for something good and enjoyable

Good start, but then it gets ruined

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

The Dead 2: India. Sequel to The Dead, which was set in Africa. A savage film. Indian soldiers dispatch anyone who is bitten with a bullet to the back of the head. What looks like a Zombie Mother Teresa attacks and bites. Children devour their father who has come to save them. The newly buried dead disturb the earth as people make their way through a graveyard.These Zombies are slow-moving, reminiscent in some scenes of Romero's original Night Of The Living Dead. Our hero is an American engineer working on a wind farm when the outbreak occurs. He needs to get to Mumbai to link up with his pregnant Indian lover. Accompanied by a young boy he travels across the desolate landscape. 7/10.

At times, "The Dead 2: India" (2013), seems like a carbon copy of its predecessor three years earlier. Both "The Dead" and "The Dead 2" portray American male protagonists on a lengthy overland trek to reach a wife or girlfriend. Both were shot on location in an overseas setting. (The original took place in Africa.) And both portray a second protagonist who is a native of the country. (In this case it's a little boy portrayed by Anand Krishna Goyal. Even a curmudgeon like me has got to admit — that kid is adorable.)I liked the first movie a bit better. This one feels a little hastily put together, in terms of its script and directing.It does manage to succeed somewhat with the things that made the first film decent viewing. Its desert locations are beautifully shot, and the filmmakers bring back some of the original's slow-burn horror elements. The zombies here are usually as slow as snails — slower even than the zombies of George A. Romero's genre-defining early films. But they're also quiet, and they converge en masse when our hero lets his guard down. And the occasional appearance of a rare feisty specimen lead to some genuine jump scares. The movie also effectively employs what appears to be a low-budget special effect — the monsters' eyes are of an opal-white, otherworldly color. (I'm guessing those are colored contact lenses?) The trick works, the zombies are scary, and "The Dead 2" successfully provides a kind of "creeping horror" that is rare for today's horror films.That wasn't enough, however, to rescue this movie entirely from feeling like a retread of the original. I'd describe this as an average viewing experience for a horror fan, and I'd rate it a 6 out of 10.

The Dead 2 starts with beautiful pictures and a good outbreak scenario, but it soon becomes clear,that the acting range goes from "medium to low" and the further the "story" develops, the more of this movie becomes a mess up until the very very bad ending.The first half was enjoyable and captured the mood of its very good predecessor, but then it takes a downward spiral with forced, cheesy dialogues, a very stupid "coincidence" that should trigger emotions, but only makes you laugh after the "soapish" moments, leading to it.And the acting had its moments, but turned more and more to the level of a very bad TV soap with amateurs, trying to make their first steps into the business.I liked the "slow moving" Zombies, but even there it turns out to become really ridiculous with editing mistakes and scenes where you are thinking: just outrun them, as they are sooooooo slow... I loved "The Dead" but "The Dead 2" you have to take with a lot of humour (unintended). It promises a good sequel and starts in the spirit of part 1 but goes wrong on every level as the movie progresses into a cheap acted soap opera with Zombies...

Most fans of zombie movies have had to sit thru some really bad zombie movies in the past few years.Anyone that has seen the 2010 "The Dead " film ,by the Ford brothers , knows that the afore mentioned film is a solid ,kick-ass zombie romp.Not to be confused with any George Romero "Dead" films ,the Fords style ,story-telling ,and love for these films stands to take the test of time.The new one wont let you down.The movie has that same feel ,and engaging effect of story ,plot ,and people you do care about .That NatGeo thing going on in the first film is also here ,with the plot concerning traveling thru a country fill with the shambling dead. I am a fan of the "slow-moving zombie " ,first made famous by G. Romero from his living dead films ,and get more tension out of half a dozen closing in on the hero;s ,instead of 50 swarming , blurs.Also ,i like to see big -ass holes slowly bit out of helpless victims,squirming to get free.Thanks to good acting ,story ,and effects ,this film will live on much longer than a lot of these cutesy-comedy ,lame fart -blowing bubble gum , easy to forget ,or just plain skip on .As far as the landscape ,sets ,props ,and soundtrack ,things were outstanding ! If you saw part 1 ,you;ll hate yourself for not seeing part 2 .Do it for yourself ,your loved one;s ...hell ,do it for the slow-moving zombie return .Just see it !