Dead Air (2009)

Such a frustrating disappointment

SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?

Fresh and Exciting

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

If you don't want to know what this film is about. Don't read any further.This film is an intelligent, and thought provoking drama, well paced and exciting. This film is not about Zombies, this is a just a small part of the crux of this film which deals with a serious issue.The main part is that I agreed entirely with every word spoken by the DJ, aside from what the terrorist wanted him to say over the air at gun point.When the Western World invades Middle East countries under the pretext of getting rid of their dictator's, when it's really all about oil, then we proceed to try and bring Western ideologically driven so-called democracy to the far East, what the hell can we expect ?, to be patted on the back ?????????? Both Britain and America have always played the World's police, whether the far East want us or not.And in Dead Air, we get a chance to see what might happen now or in the future, when a Terrorist manages through a type of gas, to turn locals into mad men and women, and then the terrorist hijacks a Radio Talk show.A simple premise that worked well, getting it's point home. But will we Westeners learn ?????????.

Yes, you can! The movie is very cheap, not very bright but interesting in its message: There is group of some Middle east terrorist who must communicate that the Middle eastern terrorist are not the problem - the US are the problem. So they decide to make multiple terrorist attacks on US soil to gather attention about their peaceful nature.This is because, you know, there is secret zombie-virus developed in US labs. (Please ignore the fact the US stopped developing biological weapons in sixties, whereas bioweapon labs in Iraq and Lybia have been working on their programs until recently. The US labs are ALWAYS the problem, ever.) Of course, even if such substance would be developed in US labs, you would still have to steal enough of it to perform multiple attacks or to cultivate it which would be probably very hard to impossible for any Middle eastern terrorist. But never worry, no brain has been damaged by realistic thinking during production of this movie. Simply blame the US government project as usual so we can continue this "thrill ride".Please don't expect too much action. Some folks run around in dark trying attack others, turning them instantly into the zombies. But this movie is mostly about sitting on the ass and thinking aloud about nonsense of paranoia. (Yes, it IS seriously bizarre given the situation.) The characters in the radio station are bunch of wimps, they seem not be able to form any reasonable measure: There is no defensive plan, there is no realistic combat, they are even not able to lock the doors or block them effectively. The action scenes are really laughable. The most hilarious is the "elevator fight" where glass wearing nerd fights the zombie - security guard who is approximately two times as big and three times as heavy and WINS bare handed! This is NOT because he is nerd Rambo, but the security guard seems to be too inept (at least at that very moment). There are two persons in the radio station yet they are not able to incapacitate / kill the one terrorist even when he seems to collapse under the exposition to the virus. They spend some fun time discussing bad US policy instead.The only really hard core person here is the wife of the moderator - she can kill bigger and stronger virus-laden man with a glass shard bare handed. This is specnaz class action - I seriously doubt if this can be really done by untrained person. I think even Rambo would use some protection for his hands before using glass shards. But I do guess this was humanistic gun free home so there was really no alternative.The final scene is full of totally pathetic declamations about the fate of human race. I ended up watching this train wreck of "humanistic propaganda" laughing aloud. Seriously, you will not find so many such stupid movies even in communistic propaganda cinema!

Stealing is a crime, and these guys, Kenny Yakkel and Corbin Bernsen look like their going to get away with it. I haven't even seen this film, but not only do i know it sucks, but the fact that it steals the story of another film, or 2 films for that matter, is such bull crap (and if IMDb would allow profanity much more than just bull crap) that I become filled with rage and feel as though I should just throw myself out the window and just end it all. O.k that's a little much but stealing is worse.Ever seen Pontypool? It was this awesome little zombie film made in 2008, this radio host goes into work, and then this zombie attack happens. We only see what's going on inside the radio station, and the only guess we have on what's happening on the outside are the occasional calls from their eye in the sky Ken Loney (easily the funniest moment in the film in my mind) and the BBC calling in for an update on the situation. From all the reviews I've read, and from the conversation I had with my friend (who has seen this film and Pontypool) this film was exactly like it in the story, with minor tweaks here and there. So throw originality and creativity out the window. As for the Zombies, or the infected, whatever you want to call them. They are the exact same thing, just because they got infected does not change the fact that they walk around mindlessly, and have a never ending quench for flesh. They are Zombies. ZOMBIES!!ZOMBIES!!! Okay one to many, but back to this crappy movie. The Zombies from what I've heard are a lot like the ones in 28 Days Later, another better movie, with their insane rage and even more insane quench of flesh. This is where Zombie movies define themselves, story does not matter in a zombie movie (as long as your not taking the idea of another film). Sure a zombie movie can be enhanced by the story, as is the case with Pontypool, but the zombies have to be, in a way, original. 28 Days Later started the insane raging Zombie. Pontypool I can't even begin to explain those guys without ruining the film. The Evil Dead, I think all i have to do is just type the name again because, come on it's The Evil Dead. Romero is the master, and he went through all different types of zombies, from the painted face zombies in Dawn of the Dead to raging zombies in Diary of the Dead, and he did each one with his own unique style.So, after talking about other great zombie movies, I think it's about time I explain why I hate this movie without even seeing it. This movie down right steals the original story outline to Pontypool which i think is called plagiarism and is illegal in this country and many people get kicked out of school for doing this very thing, yet in Hollywood it's allowed, and apparently approved of. This is not the only film that takes the outline of another movie, and just tries to tell it differently. The 90's is like the worst period for movies ever, sure it had some gems but what decade doesn't, and it's because all the movies were the exact same. My favorite, the crime movie with a twist so big that you'll never guess it till the very end. They force feed you one suspect, make it seem impossible that it's not anybody else but him, then, bam, all this time it was this guy, you just had to look at the scenes where he wasn't there and then when he would mysteriously show up out of the blue, say "hey guys, what did i miss?" OH! DIDN'T SEE THAT COMING DID YA! Well, I'll leave a cliché as my closing statement. This is one film you'll surely want to miss.

Corben Bernsen directed horror film about a chemical weapon being released in a sporting event and turning everyone in to insane monsters. We watch as the staff at a radio station takes reports.Its has moments but mostly it plays like a Lifetime horror movie with breasts and blood. There are some really good ideas here, but they just don't work. Actually the film's ideas are better handled in a film called Pontypool which pretty much works all the way through and builds tension by not showing us anything. This shows us stuff and it just seems cheap. Given the choice I'd watch Pontypool again rather than watch this film again.