An American mercenary, the sole survivor of a plane crash, has to run the gauntlet across Africa, battling with the living dead.
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Title: The Dead (2010)
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Cast
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Lieutenant Brian Murphy
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Sergeant Daniel Dembele
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The Chief
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Dan Ryder - Mercenary Leader
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Suicide Mercenary
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James
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James' Fiancé
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John Dunton-Downer | ... |
Lieutenant Frank Greaves
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Nelson E. Ward | ... |
Captain Edward Roy Cottridge Parker
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Mark Chapman | ... |
Co-Pilot Collins
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Anne Davaud | ... |
Doctor
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Gaal Hama | ... |
Daniel's Son
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Leala Tall | ... |
Daniel's Wife
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Tolu Ajayi | ... |
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Lieutenant Brian Murphy, is the sole survivor of the final plane out of Africa, which crashes somewhere off the coast of West Africa. The night before, a zombie horde attacked many villages in that area. Brian gathers supplies from the plane crash and travels by foot until he finds and fixes a broken-down truck in a village. When driving, the truck gets stuck in a pothole as zombies get closer. Daniel Dembele, a local African soldier gone AWOL in search of his son, rescues Brian from certain death. Daniel's wife had been killed in a zombie attack the previous night and a local military unit, heading north to a military base, had rescued his son. Daniel agrees to lead Brian to the nearest airport, a day's drive away, in exchange for his truck upon arrival for Daniel to use to find his son. At the airport, Brian attempts radioing for help using the air traffic tower's radio, but he receives no response. Daniel gets fuel for the truck and the two agree it would be best to stick together ... Written by Jess Robertson
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Country:
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30 August 2010 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
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Lieutenant Brian Murphy: No Frank!
[last lines]
Lieutenant Frank Greaves: My god be with us!
[last lines]
Lieutenant Brian Murphy: Wait!
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The original schedule was to shoot the film over a period of six weeks. However, unforeseen problems meant that it actually took 12 weeks to shoot. A delay in the shipping of film equipment to Africa resulted in a loss of three weeks. See more »Goofs
When U.S. Air Force Engineer Brian Murphy dreams of his return home to his wife and daughter, he is wearing a white U.S. Navy service dress uniform rather than the appropriate blue U.S. Air Force service dress uniform. See more »Quotes
Lieutenant Frank Greaves: the noise you hear is them, i'm sorry my friend i have to goLieutenant Brian Murphy: No Frank!
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Lieutenant Frank Greaves: My god be with us!
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Lieutenant Brian Murphy: Wait!
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this movie is great. i briefly recall seeing the poster for it a while back but i'd since forgotten about it up until the other day when i took a gamble on watching it and was happy within the first 10 minutes after seeing the style and effects.
like another reviewer stated, the movie is shot on 35mm film, not on digital like modern Hollywood flicks. this gives it a very classic look and feel, reminiscent of the George a Romero film like dawn of the dead in '78 and day in '80.
the zombie effects and makeup as far as i could tell used no CGI whatsoever and the gore, though not too frequent, looks great when it's on screen.
the undead are also nearly always on screen, and combined with their excellent makeup, great camera work and complete lack of unnecessary music, have a very menacing feel as they creep up on the films 2 protagonists.
the films setting is beautiful and a fantastic change from the norm's of busy city streets and urban environments. it is shot in west African locations such as Burkina Faso and Ghana, as well as the Sahara desert. it really is a breath of fresh air in the zombie movie genre.
the story is fairly simple. an American military engineer washes up on the coast of west Africa after his evacuation flight crashes. as the sole survivor he attempts to reach a northern military air field to re-attempt his escape, and runs into a soldier of the African military who is trying to find his son during the chaos.
overall i give this movie an 8 out of 10. and that's only because i wasn't keen on the acting by the American protagonist played by Robert freeman, and a couple small sections of the movie are quite slow.
the film does leave itself open for the possibility of a sequel and i would be more than happy to watch it if it mirrors the quality of this.