begob A bunch of strangers fight to survive a zombie infestation after a meteorite strike on a small town.Your typical zomcom alien-abduction with a touch of Mad Max and Resident Evil. Well produced, but it really is a mish mash.Some nice comedy touches - punching a fish, blood on the windscreen, a bullet through three heads, weird naked guy. And gallons of blood chucked around. But I barely laughed, and the music was irritating - a lot of the time it rips off the score from Jaws, and the overall effect is really arch so you're forced to feel like every scene is amusing.Direction and editing in the first half hour is annoying, filled with choppy cuts that prevent any feeling for the characters. And when we get to a long shot in the prepper basement it's filled with annoying dialogue from shouty characters.One reviewer said this was better than the remake of Dawn of the Dead. Nuh uh.The scene above the cloud is original, but the story really is the opposite of high concept. In the end I had no idea what it was telling me.

wes-connors A small Australian fishing village has celebrated "Miss 2002 Catch of the Day" beauty prize winner Felicity Mason (as Rene Chaplin). Apparently, the contest winnings were small as Ms. Mason loses her home and is forced to leave town. The scowling woman doesn't get very far, however. Meteorites are landing and people are turning into blood-thirsty zombies. Mason's male companion is one of the first victims. Of course, he wants to munch on Mason, but she's the star of the movie and gets away. Mason joins a group of survivors, including bearded gun enthusiast Mungo McKay (as Marion). The group tries to hold off the zombies. Some have more success than others..."Undead" is brought to you by brothers Peter and Michael Spierig. They play up an alien angle and inject a lot of humor into the film. The storyline doesn't really engage, although an understanding of genre is clearly evident. Characterizations are not fully developed. In one of the more memorable scenes, the cast is directed to undress and rinse off due to fear of contaminated rain. Mason looks beautiful in her bikini underwear and it looks like Mr. McKay doesn't like boxers or briefs. The Spierig brothers include a generous amount of blood and gore; this, and some playful photography, show imagination and potential. The end hints at a sequel, which so far been avoided.**** Undead (2/27/03) Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig ~ Felicity Mason, Mungo McKay, Rob Jenkins, Lisa Cunningham

KineticSeoul This is one of those movies that is so bad, it's actually kinda good. Watching this put a grin on my face, not because of how good it is but because how cheesy and hilarious the dialogue is. It's like it's going in a sort of serious direction, but the actors themselves don't seem to take any of it seriously. Which is a good thing, cause if they tried their best to act serious the movie just wouldn't be good at all. The dialogue is even hysterical at times, not because it's clever in anyway but because it seems like everything is so darn sarcastic. Everything about this movie is just downright ridiculous and silly and the characters actions and reactions just doesn't make any sense what so ever. It's basically a sci-fi zombie flick, where meteorites turn people into zombies and the living survivors are trying to stay alive. Anyone can tell when the uber cheesy music start to play that this isn't a serious zombie flick, nor should it be viewed as one. Even if it's one of those ridiculous movie, it got a bit annoying watching the survivors try and kill the zombies by shooting them in the chest instead of aiming for the head for the long portion of the film. Overall it's basically a very flawed movie that should be watched with friends in order to get some laugh out of it and make comments during the movie.6.1/10

Torbynator This movie has an interesting concept, and it must have had a decent budget. The special effects are well-done, the story unravels well and is executed in an interesting way. The acting is not too impressive, but the actors do seem to be having fun with it and you get the impression it could have been a lot better if that was the intention. This is something of a shame, as the movie would have been more immersive if it had something of a more serious tone, but at the same time this playful tone is consistent throughout the movie.The odd thing is it at times does nail this serious tone, and even the acting would have been entirely forgivable if it had not been for one major detail: The Music. The Music for Undead is by far the worst music I have ever, in my entire life, out of all the movies I have ever watched, in the history of the universe, had the misfortune of being exposed to. Have you ever wondered what happened to the people who used to make silly orchestra music for the myriad slapstick comedies of the 60s and 70s? Look no further, apparently they moved to Australia and got involved in horror movies.It's a damned shame. I was able to make it about halfway through the movie until I had to turn it off, as the music became too annoying to sit through. The entire flick becomes a vision of what it could have been, rather than what it actually is. A shameful waste of what otherwise has all the makings of a brilliant zombie slasher.