Stalled: I liked it
Plot
A janitor gets trapped in a women's restroom and encounters an all-out attack by a horde of zombies.
Cast
Unfamiliar with anyone involved
Verdict
I don't know why but I was quite excited after reading the premise many years ago when it got added to my watchlist. It must be 6-7 years since that day and I've only just got round to it.
Now I'm a big zombie fan, without question it's my favorite sub-genre and I think zombies and comedy have a history of going hand in hand very well so my expectations were quite high going in.
The first thing I noticed was how good some of the writing was. Slightly marred by some oddly crass stuff a lot of the dialogue is surprisingly good, quite deep in fact in a couple of places and I didn't expect that.
The humor? Some stuff really hit the mark and was laugh out loud.
Our leading man, solid.
The zombies, passable.
The execution, better than you'd assume.
Sure it's on a very limited budget but it disguises this well and delivers an oddly enjoyable zombie comedy jaunt.
Rants
Me and the missus always have a show ongoing, something to binge and we've just started The Walking Dead. I was so excited initially when it came out but then bailed at the end of Season 2 as to me it wasn't the zombie epic I expected and simply a soap opera with zombies. I'm hoping I was wrong, I'm hoping this second chance and subsequent 9 seasons beyond what I've seen improve.
Zombies are great, Stalled demonstrates that but as Walking Dead has so far demonstrated they can also be a terrible bore.
Breakdown
Unique setting Great writing Well made Needlessly crass in places.
A janitor gets trapped in a women's restroom and encounters an all-out attack by a horde of zombies.
Cast
Unfamiliar with anyone involved
Verdict
I don't know why but I was quite excited after reading the premise many years ago when it got added to my watchlist. It must be 6-7 years since that day and I've only just got round to it.
Now I'm a big zombie fan, without question it's my favorite sub-genre and I think zombies and comedy have a history of going hand in hand very well so my expectations were quite high going in.
The first thing I noticed was how good some of the writing was. Slightly marred by some oddly crass stuff a lot of the dialogue is surprisingly good, quite deep in fact in a couple of places and I didn't expect that.
The humor? Some stuff really hit the mark and was laugh out loud.
Our leading man, solid.
The zombies, passable.
The execution, better than you'd assume.
Sure it's on a very limited budget but it disguises this well and delivers an oddly enjoyable zombie comedy jaunt.
Rants
Me and the missus always have a show ongoing, something to binge and we've just started The Walking Dead. I was so excited initially when it came out but then bailed at the end of Season 2 as to me it wasn't the zombie epic I expected and simply a soap opera with zombies. I'm hoping I was wrong, I'm hoping this second chance and subsequent 9 seasons beyond what I've seen improve.
Zombies are great, Stalled demonstrates that but as Walking Dead has so far demonstrated they can also be a terrible bore.
Breakdown
Unique setting Great writing Well made Needlessly crass in places.
- Platypuschow
- 26 déc. 2023