Dead Heist

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A fun little B-movie Zombie romp, about bank-robbers that pick the wrong night/town to rob a bank...as long as you keep in mind-it is what it is-it's enjoyable, especially if you are a fan of cheesy B-movies and/or horror...the acting is so-so(no Oscars will be handed out but I have seen much, much worse), the effects are OK(not on par with any of the Romero or big-budget horror movies...but I'm guessing they weren't working with a ton of money to begin with), and the plot/story is passable(in a movie like this logic pretty much goes out of the window and suspension of disbelief is the order of the day...or you can just laugh it up-you choose). There are quite a few hip-hop artists in the movie(Big Daddy Kane, BoneCrusher, E40...)if you are a fan of the genre;if not, there inclusion will be transparent to you.Shut off brain, eat popcorn, enjoy:)

I stumbled upon "Dead Heist" in 2019, and I hadn't even heard about it before now, 12 years after it was released. I took a look at the synopsis and of course I had to watch it as it was a zombie movie.

Little did I know what I was walking into here.

First of all, I must say that it was an ordeal to sit through "Dead Heist" and listen to the actors speaking and behaving like gangstas. It was so difficult to take anyone serious, especially because that whole gangsta attitude, attire and demeanor is laughable to the core. Just listening to the dialogue in "Dead Heist" made me cringe and curl my toes.

Some of the ideas that writers Anghus Houvouras, Eric Tomosunas and Bo Webb put into the movie were actually nice enough. Just a shame that the movie was so poorly executed, and the whole gangsta thing was working like an anchor dragging everything down.

The zombies in "Dead Heist" were horrible. It was the low budget zombie make-up and special effects. You know, where you paint the faces gray and darken circles around the eyes, but forgetting about the neck, arms, legs and all other places of exposed skin. And the fact that they were running zombies didn't really sit well with me either.

I did manage to sit through the entire ordeal that is known as "Dead Heist" from director Bo Webb. I wasn't particularly entertained, but it being a zombie movie, of course it needed a chance. And chances are none here that I will ever watch "Dead Heist" again.

In Miami, four smalltime thieves leaded by Ski (Brandon Hardin) decide to rob a bank in the small town of Maysville. The lord Hustle (E-40) demands a 10% commission and sends his experienced bodyguard Ackson (D.J. Naylor) to help the gang in their plan. He goes to the target bank to check the security system, but Ski decides to anticipate the plan for that afternoon. They succeed in the heist, but Deputy Kate (T-Love) activates the alarm and one of the criminals shoots Deputy Duff. When the bank is under siege of the police force, they are attacked by weird creatures. The former government agent Hunter (Big Daddy Kane) comes to the bank and tells that the vampire zombies had been contaminated by an experimental virus developed by the government through the subjects that have escaped from the laboratory, attacking people in the New Moon to feed themselves. The group joins force to survive to the massive attack of the creatures.

The trash and gore "Dead Heist" is watchable without anything special. The story about a deadly heist in a wrong night is not original and should be better developed; the acting is flat, and the dialogs do not help the cast; and the special effects are only reasonable. My vote is four.

Title (Brazil): "Noite Infernal" ("Hell Night")

O.k so normally I avoid straight to DVD horrors like the plague (I love the old school cheapo video stuff but this shot on video garbage we see today is really nauseating) unless instructed to do otherwise by a trusted source of info. After reading the synopsis I was intrigued I'm a huge fan of zombie cinema (I know there not strictly "stenches" but you've got to take what you get these days) and also a hip-hop head so seeing Big Daddy Kane and E-Fonzarelli in the cast led me to take a risk and watch this film. I must say I was pleasantly surprised, with a little more financial backing and solid acting this could have done the rounds at cinemas everywhere especially after the strong showing of films such as the Dawn remake and more recently 28 weeks later. Big Daddy Kane was a pleasure to watch as the hunter, while Kanes no Brando he glides along on the charisma hes's shown since his rap heyday. The plot is tight and original the blending of genres here mesh well although heist films and zombie films often take on a siege setting so it isn't much of a stretch. The acting is decent and the direction although derivative is of a certain standard. The only real let down of the film is the special effects and make up it's really bog standard and the final scene is really let down by this. The films run time is only around 75 mins so it rarely has the chance to slow down and begin to annoy.

All in all it was a good effort all round maybe 6 is too generous of a rating seeing as some classic films fail to hit that mark on the IMDb but it's early in the A.M i'm tired but happy so what the hell. Long Live The KANE