Plane Dead

First off, if you like zombie flicks, you'll probably be entertained enough to give this a view. The acting is above average and the special effects are really good. Just don't expect much in the way of writing.

That's really my biggest complaint. For the budget it looks like this thing had, did they even read the script? I think they just saw "zombies on a plane" and thought that would be enough.

The movie spends a lot of time introducing practically ALL the characters on the plane, most of them unlikeable except for the crew. If those introductions would have made me care about any of the characters or, better yet, set up some great ironic deaths, it would have been worth it, but it didn't. What a missed opportunity! You want to see some of these people get theirs, but they just sort of get bit and turn into zombies too. Why do I have to know anything about them? Where's the drama? I found myself only mildly entertained and often thinking, "That's it? They could have done that way better." So many missed opportunities for both comedy and drama.

This is an unimaginative "zombies on a plane" flick. The brief scene in World War Z was better. The "zombies on a train" flick Train to Busan was WAY better. This is just okay.

"Flight of the Living Dead" is a decent take on the Zombie genre that kept me on the edge of the seat for the full running time. It stands out because it presents you with some things you don't expect from the average low-budget direct-to-video Zombie flick, i.e. a script that actually works, decent acting, neat make-up effects and even a nice score.

What I liked about the plot: There's are rather long but surprisingly suspenseful introduction before it gets bloody. That part works because the writers use the time to introduce some well chosen stereotypes of characters that promise to be fun victims later on. There's the jock, his rich bitch girlfriend, the cute-but-stupid stewardess, the evil corporate guy and even a Tiger Woods look-kinda-alike, just to name a few. The movie also stays relatively plausible and plays coy before it kicks into high gear for the finale. It's a sudden and thoroughly enjoyable switch in tone.

"Flight of the Living Dead" is no disguised comment on society but as far as zombie butcherfests go, this one is pretty nice. Not revolutionary film making, but rather competently executed gory fun.

If you enjoyed the intro song and desperately tried to locate it without success: Take a look at the M*Space page of one Bill Grainer, the gentleman who wrote the song.

Zombies on a plane! Sounds like a whole bunch of fun doesn't it? This movie had everything a perfect no-brainer (no pun intended) zombie flick should have. With the classic stereotypes such as hot bimbos and their sport jock boyfriends, a hero cop escorting a prisoner, sexy stewardesses, a black pro-athlete, a bible-clutching nun and off course the evil scientists guilty of it all, I didn't see how this could go wrong. The movie started off pretty good as the first zombies started to pop up but after a while it just got repetitive and boring. The special effects were almost as bad as most of the acting and basically the movie didn't show us anything we haven't seen a hundred times already in this genre, and since when did a zombie get neutralized by a non-head shot! All in all this was a bit entertaining but I hardly doubt I'll ever watch it again. 28 Weeks Later up next!

It's zombies on a plane, you get the idea. Actually well done, a bit wonky in spots as it has the feeling that additional scenes were shot to fill out the movie and the additional scenes don't quite mesh with the rest of the film. For example when the plane is going through extreme turbulence, apparently certain areas of the plane are completely immune. Also, I don't know much about piloting aircraft but I'm pretty sure the tower's call sign isn't 'base'. One of the biggest goofs that I noticed was the plane suffers explosive decompression several times.

There are some real comedic moments especially with Derek Webster who plays as a golf pro named Long Shot. Long Shot carries a gold putter that he uses quite effectively against the zombies, even to decapitate a few getting a giggle from me each time. In a later sequence, Long Shot has quite the medley of zombie destroying weapons as he valiantly fights his way to the cockpit. The zombies are of the 28 Days Later variety but they are true ghouls here, not infected humans. The zombies are really what make this movie fun to watch. They are quick and devious and they skitter about like vicious beasts. My favorite skittering scene being a stewardess scurrying through a crawlspace in a short skirt carrying an arm in her jaws, beautiful! One of the best scenes happens in the bathroom, I will never feel safe in an airplane bathroom again.

The girls are beautiful and the stewardesses are sexy but all of them keep their clothes (I know some of you want to know this). The R rating to come is earned purely through blood, gore and violence. For the most part the characters are reasonably intelligent. There are some stupid things that happen, sometimes intentionally for comedic pleasure and sometimes because the film makers were lazy but this is a B movie so I can forgive a few gaffs. FOLD manages some true moments of suspense. Were the movie more polished I could have easily given it a 7/10. A must see for zombie fans or lovers of campy action movies.

I was very skeptical whether I should spend my time on watching this movie. First of all it has a very cheesy name, sounds like another cheap remake and DVD cover looks also not that good. But being a fan of zombie movies I decided to give it a try. I started watching it and first 35 minutes were just as I expected the whole movie to be, but surprisingly after first 35-40 minutes it gets much better, special effects, plot and even acting gets better, well acting gets better because all amateur actors are killed by zombies. I would say you can fast forward first 25 minutes, since nothing much happens in the beginning.

I liked this movie and would recommend it to all zombie fans :)