Office of the Dead

There are some funny lines in here! It's like an Office Space with zombies. The team of David Au and Teddy Culver has put out an odd mix of projects over the years- shorts, full length, and television. (The film "Eat with Me" was quite good.) Here, the trio of Ben, Liz, and Raj take a stand against the group of crazy zombies which have taken over the office building. Mostly good acting, a pretty straight-forward storyline, and some campy jokes along the way, it shouldn't be taken too seriously. Some digs at Google, some digs at "the marketing department". and they NEVER should have brought in consultants. The ending was pretty random and corny, but anyone ordering a DVD called "Office of the Dead" should probably keep the expectations in check. Written and directed by Matthew Chung. Pretty good stuff. Tried to find out more, but sadly, the official site listed in IMDb is no longer working.

When I purchased this movie a couple of years ago it was included with 7 other low-budget zombie films in a compilation called "Extreme Zombies Movie Collection" and I had hoped to find at least one or two passable movies out of the whole bunch. This is one of those movies. Essentially, two software engineers named "Ben" (Teddy Chen Culver) and "Raj" (Shawn Parokh) along with their project manager "Liz" (Christina July Kim) are working on a program which reverses feelings of anger into feelings of happiness. Unfortunately, their boss "Nate" (Jani Blom) is unhappy with their progress so he replaces Ben and Raj with some outside consultants. One thing leads to another and not long afterward the entire building is full of zombies. To make matters worse, the few "normal" people are trapped inside due to a defect within the security system which locks all of the exits. Now, although I am not a big fan of "ZomComs" this one had some good humor, decent acting (for the most part) and the aforementioned Christina July Kim certainly added some nice scenery as well. On the flip side, I should caution viewers that this is an ultra low-budget production and it clearly lacks the technical refinements one might expect for a multi-million dollar project. But for what it's worth, I enjoyed it and I think those who participated in this movie have every reason to be proud of their work. Slightly above average.

Office Of The Dead is NOT a movie I'd rent, buy or watch ever again.I'm glad I didn't have to pay to see it because if I did, I would've been mad & wanted my $$$ back.I just watched it & already I forgot what I watched.The last thing I remember was everybody trapped together in the security room.If you asked me how it ended I wouldn't be able to tell you.At the moment I'm trying to rewatch the ending just to remember how it ended but I can't get the video to work.Maybe it's a sign to give up & move on to the next.I guess it really doesn't matter.It did have some surprisingly good acting though which you wouldn't expect from such a movie.My favorite thing about Office Of The Dead was that they made a zombie movie without any blood at all (Yes you read that right) A lot of face paint though.If they had a bigger budget I bet you that the movie would've been filled with guts & gore.I probably wouldn't recommend watching Office Of The Dead unless you happen to come across it, absolutely NOTHING else is on & you don't have to pay to see it (Of course) They really tried to do something with only what they had to work with so A for effort & cool movie title