What begins as an annual visit to their family grave-site quickly becomes a night of sheer terror as two brothers are unexpectedly forced to fight back against a sudden onslaught of violent ... Read allWhat begins as an annual visit to their family grave-site quickly becomes a night of sheer terror as two brothers are unexpectedly forced to fight back against a sudden onslaught of violent assailants.What begins as an annual visit to their family grave-site quickly becomes a night of sheer terror as two brothers are unexpectedly forced to fight back against a sudden onslaught of violent assailants.
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It's amazing just how clueless some people are and I say that with absolute derision because of all the nonsense in the reviews about groundbreaking commentary on government blah and racial and sexual prejudice. This movie is not new the themes in it aren't a daring and bold in any way because it's a shot for shot remake of 50 year old George Romero classic. Stupid stupid most likely millennials who believe the world began the moment they were born. This is the most famous Zombie movie of all time and the only thing that's different is the female lead is replaced by a man. Seriously what the hell is wrong with this group of humans that leads to such a huge gap in knowledge that they aren't aware of NOTLD. The age old "what's wrong with the youth of today" from the past is never been more true then right now. Stupid completely self centered spoiled brats. Movie if it was a completely new idea would be passable this is made a monstrosity by the lazy nature of ripping off the classic made worse by the morons who think this is a new idea.
Rebirth is essentially just Mr. George Romero's Night of the Living Dead, but with a few twists and changes to make it slightly different from the original. Nevertheless, Rebirth is still a good movie in and of itself, and it's entertaining to watch, even though some people might find the glowing eyes unsettling. I didn't mind, though, because it didn't detract from the plot, and I wasn't upset about Barbara being changed into a boy named Adam, played by Roger Connors, because Ben was the one who really forced himself on the story. I also liked that they didn't alter Harry, which would have been a bit too strange if they had, the harry character pushing an important subliminal message and all. In general, I liked it.
...when folks who don't really know how to make movies make a movie. They end up Dunning-Krugering themselves into producing messes like "Rebirth," a scratch-and-dent remake of the seminal zombie classic, George A. Romero's "Night of the Living Dead." It's tone deaf in almost every respect, sad to say, and I have to put it on the quaking shoulders of faux auteur Roger Connors, who in writing/directing/co-producing and starring in the benighted project, has mystifyingly chosen to put a gay slant on things that plays poorly and adds nothing to the story. I'm not going to pick at the corpse; others have already done that here. I simply mean to caution potential viewers against any expectations of quality filmmaking, because you won't find any. "Rebirth" is as pure an example of Sturgeon's Revelation as you might ask.
TL/DR: Low return entertainment even if you don't value your precious, irreplaceable time.
TL/DR: Low return entertainment even if you don't value your precious, irreplaceable time.
I'd never heard of this, but watched it hoping I had come across some indie zombie gem. Lol. Having no prior knowledge of it helped with my almost immediate surprise that this appeared to be a remake of the original Night of the Living Dead. As it turns out, it's less a remake and more a parody that doesn't work. The primary character has the makings of some fun, but it doesn't work either. Roger Conners, also the director and writer, in this role is clearly playing the Barbara character and gives a very similar lame performance as the original, which I assume was intentional?! As in the original, we have again our black hero, our basement dwellers, our sickly child, a similar dreary ending, etc., etc. What we don't have is any quality. The one key change in this rendition is that the Barbara character is now a very effeminate gay man who is called a boy throughout the film despite Connors clearly being in his 30's. As a gay man I will add that I found his depiction a bit offensive, though I will say that his take on Barbara is fairly accurate though it does not work as drama or parody. The writing is horrible, the relationship between this gay Barbara and the black hero is baffling, but it is the first zombie movie I've seen with full frontal male nudity on a hot man, so there is that if it's of interest. I did like the opening credits. This is a really bad movie.
It was too hard to take seriously when a guy keeps referring to another man his own age as "kid" and "child". This dude is at least 30 and everyone is treating him as if he is 10. Even consoling him when he sobs in fear, whining that he wants to go home. Not sure if he's supposed to be mentally handicapped and that's why? It was just funny to see and the zombies are hilariously bad with glowing eyes. The rev was a huge downer, not gonna lie, currently halfway through and can't wait for him to die. Didn't realize this was a remake, nor have I seen the original so not sure if it's supposed to be serious or funny. It's definitely funny and the acting isn't bad.
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- 1h 39m(99 min)
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