DAY OF THE DEAD: BLOODLINE
AN AFFRONT TO GEORGE ROMERO'S LEGACY
By GAMBIT Movies
When your movie kicks off with
stock Adobe After Effects on a
live news report and features an
actress that bobs her neck
around like she's trying to pose,
more than trying to act, you
know you are in for a very bad
time. The fact of the matter is
that with George Romero now
having passed away, it may be
time for the series he created,
one that spawned an entire
genre and influenced dozens of
films and TV shows, to pass
along with him.
"Day Of The Dead: Bloodline" is a
Dead film in name only. You
could easily toss any generic
zombie title onto the film and
nobody would be all the wiser. I
don't know any of the details
surrounding this film's
production other than this
supposedly being a re-imagining
of one of the Dead films, but it
does have the air of being it's
own film, only to get the "Dead"
name slapped on later. And if
that isn't the case, "Day Of The
Dead: Bloodline" does itself no
favors in making the viewer
think otherwise.
The film is more a homage to the
Dead series than anything else.
The problem is that the the
people behind the project failed
to understand what made the
Dead trilogy so important, not
only to the horror genre, but to
film itself; a message. Each film
in Romero's series had
something to say about the time
in which they were made. Sure,
some of these messages landed
better than others, his modern
day Dead films were shaky at
best, but they all had a message.
"Day Of The Dead: Bloodline"