It's not uncommon for a popular horror film or a popular film in general to be remade but what is uncommon is for that film to have more then a handful of remakes. With the film that i'm going to be reviewing today being the latest in a very longline of remakes all stemming from the fact that someone forgot to trademark the original film and so then join me as I review the film that is the second animated remake of Night Of The Living Dead with the film in question being called simply just "Night Of The Animated Dead" enjoy.
The plot of the film is when visiting the grave of there father siblings Johnny and Barbera find themselves separated after a zombie attack where Barbera has to try and survive the night in a house in the middle of nowhere. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty i in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty one of the best things about the film as all it is is a straight up beat for beat shot for shot carbon copy of the original films plot with nothing really new or interesting added to it to make it feel fresh and different which does make you wonder they chose to make this film in the first place as just by copying the plot of the original film all your doing is reminding people that you could be watching a much more better film with the plot of this film also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Starring in this film is Josh Duhamel as Harry Cooper , Katee Sackhoff as Judy , Dulé Hill as Ben and horror icon and scream queen Katharine Isabelle as Barbara. Also starring in this film is James Roday Rodriguez as Tom , Nancy Travis as Helen Cooper , Will Sasso as Sheriff McClelland , Jimmi Simpson as Johnny , Ashley Lambert as Karen Cooper , Stefan Marks as Vince , Ian Duncan as Dr. Grimes and Kirk Baily as A Truck Driver.
Now then interms of what I personally thought felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. However that's also the problem as the acting in this film isn't all that good either with the actors that you expect a good performance like Katharine Isabelle for example not really being given all that much to do and as a result of that isn't really allowed to turn in the kind of performance that we all know that she can do with the same thing also being true for Katee Sackhoff both of whom just aren't given all that much to do and that's sadly true for alot of the films male cast as well with all of this films actors not really being given to turn the kind of performances that we know that they can do and whilst they do indeed still turn in some good performances there not as good as those actors can do with the acting in this film not really being helped by the fact that the script for this film is just so bad as it gives none f the films actors absolutely nothing to work with interms of what it is that there respective characters are even meant to be in the first place which is something that really does affect the overall quality of the acting in this film.
Doing the animation for this film is the legends and the greats that are currently over at Demente Animation Studio. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty choppy at worst and average at best as the animation in this film just looks cheap and to be frank really unfinished with it coming across as the makers of this film just wanted to get this film out there for no reason instead of taking the time to actually finish the animation in this film and as a result is that we end up with animation that at times looks decent enough to be passable animation but most of the time just looks choppy and unfinished with the characters themselves having these really chopping looking movements to them and the backgrounds just coming across as being really uninspired and lazy looking at best and while the animation in this film is quite easily better then the animation that we got in Night Of The Living Dead: Darkest Dawn that's not really a high bar to reach with the animation in this film just being lazy and uninspired to look at at best.
This film isn't the first time that Night Of The Living Dead was given the animated film treatment as that honor goes to Night Of The Living Dead: Darkest Dawn. However what sets that film apart from this film is the fact that that film tried to do something new with the films idea by moving the setting to New York and while it failed miserably with that idea due to it's small budget the film does get credit for at the very least trying to do something new with the original films set up where as this film just copies the original which only makes this film feel boring and pointless as why would us the audience want to watch a more watered down version of a story that was done better in 1968 with the original film being one of if not the best zombie film ever made and heck this film even copies one of the biggest mistakes that the original film also committed by having Barbera by silent and do nothing for the overall vast majority of the films running time this is something that the 1990 remake actually went out of there way to fix and yet for some strange reason the makers of this film chose not to fix it either as instead it just chose to copy the film.
To give this film some credit it does do a good job with them handling the tension between both Ben and Harry. With the film making the characters two sides of the same coin in that they both want to protect the people in the house but it's how they both go about it that creates tension between the two as Ben is more of an action hero type who is willing to stand his ground and fight for what he wants where as Harry is a more practical person who thinks things through logically and while both are correct in there way of thinking both are also wrong in there way of thinking as well as being an action hero type of character is great for this situation but it is also something that has a very limited self life as it means that you could get killed quite easily the next time you step foot outside of the house and while being more practical is also great for this situation as it forces you to think things through more logically it also means your not going to be the most popular person amongst those that your trying to protect and are therefor most likely to get thrown out of the house and left to fight all of the zombies and essentially start all over again.
The original film had a really dark ending that saw all of the films main characters including Ben die either at the hands of the zombies or by those hunting the zombies. This is something that this film thankfully does keep as there's no way that you could do a Night Of The Living Dead film without doing it's famous and iconic ending as that ending is not only such a dark ending that shows that not everything will end up OK but it's also one of the most famous things that the film is really well known for and not to include it in anyway shape or form would be a disservice to not only this film which prides itself on being a carbon copy of the original film but it would also do a disservice to the original film as well and the fans of the original film as well all of whom are checking this film out and while yes the ending in this film isn't as shocking as it once was as this films lacks all of the commentary that was all over the original film that doesn't take away from the fact that the ending is a shocking ending and it's one that makes the film worth watching.
Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and ten minuets and thirty eight seconds. Which is such a short amount of running time for this film to have as the original film was over one hour and thirty minuets and made great use of that running tome to fully explore characters something that this film doesn't do and because of that the film feels like that it's one fast forward alot of the time when it should be alot more slower paced which would then allow for the films scares to be built up more and would also allow for the characters to get across there personalities alot more something which they can't do with this film as the film has to rush along to the next plot point which makes those plot points feel really unearned because there was no build up to them and yet if the film did take it's time and have that longer running time those plot points would feel alot more natural then what they already but I really will admit that this film really does have some really bad pacing to it tho.
So ow then as this is a horror film that means that I have to actually talk about the actual kills that are actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual kills that are actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. With this film oddly being more gory then then the original film was with us straight up seeing alot of bone when whenever a zombie bites into a person or whenever a zombie gets it's fingers shot of which was impressive to see but at the same time tho it's not always something that you'd want to see in a Night Of The Living Dead film as you expect a Night Of The Living Dead film being gore free with alot of this films kills having lots of over the top gore which makes the kill go from being really cool to being cartoonish but in the case of Johnny's kill it actually makes his death scene an actually good looking death scene something which every single Night Of The Living Dead film has failed to do and yet it's this film that oddly does his death scene better then when it was done in the original film in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Overall out of all of the remakes of this classic zombie horror film out there this one is just average at best as there worse ones out there but at the same time it's not as good as the 1990 film either as that film at least tried to fix problems with the original film something that this film really failed to do with this film coming of a cheap cash grab that was really only made to cash in on the Night Of The Living Dead name and really nothing more then that in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good ad as well as all of the bad things that are in this very film in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very film really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 4.5 out f 10 from me.
Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got ally got all of the images that I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from Amazon . Co . UK , Tenor and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get images from this film being Google Images simply because Google Images actually has images from this film really are up and on Google Images and plus pretty much much all of the images that I personally found on Google Images were all really very fairly high quality and as well as being as really very fairly high definition as well and so then horror fans we end this review as we always do with really our one and true goddess Elvira wishing us all some really very unpleasant dreams.
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