THE DEAD

     ROB FREEMAN  PRINCE DAVID OSEIA

WHEN HIS EVACUATION PLANE CRASHES INTO THE OCEAN, LT. BRIAN MURPHY (FREEMAN), AN AMERICAN MILITARY ENGINEER, IS THE ONLY SURVIVOR.  HE WASHES ASHORE AND IS IMMEDIATELY ATTACKED BY ZOMBIES.  HE GETS AWAY, AND IN TRYING TO ESCAPE AND SURVIVE, RUNS INTO SGT. DANIEL DEMBELE (OSEIA) AN AFRICAN MILITARY OFFICER TRYING TO GET TO HIS SON.  THE TWO MEN DECIDE TO HELP EACH OTHER AND THE REST OF THE MOVIE IS THEM TRAVELLING THROUGH THE AFRICAN WILDERNESS TRYING TO SURVIVE.
THIS IS A DIFFERENT TYPE OF ZOMBIE MOVIE.  THE FIRST THING I NOTICED IS THAT THERE ARE ZOMBIES EVERYWHERE AND THE TWO MEN ARE NEVER REALLY SAFE.  THEY CAN BE AND ARE ATTACKED AT ANY TIME.  IT IS ALSO SOMEWHAT SLOW MOVING, WHICH IN THIS CASE IS A GOOD THING.  IT GIVES THE CHARACTERS TIME TO DEVELOP AND IT ALSO RAMPS UP THE TENSION.  THE MOVIE ALSO HAS A REAL FEEL TO IT, SINCE IN MANY OF THE SCENES THE ACTORS WERE ACTUALLY DOING WHAT WAS BEING SEEN: FIXING A CAR, DRIVING, CLIMBING ROCKS, ETC.  THERE IS ALSO A SENSE OF DREAD THROUGHOUT, ALMOST AS IF THERE IS NO HOPE FOR ANYONE.  THE MOVIE DOESN'T BUILD TO A FINAL CLIMAX, BUT ENDS AS IT SHOULD, COMPLETELY TRUE TO THE REST OF THE STORY, ALBEIT WITH A LITTLE HOPE THROWN IN.
RATING  3 out of 5