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Teens battle corporate zombies.
Review: I first read about the two new Return of the Living Dead
sequels in an article on CNN.com about how a portion of the filming
took place at the present-day ghost town that is Chernobyl. That
sounded interesting and I was expecting the movies to come out in
theaters. Then at the beginning of the week, I saw commercials that
they'd be airing on the Sci-Fi channel. Woah, they just snuck up on
me.
Once I learned they were going to be TV movies, I was expecting
the worst. I just finished watching Part 4 and my expectations were
met. Necrap..., er Necropolis, has a lot of problems.
First off, the movie cannot decide whether its taking place in
America or a foreign country. Both sequels were filmed in Romania
and the Ukraine and it is quite evident from the exterior shots in Necropolis
that the characters are not running around in the States. Pick a
location and go with it.
Peter Coyote is wasted as the corporate scientist and the young
teenage leads are all inexperienced. There is some eye candy amongst
the group, but not enough to distract you from the awful script.
Towards the end, some top-secret zombie super-soldiers—who possess
a strong resemblance to the Borg—are introduced with much fanfare,
but then fail to do a friggin' thing. Why make a big deal out of
them and then have them do nothing except make the film more
annoying?
Should I expect much from Rave to the Grave?
Learn more: IMDb DVD version viewed:
I saw it on Sci Fi, but here's the DVD to continue your RotLD
collection: Return
of the Living Dead: Necropolis (Lions Gate, UPC 031398192039)
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