Stars: Joseph Millson, Meenu Mishra, Anand Krishna Goyal, Sandip Datta Gupta, Poonam Mathur, Coulsom Sujitabh, Madhu Rajesh, Niharika Singh | Written and Directed by Howard and John Ford
Howard and John Ford’s The Dead 2: India is a sequel to their previous Africa-set zombie flick; and to be honest, it’s the most auspicious of sequels… A zombie epidemic reaches the Asian subcontinent and American engineer Nicholas (Joseph Millson) attempts to trek 300 miles across stunning but deadly rural Indian landscapes to reunite with his Indian girlfriend Ishani (Meenu Mishra), aided only by plucky orphan boy Javed (Anand Gopal).
I didn’t catch The Dead, so the novelty of watching a Zombie film set anywhere other than Middle America (or Crouch End) was not lost on me…
The various locations around rural India are occasionally used rather well. Nicolas’s introductory scene is a slow pull out from extreme close up...
Howard and John Ford’s The Dead 2: India is a sequel to their previous Africa-set zombie flick; and to be honest, it’s the most auspicious of sequels… A zombie epidemic reaches the Asian subcontinent and American engineer Nicholas (Joseph Millson) attempts to trek 300 miles across stunning but deadly rural Indian landscapes to reunite with his Indian girlfriend Ishani (Meenu Mishra), aided only by plucky orphan boy Javed (Anand Gopal).
I didn’t catch The Dead, so the novelty of watching a Zombie film set anywhere other than Middle America (or Crouch End) was not lost on me…
The various locations around rural India are occasionally used rather well. Nicolas’s introductory scene is a slow pull out from extreme close up...
- 7/9/2015
- by Jack Kirby
- Nerdly
We’re excited to have The Dead 2‘s Meenu Mishra take part in the latest installment of our Q&A series, telling us about her experience working with Howard and Jonathan Ford on their zombie sequel:
Thank you for taking the time to talk with us. Prior to being cast in The Dead 2, were you familiar with The Dead? Had you seen many or any zombie movies?
Meenu Mishra: Frankly speaking, I don’t watch many movies and I don’t watch English movies, so I was not familiar with The Dead. When Howard came to the audition, he told me about the story of The Dead and I really want to thank Howard for selecting me for this.
There are not too many Indian horror movies or zombie movies. What attracted you to this role?
Meenu Mishra: It’s true that there are not too many horror or zombie movie in India,...
Thank you for taking the time to talk with us. Prior to being cast in The Dead 2, were you familiar with The Dead? Had you seen many or any zombie movies?
Meenu Mishra: Frankly speaking, I don’t watch many movies and I don’t watch English movies, so I was not familiar with The Dead. When Howard came to the audition, he told me about the story of The Dead and I really want to thank Howard for selecting me for this.
There are not too many Indian horror movies or zombie movies. What attracted you to this role?
Meenu Mishra: It’s true that there are not too many horror or zombie movie in India,...
- 9/29/2014
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
It has been a couple years since the Ford brothers released their zombie feature The Dead. This film was set on an arid African plain, in a zombie apocalypse. Now, Howard and Jonathan Ford are set to take the undead action to India, with The Dead 2: India. This sequel involves an American turbine engineer in search of his pregnant girlfriend. A billion zombies stand in his way. Anchor Bay Entertainment will release The Dead 2: India on DVD and Blu-ray September 16th, 2014. Two trailers have recently been unveiled to coincide with the release; both trailers can be found here. The Green Band trailer shows Nicholas (Joseph Millson) on a journey through the undead. With a car or glider, Nicholas is determined to reunite with Ishani (Meenu Mishra), who is trapped in a Mumbai slum. In the second clip, the story develops in a similar fashion. But, the Red Band...
- 7/31/2014
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Opening Night and Saturday
Frightfest 2013 opened on Thursday evening with Howard and John Ford’s The Dead 2: India, a sequel to their previous Africa-set zombie flick. To be honest, it wasn’t the most auspicious start to the weekend. A zombie epidemic reaches the Asian subcontinent and American engineer Nicholas (Joseph Millson) attempts to cross the country to reunite with his Indian girlfriend Ishani (Meenu Mishra), aided only by plucky orphan boy Javed (Anand Gopal). I didn’t catch The Dead, so the novelty of watching a Zombie film set anywhere other than Middle America (or Crouch End) was not lost on me.
The various locations around rural India are occasionally used rather well. Nicolas’s introductory scene is a slow pull out from extreme close up to a panoramic shot of him dangling from a wind turbine, which works really well and there several nicely implemented vistas. Much...
Frightfest 2013 opened on Thursday evening with Howard and John Ford’s The Dead 2: India, a sequel to their previous Africa-set zombie flick. To be honest, it wasn’t the most auspicious start to the weekend. A zombie epidemic reaches the Asian subcontinent and American engineer Nicholas (Joseph Millson) attempts to cross the country to reunite with his Indian girlfriend Ishani (Meenu Mishra), aided only by plucky orphan boy Javed (Anand Gopal). I didn’t catch The Dead, so the novelty of watching a Zombie film set anywhere other than Middle America (or Crouch End) was not lost on me.
The various locations around rural India are occasionally used rather well. Nicolas’s introductory scene is a slow pull out from extreme close up to a panoramic shot of him dangling from a wind turbine, which works really well and there several nicely implemented vistas. Much...
- 8/30/2013
- by Jack Kirby
- Nerdly
Howard and Jonathan Ford’s The Dead took the simple, surprisingly effective route of relocating a traditional zombie outbreak to the deserts of West Africa. In The Dead 2: India, the zombie plague has spread and the barren African landscape has been swapped for a fiery Indian panorama of scorched red rock, abandoned temples and teeming Mumbai slums. Dark, raw and visually stunning, the Ford Brothers’ latest feature is every bit as powerful as its predecessor.
Story-wise, we’re on familiar ground, as a new set of characters struggle to maintain their humanity amidst scenes of widespread desolation. Up and coming actor Joseph Millson stars as Us electrical engineer Nicholas, who makes the decision to travel across miles of zombie-infested countryside to rescue his pregnant Indian girlfriend, Ishani (Meenu Mishra). He teams up with street-orphan Javed (played by a very likeable Anand Gopal), and the film becomes a sort of...
Story-wise, we’re on familiar ground, as a new set of characters struggle to maintain their humanity amidst scenes of widespread desolation. Up and coming actor Joseph Millson stars as Us electrical engineer Nicholas, who makes the decision to travel across miles of zombie-infested countryside to rescue his pregnant Indian girlfriend, Ishani (Meenu Mishra). He teams up with street-orphan Javed (played by a very likeable Anand Gopal), and the film becomes a sort of...
- 8/24/2013
- by Becki Hawkes
- DailyDead
The Dead 2: India
Written by Howard J. Ford and Jonathan Ford
Directed by Howard J. Ford and Jonathan Ford
United Kingdom, 2013
“You’re all adorable,” said Bobcat Goldthwait. The self-professed “dude from Police Academy” was on hand to give
the introductory speech to this year’s 14th annual Film4 Frightfest, and he couldn’t help but keep informing the audience how “adorable” they all were. They sure weren’t frightening; not many had deigned to play dress-up despite dutiful encouragement, aside from one individual who stood out by virtue of his Headless Horseman outfit. How he managed to watch and enjoy the films through the fabric of his fake neck is anyone’s guess but, with his exception, everybody else was simply adorable.
Goldthwait proclaimed all of cinema to be a collection of horror movies, each dealing with life, death, and rebirth in some capacity. He then pondered whether...
Written by Howard J. Ford and Jonathan Ford
Directed by Howard J. Ford and Jonathan Ford
United Kingdom, 2013
“You’re all adorable,” said Bobcat Goldthwait. The self-professed “dude from Police Academy” was on hand to give
the introductory speech to this year’s 14th annual Film4 Frightfest, and he couldn’t help but keep informing the audience how “adorable” they all were. They sure weren’t frightening; not many had deigned to play dress-up despite dutiful encouragement, aside from one individual who stood out by virtue of his Headless Horseman outfit. How he managed to watch and enjoy the films through the fabric of his fake neck is anyone’s guess but, with his exception, everybody else was simply adorable.
Goldthwait proclaimed all of cinema to be a collection of horror movies, each dealing with life, death, and rebirth in some capacity. He then pondered whether...
- 8/23/2013
- by Ed Doyle
- SoundOnSight
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