I finally saw ROTLD5 last night, and I must say...it's AWFUL! Now, I missed ROTLD4, but I should still be able to make out the plot or otherwise comprehend what's happening, but I can't. It starts off stupid - the kids find a canister of the dreaded Army reanimating agent and they...MAKE A PARTY DRUG OUT OF IT?? The movie is poorly acted and shot, the zombies look more like meth addicts than the terrifying undead, and fake accents abound.
The plot, as I could make it out, is that the party drug begins turning people to zombies, some of whom get loose on campus. Two guys in suits who are either Interpol, the Russian Mob, or the Blues Brothers with accents show up, shoot all the zombies in the head, and everyone's cool, right? Oh wait! There's more drugs at the big rave being held in the desert! Watching any zombie movie requires the viewer to suspend some disbelief (the undead walking about and all), but this movie wants you to accept too much: The walking dead show up and no one is scared to death, they just act like "Oh, zombies...cool. We should kill them, or something..." After dispatching the ones on campus, the suit guys give the students guns and send them into the rave crowd to mingle. Are they supposed to gun down zombies? Find the drugs? Save their friends? They don't know or care. Among the other stretches is the zombie in the original canister that gets loose, writes himself a sign that says "Rave or Bust" and attempts to hitch a ride; the amazing ability of the students to shoot perfect head shots whether standing, running, or laying down; and the total apathy that everyone shows to the situation at hand.
The ending is absolutely horrible, too stupid and unbelievable to be mentioned here. If you suffer through the movie to the end, you'll understand. Don't buy this on DVD, and if someone gives it to you as a gift, use it for a coaster instead.
The plot, as I could make it out, is that the party drug begins turning people to zombies, some of whom get loose on campus. Two guys in suits who are either Interpol, the Russian Mob, or the Blues Brothers with accents show up, shoot all the zombies in the head, and everyone's cool, right? Oh wait! There's more drugs at the big rave being held in the desert! Watching any zombie movie requires the viewer to suspend some disbelief (the undead walking about and all), but this movie wants you to accept too much: The walking dead show up and no one is scared to death, they just act like "Oh, zombies...cool. We should kill them, or something..." After dispatching the ones on campus, the suit guys give the students guns and send them into the rave crowd to mingle. Are they supposed to gun down zombies? Find the drugs? Save their friends? They don't know or care. Among the other stretches is the zombie in the original canister that gets loose, writes himself a sign that says "Rave or Bust" and attempts to hitch a ride; the amazing ability of the students to shoot perfect head shots whether standing, running, or laying down; and the total apathy that everyone shows to the situation at hand.
The ending is absolutely horrible, too stupid and unbelievable to be mentioned here. If you suffer through the movie to the end, you'll understand. Don't buy this on DVD, and if someone gives it to you as a gift, use it for a coaster instead.