Synopsis
On a small island off the coast of Delaware, two families are locked in a struggle for power and control over the fate of the undead.
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Cast
- Alan van SprangSarge Nicotine Crockett
- Kenneth WelshPatrick O'Flynn
- Kathleen MunroeJanet / Jane O'Flynn
- Devon BostickBoy
- Athena KarkanisTomboy
- Stefano DiMatteoFrancisco
- Julian RichingsJames
- Richard FitzpatrickSeamus Muldoon
- John MiglioreZombie (uncredited)
- Matt BirmanLem
Recommendations
- 80
Time Out
The tone this time out is primarily comic. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
A polished, fast-moving, entertaining picture whose mainstream success will depend on audiences' tolerance of its tendency to become an abattoir of extreme carnage. - 60
Boxoffice Magazine
Silly and not nearly scary enough, this does not rank as grade-A Romero, but the story unfolds efficiently and economically and it provides plenty of laughs. - 60
Movieline
While Survival of the Dead does its best to work up a decent allegorical bent -- this time involving territorial pissing matches within a country under siege -- its power is diffused (and frankly, confused) by its execution. - 58
Entertainment Weekly
There are some memorable images, including the sight of a beautiful, horse-riding ''dead head.'' But for much of the movie, Van Sprang's zombie fatigue seems to be an echo of Romero's own. - 50
ReelViews
There's little here that's new or interesting; the movie is for hard-core Romero devotees only. - 50
Variety
Steeped in fan-pleasing gore but woefully thin on ideas, originality (beyond new zombie-offing methods) or directorial flair. - 40
Chicago Reader
At long last, the Dead series may be ready for that final bullet between the eyes.
