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  • Summary: When the last evacuation flight out of war-torn Africa crashes off the coast, American Air Force Engineer Lieutenant Brian Murphy emerges as the sole survivor in a land where the dead are returning to life and attacking the living. (Global Cinema Distribution)

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Chuck Wilson
    Oct 12, 2011
    80
    The Dead, with its vast, pitiless landscapes and moral seriousness, is "Night of the Living Dead" reimagined as a Sergio Leone western. It's a knockout.
  2. Charlotte Observer
    Reviewed by: Lawrence Toppman
    Oct 20, 2011
    75
    The Fords give us old-fashioned predators: Zombies shuffle slowly, silently, patiently forward, as implacably destructive as Time itself. Meanwhile, the Fords play off our memories from books, TV news and other movies.
  3. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Staff (Not credited)
    Oct 12, 2011
    60
    The Dead, evocatively filmed in grainy 35mm, might carry the cinematic vibe of an old-school, flesh-eating adventure, but as it should be with stories like this, it's not a pretty picture.

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  1. phillyjeff
    3
    in the first 40 minutes of this movie, I think I counted 4 or 5 lines of dialogue. These two guys are just driving around and around for what seems like ever. Nothing is ever explained. Really bad zombie movie.… Expand
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  2. MikefromAngus
    0
    what a boring boring zombie movie!! yeah a zombie movie being boring? you say? that takes talent! lol The movie had no atmospehere, no scary zombies, no fear. Avoid at all costs!!!!… Expand
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