Deadlands: The Rising

2006
Unrated
1h 12m

IMDb RATING

2.4/10

710

YOUR RATING

Gary Ugarek, Mélisa Breiner-Sanders, Dave Cooperman, Michelle Wright, and Tom Gambrill in Deadlands: The Rising (2006)

Action Horror Thriller

In October 2008, a biochemical weapon explosion causes a freak chain of events and brings the dead back to life. It is up to five people to make a stand for survival against an ever growing ... Read allIn October 2008, a biochemical weapon explosion causes a freak chain of events and brings the dead back to life. It is up to five people to make a stand for survival against an ever growing army of the Living Dead.In October 2008, a biochemical weapon explosion causes a freak chain of events and brings the dead back to life. It is up to five people to make a stand for survival against an ever growing army of the Living Dead.

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IMDb RATING

2.4/10

710

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 wins

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Trivia
The original production budget started at $5,000 and was originally to be a short film. After filming most of the traffic jam sequences. The director invested another $10,000 to purchase more equipment and secure more locations to expand the story.

Goofs
When Brian and Gary are looking at the Map on the hood of Gary's car Brian's hand position on the flashlight changes when the camera focuses on Gary, then focuses on him. This was because the flashlight was the only way to light the scene as shot and the map was used as a bounce card to reflect the light onto the actor's faces. Hand position change was so the light was properly reflected.

Quotes
[first lines]
Michelle: [narration] Six Months, that's how long it took for the world as we knew it to come to an end. The bible preached the world would end in fire and war. It ended in plauges and hunger. All brought on by the technology built to protect us. Conventional Weapons weren't enough, we built more powerful weapons. Weapons capable of spreading disease, plagues or hunger, weapons designed to do the un-imaginable... and in the end, it took one man with one weapon.

Crazy credits
Actor's Lonnie Martin and Cindy Marie Martin appear in a scene at the end of the films credits. Also below the copyright notice, a statement that "No Animals or Zombies were harmed during the making of this film" appears as the last item.

Alternate versions
MPAA submission cut/Alternate Ending version. When the film was completed the director produced a cut for rating submission and this cut contained an Alternate Ending. This cut was also submitted to approximately 9 Film Festivals and had a running time of 57 Minutes.

Connections
Followed by Deadlands 2: Trapped (2008)

Soundtracks
Mystic Shadows
Performed by MereEdge
©2001 MereEdge Entertainment

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Featured review

1/10

So bad it's almost insulting

Let me start by saying this: if you liked this movie, good for you but please don't think that I don't "get it" simply because I didn't like it. No...I get it, and it still sucks out loud.

This film is a rarity for me. It actually made me angry that I sat through all of it. Most bad horror movies I can simply shrug off with a simple "man, that was terrible", but not this one. Even accompanied by a liberal amount of alcohol and a very healthy suspension of disbelief I still think this is truly just an awful movie. Why? Numerous reasons.

First of all, giving some "actors" some white grease paint for their faces and black around the eyes doesn't make a zombie. I realize you do what you can on a small budget, but if your zombies look like they're straight off of a Misfits album cover, just stop there. Hell, leave their faces alone and just smear fake blood on them. Trust me, it's a better effect. And that little disclaimer at the beginning of the film with something about the movie being violent and disturbing...get rid of that. Nobody likes a liar. The only person who would find this disturbing is *maybe* an 8 year old...but kids are so screwed up today even that's a stretch.

Then there's the script, acting, and direction. All well below par for any movie, indie or not. The actors throughout the entire film looked like someone with a shy bladder thinking "don't watch me! I can't do it when you watch me!". I imagine they may have been half way convincing off screen, but as soon as someone said action they just froze and delivered some of the most mundane, bland dialogue I have ever seen. The story was equally flawed...leaving much of the background information out of the film. I suppose I could knock the production values and minor technical crap like that, but it's an indie movie after all and you make do with what you can afford.

The pluses to this movie? It's only 60 minutes long so your suffering will be limited. And...well...that's about it. If you really want to watch a bad zombie movie that's at least funny bad, go watch Death Metal Zombies. Skip this junk.