UHM - Review - Undead or Alive

First-time director Glasgow Phillips decides to tackle the overdone zombie genre by giving us something we don't normally see in the particular genre: a western setting. The setting was a nice change of pace and I figured it being a comedy couldn't hurt anything, so I watched the film with an open mind, and although I didn't really find much of the comedy all that funny, I was at least entertained throughout the 90-minute running time, which is more than what most straight-to-DVD films usually do for me.

The ridiculous story basically follows an army deserter named "Elmer" (James Denton) and local idiot cowboy "Luke Budd" (Chris Kattan), who flees a small town after stealing money from the crooked sheriff. The sheriff then puts together a posse and heads out in search of the two men. Of course, before the posse can find the men they come across a local zombie, whose first to be stricken by Apache warrior Geronimo�s curse on the white man. The curse turns men into the living dead, and the curse quickly spreads throughout the town, leaving a cowardly preacher to fend for himself. Now the posse are gunslingin' zombies, who are as quick to bite a man's neck as they are to draw their gun.

The movie offers decent production values for a straight-to-DVD feature and the effects and look of the zombies aren't that bad. As far as gore goes, we get some neck bites and the standard gnawing off limbs and other parts of the body. Chris Kattan offers a lot of the comedy as the idiot sidekick and wannabe outlaw, while hottie Navi Rawat (Feast) plays the ass-kickin' Native American, who somehow falls in love with Kattan *rolls eyes*. Despite most of the failed comedy, I was entertained by most of the feature and the situations our leads would find themselves in.

OVERALL

A decent watch, despite most of the failed comedy. The film kept my interest and offered slightly above-average production values for a straight-to-DVD premiere. Worth a rent, but don't expect much.

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ArmyBudd1 :

Posted 134 days ago

My name is actually Luke Budd and I like it so screw you Craig. This movie looks like it isn't good. Kattan, why would you do that to my name. Mr. Peepers.

Kimmy :

Posted 205 days ago

Can anyone please tell me what was the name of the movie they showed the previews for at the beginning of this movie? It was about a college girl returning home and her friend stops on the railroad tracks where three children were killed. She then starts seeing the dead children. It looked like a pretty good movie. Thanks.

Venom :

Posted 324 days ago

for me this was no horror movie but a comedy
zombies that talk :-)
i realy hope that they would stop to make comedy horror and more stuff like resident evil 1

Craig :

Posted 357 days ago

Luke Budd? Luke friggin' Budd? I know this is supposed to be a comedy but seriously - LUKE BUDD?

BRANDON :

Posted 435 days ago

i dont think this will be one for the books because just not to long ago i saw a movie just like the setting here and it was low budget but it was horrible i read up on it and looked at pics and it just looks like it blows

brett :

Posted 486 days ago

come you have to admit this movie looks pretty good minus the apparent knock off poster whoever knows what its copying doesnt get anything but the satisfation of knowing..... plus this is internet land and nothing is real so nothing will be sent out cause even im not real but whatever i think it looks cool zombies and the old west ive always wanted to see a zombie movie like that

Haskel :

Posted 499 days ago

First off WTF is a ZOMEDY? The last movie I seen that had the tag line of Zomedy was Dead And Deader and that movie was a sorry excuse for a zombie movie. Why waste money and everyones time releasing garbage.

Daniel :

Posted 531 days ago

wow cool in new mexico thats were i live l0l. this film is gonna be awesome. but wen iz its release

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