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| Genres: | ComedyHor |
| Starring: | Mark Elias, Annie Abbott, David Anders, Braxton Davis, Senyo Amoaku, Anne Arles, Suzan Averitt |
| Director(s): | D. Kerry Prior |
| Available Quality: | DivX, Hi Def |
| Country: | USA |
| Year: | 2009 |
| IMDB Rating: | 6.7 |
The night after his funeral, Bart, a soldier killed in Iraq gets up out of his grave and seeks out his best friend Joey. At dawn Barts body falls to the floor, only to reawaken the following dusk. He and his buddy decide that he is a revenant an articulate zombie that needs to drink blood to arrest the decomposition of his body.
Visitor Reviews: (12)zebular 17 May 2012
Alright just to let it be known I'm not a frequent poster on IMDb BUT Iabsolutely had to exclaim how good this film is. I would def say itsBoondock Saints with zombie like protagonists but its much more thanthat. Its got humor, gore, the ending is AMAZING and when a guy'sliving head is laying there trying to talk they have the mostimaginative way of being able to understand what he's trying to say (myfavorite part of the movie and you'll agree when you watch this!). Ifyou've been gnawing at the bit to see this movie I can tell you you canfind it on the net but for the love of god if you CAN buy it DO IT!Films like this really need your support! My rating for this movie is9/10 The only reason I knocked it down a point is because of one of theactress' acting or lack there of. Shes a friend of the main charactersand her acting skills are pretty horrific everyone else in the film arepretty convincing.WATCH IT, BUY IT, RECOMMEND IT, POST IT, LINK IT, LIVE IT, BREATHE ITAND FOR GOD SAKES AT LEAST GIVE IT A CHANCE!
eduroca 17 May 2012
I am still blown away. Imagine the scene: Sitges Fantastic FilmFestival in Spain. Last weekend, with the Zombie Night Marathon,already a festival classic. And the first movie of the night is "TheRevennt". Nobody knows what it's about. Nobody knows a damn thing aboutit and the festival director introduces it as a long movie. OK,whatever, we'll sit through it...BAM! In these marathons people normally cheer, applaud, shout andwhatnot. I never saw it done more than with this film. We were alllaughing our guts out every five minutes with every new situation andscene. Damn, what a movie. Talk about having fun in a movie theatre.The two main actors were superb, the storyline coherent, the situationshilarious and what's even bettr: at some points it has some sadnesstones to it which makes it even a deeper, richer movie. Just on ething:it was featured in the Zombie Night in the festival, but it is not azombie movie in the classic sense of the word. Like a reviewer saidbefore me, think the "Deathdream" kind of zombie.I can only thank the director/writer for making this one. This has tobecome a cult classic, it has all the elements of dark humor (and thegore, too) that all the genre lovers like. GREAT MOVIE!
N_Sawyer 12 May 2012
I caught The Revenant at a horror film festival in the UK late lastyear and to my amazement it surprised the living hell out of me.*To be honest I have to state that for the £15 i spent on going to thefestival I would have spent that alone to watch, buy or download a copyof this movie its great...It's zombie flick meet vampire flick meets cops and robbers! (so tospeak) I myself and the audience where in fits of laughter throughoutthe movie and where still talking about it for days / weeks to come.I don't want to give any spoilers away but I will just advise peoplethinking about going to see this to not think, JUST DO! and for thelove of god enjoy it! :)For fans of: Zombies, Vampires, Sex, Blood, Guns and over the topstupidity.*I just hope this gets an actual screening in the UK and doesn't justgo straight to DVD!*
dinky-4 11 May 2012
I saw this as a midnight horror-show at the Minneapolis-St. Paul FilmFestival on April 24, 2010. Knew nothing about the movie beyond thescant information contained in the festival program. Tired from a wholeday of movie-going, I considered skipping this one but decided I'dwatch the first 15 minutes or so. Then, unless my interest had beencaptured, I could walk out and head home for some much-anticipatedsleep.My interest was captured. After 15 minutes, I thought to myself, "Thisis pretty good." A bit later I thought, "This is really good." Andbefore long I was thinking, "This is great!" As a result, "TheRevenant" wound up ranking #1 on my 10-Best-List for 2010.(Okay, for the record, my other 10-Best choices were: #2 "The GhostWriter";" #3 "Toy Story 3"; #4 "The Happiest Girl in the World"; #5"The King's Speech"; #6 "Tears of April"; #7 "Music on Hold"; #8"Letters to Father Jacob"; #9 "Buried"; #10 "The North Face.") Warning: I saw "The Revenant" under ideal conditions. Walked in on it"cold." Had no expectations, no pre-conceptions. If you see "TheRevenant" after reading this review, you may be disappointed. It'lllack that element of surprise which made my experience of it somemorable.Don't know if "The Revenant" will ever get wide distribution. It's ahard movie to sell since it can't easily be labeled or described orcategorized. But one thing is clear. Writer-director D. Kerry Prior issomething of a cinematic genius.
jayperry92 06 May 2012
It's sad to see a film with a fairly original concept executed sohorribly. so many good idea's wasted on a half baked buddy 'comedy'.David Anders performance as Bart was very well done, as was LouiseGriffiths as Janet. However Chris Wylde's performance as joey wasextremely weak, frustrating and unnecessary. I felt his character letdown the film the most. The effects were shockingly good in parts forthe budget and its fair to say the ending of the film was refreshinglypowerful. Overall though the film seemed fairly disconnected, thecomedy and the drama didn't flow very well and the film just kind ofLeft me thinking how good it could have been if different directionswere taken.
rebecca-byfield-275-958915 06 May 2012
Having read the reviews of this, I actually thought I was getting agood movie. What a major disappointment. The only interesting partswere the ones I fell asleep through. Worst acting ever (seems theproducers were only trying to cash in on David Anders semi-fame fromhis role on Vampire Diaries) and worst plot line in the history ofvampire movies. It was kind of like watching a fatal accident unfold.The longer I watched, the worse it got until I actually had to turn itoff. The whole vibrator on the severed head scene - just plain stupid.I have no issue with swearing or sex in movies, but in The Revenant, itwas so over the top it just made it laughable. I mean how many timescan you say F*&K in one sentence? I think The Revenant broke a worldrecord on unnecessary crudity. The kindest thing the producers couldhave done for us is chop the movies head off and saved us all two hoursof our life.
Paul Haakonsen 05 May 2012
It was with some interest that I sat down to watch this movie.Initially I had no prior knowledge about it and just accidentally cameacross it while browsing through suggested movies according to myrecent purchase history on Amazon. And "The Revenant" popped up, so Igave it a go.The movie sort of combines your typical zombie lore with vampire lore,making it a very strange, although interesting, combination. The maincharacter Bart dies in war and comes back as a decomposing vampiriccreature, who needs blood to stay "alive" and to keep himself fromrotting away. Initially he starts off robbing a blood bank, then moveson to the lowest scum of society, but events twists and thingsescalates from there.For me "The Revenant" was a fairly mediocre movie, as there was nothingoverly unique in the storyline. The effects were good and the make-upwere good, but that was hardly enough to raise the movie frommediocrity. I wasn't bored with the movie, nor was I overlyentertained; hence mediocrity.Combining the lore of two iconic movie monsters was perhaps a goodidea, but somehow I just think those two should be kept apart. Vampireswork well enough on their own, and so do zombies. Combining them wasunique, yes, but for me, it didn't really come off as a super greatplot idea.From about halfway through, the movie does pick itself up in pace andintensity. However, it never gets to raise itself above mediocrity forsome reason. Perhaps I am just too old fashioned and prefer zombiesbeing zombies.Having seen "The Revenant" now, I can check it off on my watch-list.However, I can say that this is not a movie that I will be making intoa second watching, it just didn't have that much value. "The Revenant"might be worth checking out for you if you are a fan of vampires and/orzombies, just be warned that neither is really represented in thetraditional way they are seen in movies, fiction, literature, etc.
rob o'cop 05 May 2012
while we get bombarded with plenty of low budget junk it seems we canstill miss something with real genius in it. This is one of the missedones it seems. Well acted, well scripted, keeps the story moving, andgives us a new and interesting take on a tired genre. The specialeffects were also top notch and although you were aware this was amovie done on a tight low budget when the fx kicked in they went aboveand beyond the call. Top notch stuff. I also really liked the tone thelead actor got. A perfect balance and he delivered some really touchingmoments. So why didn't we get to see this movie in wider release.Studio politics? Who knows. Very worth the effort to track this onedown and tell your friends. This is the sort of indie film making weneed to encourage and support.
kosmasp 30 April 2012
I don't usually do a background check on movies. Neither before I watchthem nor after that. But just when I was about to write my review Irealized this movie was from 2009, but only just played on a 2011Fantasy Film Festival in Germany. There must be a reason for thisclearly. And there is. There seems to be two different cuts of themovie. And while another reviewer who watched this in 2009, talkedabout this becoming a cult classic, I think the re-edited version I gotto see, won't get that far.Of course when I did watch it in cinemas, I just thought that thefilmmakers had lost control and didn't mix their movie right. Just whenyou think the movie is going great, there comes a scene that almostputs into a full stop. The pacing is all over the place and the bestyou can say about some jokes is: "They tried". Which is not a goodthing at all. Quite the opposite, you can feel how hard they trysometime to be cool, instead of just being. It seems that certainscenes have been inserted to satisfy certain demographics ... What ashame/scam ...Hopefully there will be a version where you can watch the original(alternate?) cut of the movie. Until then, this is decent, but not asgood as Deadheads
alexfinchy 30 April 2012
Despite winning a lot of awards at various festivals (check out thewiki page for the impressive full list), The Revenant was frustratinglynot given a proper release for far too long.It deserves to become a cult classic (in the best sense of the phrase)though as it's a very intelligently written new take on the zombiegenre, something with a lot of genuinely fascinating ideas which areexplored beautifully. Ultimately a horror film with a comedic edge, ithas a lot of fun with it's concept, whilst still managing to pull offsome truly horrible scenes. Yet it's also got a very strong emotionalcore, and certain moments are surprisingly tender and touching. I won't say much more as part of the fun is seeing how the filmdevelops, but ultimately I loved this and would really recommend it toany film fan - and not just those in to horror films.
LavaHound_76 26 April 2012
Take Michael Mann's DV visual style from Collateral, sprinkle in someTarantino-esquire dialogue, gently borrow the premise from Deathdream.And voilà ! You've got The Revenant! Oddly enough, with all thesecomparisons one would believe the movie was a spoof of sorts, a giantrip-off machine perhaps. On the contrary, it stands very nicely on itsown with head held high.A horror action comedy zombie vampire buddy popcorn flick with a bit ofromance tossed in for kicks. Here comes the kitchen sink too, look out!No, it's not one of those films that 'doesn't know what it wants tobe.' It knows exactly what it is and boy does it ever deliver thegoods! First and foremost, it is FUNNY! Even amidst some serioussubject matter it manages to pull the humor out of the abyss. Darkcomedy at its finest, folks! Astounding special effects and camera workespecially considering it is an independent film. The acting is topnotch, no slacker actors collecting a pay check here.My only gripe: shorten a few scenes, make it more compact.
Poo Pong McPlop 26 April 2012
I bought this on DVD last week, enticed by the awards and quotes like"the legitimate Braindead successor" etc. on the box. In my opinion Ihave been tricked into buying a film not worthy of a single coin frommy wallet.I have seen B movies and found some that I really like, so I'm able tolook past a bit of bad acting, however when "The Revenant"'s girlfriendattempts to cry over losing him when she finds him out of the grave andin his mate's bedroom actually brought tears to my eyes. Tears of pain.The only piece of acting in this entire film is the nurse defending herfridge of blood. She must have felt lonely on set.After an hour of watching this, I tried to express what had happened sofar and couldn't make more than a single sentence out of it.I'll stop bashing it now and leave with my personal verdict: spareyourself, spend the 2 hours you might have been watching this filmclipping Grandpa's toenails or selling daisies for charity.