Director – Wych Kaosayananda (The Driver, Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever)
Starring – Milena Gorum (The Driver, The Black Room), Alice Tantayanon (The Driver), and Brian Migliore
Release Date – 2020
Rating – 1/5
Tagline – “Two women. A million undead. One chance to survive”
A few days ago I decided to watch a few zombie flicks during the beginning of the pandemic. Cheesy, I know. I went with an unusual film that featured some undead with Vinegar Syndrome’s The Vineyard. I followed that up with a painfully mediocre horror comedy The Hoard before moving on to 2020’s Dead Earth. This was a new one on me that was sent a few weeks back for review. The trailer didn’t paint much of a picture for the film but I was still excited to check out another undead film during these unusual times.
**Spoiler Alert**The film follows two women as they ride out the zombie apocalypse together. They spend most of their day relaxing by the pool, watching movies with headsets on so they don’t attract unwanted attention, and when the mood is right they sometimes hook up. That changes while out searching for supplies they come across two men. They fear for their lives and kill the men which causes a commotion that attracts the undead. **Spoiler Alert**
I had a lot of high hopes for this one when I tossed it in. I wasn’t expecting a genre changing film but I was hoping for some entertainment value. Sadly, the film was almost unwatchable for me. The movie has no plot, no action, and the cast was extremely awkward on top of having the worst looking zombies I have ever seen.
The acting in this one is not bad but the film, along with the characters, is rather boring. The two female leads lack personalities and due to the film’s nature they deliver very underwhelming performances. The same can be said about the remaining cast members. The story for this one is very generic where we follow survivors after the apocalypse has it. We don’t see what caused it or what sent the world into shit but we do follow these two through their daily functions. Honestly, nothing knew is given to the viewer here and what we do get is extremely boring.
Finally, if you want gore you will not find it here. However, if you want to see zombies with painted white faces and cheap make up effects then this one is for you. Overall, Dead Earth doesn’t feel like a completed movie. In fact, it feels like it was filmed in between projects and when they were unable to get together to finish it they quickly edited the footage together so they would have something to release. Skip it.
