During a ravenous zombie outbreak, a family of sisters trained in zombie eradication practices finds that their struggle is hardened by the constant need for them to settle down with an officer also fighting off the creatures and must fight their feelings to stave off the zombies.
This one was an enjoyable enough effort. One of the more impressive elements here is the fact that this one manages to effectively intertwine the actual story into the middle of a zombie outbreak. The facet of their search that drives the main story, complete with each of the behavioral outbursts of each of the sisters that's brought over without any changes or updates, makes the period setting and generally decadent Victorian-era setting feel much more lived-in and comfortable than what should be considered for such a film like this. The constant yearning for stability in terms of suitors and the need for their comfortable surroundings is taken from the book and gives this a decidedly decent framework upon which to set-up the zombie outbreak in that universe. Those are of far-more impressive work here with the film really shining with it's action scenes here as the fact that the period-setting forces hand- to-hand tactics and swordplay rather than more traditional gunplay which makes this one quite enjoyable. The first battles in the family house where they crash the reception and do battle against them in the dance-hall makes for a nice start, while the incidental battles throughout the woods surrounding their house make for a stellar lead-in for the finale which has all kinds of great fun. The battle in the cemetery where the dead are shown coming back to life gets in some rather fun pieces, while the main brawl in the church basement with the freed zombies running loose gives this one quite a fun battle, while the brawling out in the fields and down into the bridge makes for a wholly enjoyable spectacle that makes for a fine time here. These here do hold this one up enough, although it does have some minor flaws with it. The biggest issue is the fact that there's just not a whole lot other zombie action within this one, tending to follow along too closely to the situations in the book rather than the plot set-up which would require more action to come from this storyline, and that does make the film feel far more stretched out than it really needs to be because it's inclusion of these story set-ups creates quite a rather downbeat and altered set- up that doesn't achieve what it could've. As well, the fact that this one tends to be quite a rather close interpretation might be quite hard for some to follow, with the chaste and rigid society structure and romance angles makes for quite a troubling effort to get through, which is quite a problem here. Otherwise, this one wasn't quite as bad as it could've been.
Rated PG-13: Violence.
This one was an enjoyable enough effort. One of the more impressive elements here is the fact that this one manages to effectively intertwine the actual story into the middle of a zombie outbreak. The facet of their search that drives the main story, complete with each of the behavioral outbursts of each of the sisters that's brought over without any changes or updates, makes the period setting and generally decadent Victorian-era setting feel much more lived-in and comfortable than what should be considered for such a film like this. The constant yearning for stability in terms of suitors and the need for their comfortable surroundings is taken from the book and gives this a decidedly decent framework upon which to set-up the zombie outbreak in that universe. Those are of far-more impressive work here with the film really shining with it's action scenes here as the fact that the period-setting forces hand- to-hand tactics and swordplay rather than more traditional gunplay which makes this one quite enjoyable. The first battles in the family house where they crash the reception and do battle against them in the dance-hall makes for a nice start, while the incidental battles throughout the woods surrounding their house make for a stellar lead-in for the finale which has all kinds of great fun. The battle in the cemetery where the dead are shown coming back to life gets in some rather fun pieces, while the main brawl in the church basement with the freed zombies running loose gives this one quite a fun battle, while the brawling out in the fields and down into the bridge makes for a wholly enjoyable spectacle that makes for a fine time here. These here do hold this one up enough, although it does have some minor flaws with it. The biggest issue is the fact that there's just not a whole lot other zombie action within this one, tending to follow along too closely to the situations in the book rather than the plot set-up which would require more action to come from this storyline, and that does make the film feel far more stretched out than it really needs to be because it's inclusion of these story set-ups creates quite a rather downbeat and altered set- up that doesn't achieve what it could've. As well, the fact that this one tends to be quite a rather close interpretation might be quite hard for some to follow, with the chaste and rigid society structure and romance angles makes for quite a troubling effort to get through, which is quite a problem here. Otherwise, this one wasn't quite as bad as it could've been.
Rated PG-13: Violence.