Undead or Alive Review
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Set in the Old West, the movie begins with Elmer and Luke meeting over a piano and fisticuffs which lead to their immediate arrest by the town’s shady Sheriff. Locked in a cell next to a zombie, they make their escape by outwitting the deputy, robbing the Sheriff and leaving them both to be turned into zombies. While on the lamb, they meet an Indian woman named Sue, Geronimo’s niece who is out to destroy the US Army who have killed her people. They decide to help each other and wacky hy-jinx ensue. All the while Geronimo’s curse on the white man takes the form of a zombie outbreak.
This self-proclaimed “Zombedy” was better than I thought it would be. Luke, played by Chris Kattan, is a good fool to James Denton’s straight man character, Elmer. It’s sometimes ham-fisted, but most of it is well played. If you enjoy stupid-funny, you’ll dig this. To give you a taste of some of the humor in this movie, the first zombie of the film gets a pie in the face, his foot caught in a bucket and steps on a rake, which is all put forth in a very straight manner, not the guffawed goofs of a Mel Brooks or Zucker Bros. film. Leslie Jordan’s worrisome Padre character was also a good laugh.
I liked the special effects make-up in this movie. The zombie looked pretty good, especially the really decayed ones. You got to see the progression into zombiedom in most of the characters which was pretty cool.
Not the funniest zombedy I’ve ever seen, but definitely funnier than most. At least you’re laughing at the jokes and not the special effects and lack of acting prowess. All in all a good flick.
