Director Hèctor Hernández Vicens
Starring Sophie Skelton, Johnathon Schaech, Jeff Gum
Rated R
Score 0/6

A small group of military personnel and survivalists dwell in an underground bunker as they seek to find a cure in a world overrun by zombies.

Day of the Dead: Bloodline is considered to be one of two remakes of Romero’s original 1985 film Day of the Dead, with the first released in 2008. Day of the Dead: Bloodline, isn’t a remake, its entry in Netflix has it categorized as a reimagining. The word reimagining is a very dirty word when it comes to filmmaking. When you were a child how many of you got hit in the back of the head or had your mouth washed out with soap when you swore in front of your parents? To all of the film executives out please the next time somebody utters the word reimagining when they are pitching a movie call security and have them escorted from the building. Movies that are ‘reimaginations’ deserve nothing but contempt because it breads lazy film making and that is just what director Hèctor Hernández Vicens has demonstrated what he is capable of. I suppose according to the ‘rule of 5’ I should cut him some slack considering that Vicens’ filmography shows that this is the second feature film that he has directed. But right now, I did hold any hope for his directing future and I don’t have any plans to revisit this movie.

The acting was bad and was at the level that you would expect from most soap operas, but I suppose that is the best you can expect when the writing team behind the movie seems to have more experience writing for Television rather than Movies. I suppose the only person who came close to giving a decent performance was Johnathon Schaech who nailed the creepiness level for his character. That being said there wasn’t much character development throughout the movie.