The Revenant

Zombie movies and zombie culture has become so popular – so ubiquitous – that it’s hard to find a film that does anything new with the genre. Sure Danny Boyle made the undead movie fast instead of stumbling around, in 28 Days Later, but that was a decade ago. That’s why it’s so much fun to watch Revenant from director D. Kerry Prior. It takes the story of one man rising up to walk the earth once again and gives it a great twist. The movie stars David Anders as Bart, a soldier killed in an ambush during a night patrol in the Middle East. Bart’s body is shipped back home and we see family and friends grieving for him as they lower his casket into the ground. The next thing we see is Bart clawing his way back out of the grave, only instead of being a mindless flesh-eating machine who can only moan, Bart has all his faculties to communicate how confused he is that he’s walking, talking …and rotting. The film stumbles a bit when Bart and his stoner friend Joey (Chris Wylde) start using Bart’s new zombie powers to fight crime, but there’s enough style – and comedy – to help smooth over any rough spots.