Movie

The Dead

2010 · 105 min

A grim, slow trudge through a sun-scorched wasteland, where quiet dread and sudden violence punctuate a desperate journey.

Tagline: The Feeding Begins
Overview: When the last evacuation flight out of war-torn Africa crashes off the coast, American Air Force Engineer Lieutenant Brian Murphy emerges as the sole survivor in a land where the dead are returning to life and attacking the living.
How it feels: Bleak, tense, melancholic and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Survival, grief, isolation, parenthood
Content: Strong violence and gore. Mild language. No sexual content.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
grief
isolation
parenthood
death
Places: countryside
road trip
wilderness
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex none