Dead Men Don't Die
Dead Men Don't Die
PG-13 | 08 September 1990 (USA)
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A reporter investigating a drug dealing ring is murdered. Brought back to life by the voodoo spell of a cleaning woman, he goes after his killers.

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moonspinner55

Elliott Gould scraping rock bottom. TV news-anchor sees something suspicious going down in the parking garage and, having been encouraged to start livening up his news report, follows the men upstairs, where he encounters a drug-smuggling ring. Slapstick comedy with voodoo and TV news satire, both gratingly broad. Very sloppily made, with poor writing and directing (both by Malcolm Marmorstein), a gloppy production and hammy supporting performances. Gould's deadpan charm has been heightened to ill effect (he comes off like a schnook), while Melissa Anderson as his co-host looks attractive but is never given the chance to create a character. Amateur night in Zombie Land. NO STARS from ****

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Tracy Petit

I worked on this film as an extra. Like the other reviewer, I worked long hours and was used a lot in the filming. While I am in the movie, most of my long hours ended up on the cutting room floor. If you can stand to watch this movie, I'll be in the news room scene - one minute in a suit and the next second in a white shirt. Same scene, but differently dressed. I only appear in the news room.Like the other reviewer I had hoped this would be a cool movie to watch and I tell my friends I was in a particular scene. I too was horrified by just how bad this movie is. The only good thing that came out of this experience was I met a girl (a extra too - a red head in the news room scene typing) that I dated for quite sometime. -5 (negative) Stars from me.

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J_the_Lyrical_Cheese

I never post reviews on the IMDb.But for reasons best known to my subconscious, the memory of this film slipped into my head on the bus this morning. Wandering online, I was amazed to find this had mustered above 3 stars.Woeful in every manner, devoid of comedy or redemption and leaving a slightly nihilistic sick taste in the mouth, even as an undemanding teen I remember my childhood abhorrence for this film. And since it was on Sky Movies weekly for a month back in the 90s I had enough opportunities to hate it.I think a comment from my father best sums up this mess.'Dear God, what is wrong with Elliot Gould? Things can't be that bad?'Ugh.

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silesius-1

During the first minutes you think that this movie is terrible, and Gould must have gotten himself into something really bad- but from the moment on he becomes a zombie it's certainly one of the funniest flicks in history, IMHO. I would give him a 7 to 8 out of 10, but it's impossible to rate such a film with anything else than "awful" or "excellent". You will hate it, if you expect blood and gore. You will hate it, if you expect realism or a reasonable storyline. You will hate it, if you hate Voodoo/hoodoo-clichés or Eliott Gould stumbling around and uttering silly sounds. But if you don't hate it, you'll love it. Just as I do.

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