This was a very strange movie, and I mean strange. “The Dead Never Die” stars Bill Murray and Adam Driver as taciturn policemen who work in the sleepy small town of Centerville. Fracking by American energy companies has caused a problem with the Earth’s rotational axis which leads to ZOMBIES!! The movie follows various characters as they try to deal, mainly unsuccessfully, with this epidemic, I usually love quirky zombie movies, but I must say, this one, not so much. For a dark comedy, there are hardly any laughs. For an action movie, there isn’t much action. There are tons of zombies though, doing the usual things that zombies do and it is very graphic. It just wasn’t very interesting though. There is even a potentially clever twist featuring Tilda Swinton that goes nowhere except into a strange sort of plot hole. The movie ends with a preachy diatribe about how we are ruining the planet that seems totally unnecessary and out of place. If I were you, I would rewatch Bill Murray in “Zombieland” and skip this one entriely.
Dr. Strange
Benedict Cumberbatch is the perfect person to play Dr. Strange. Stephen Strange is a gifted and arrogant surgeon whose hands are damaged in a horrible car accident. When medical science can not help him, he travels East looking for a mystical cure and finds much more. Through the teachings of Tilda Swinton as The Ancient One, he learns to channel his inner strength to become a powerful sorcerer. If this doesn’t sound like your average Marvel super hero, you are right, and that is why I loved this movie! I watched it in 3D and I recommend that you do the same. The special effects are incredible. Let me know what you think about a surreal scene showing Dr. Strange’s hands turning into something freaky and fascinating. I have become a little jaded about superhero movies. They almost seem to have been made on an assembly line and one is as good as another. At last, a super hero movie that is different, smart, funny and action-packed, all at the same time. There is one thing this movie has in common with all Marvel super hero movies; stay until the end of the credits. Apparently Dr. Strange is going to be paired in a future move with my former favorite Marvel hero (You will see who I mean in the credits). I can’t wait to see what marvels are in store for Dr. Strange and we movie fans!