{"id":15660,"date":"2015-10-11T00:13:23","date_gmt":"2015-10-11T04:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=15660"},"modified":"2015-10-13T05:14:47","modified_gmt":"2015-10-13T09:14:47","slug":"dead-kansas-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/11\/dead-kansas-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Dead Kansas (2015)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I won\u2019t accuse \u201cDead Kansas\u201d of being a masterpiece of zombie cinema, but damn it you have to appreciate Aaron Carter\u2019s ambition behind this project. I assume if given a huge budget, Carter would have given us a damn good zombie movie. But since it\u2019s mainly a film on a tight budget, he gives us the best movie he can, and at times \u201cDead Kansas\u201d has glimmers of a strong zombie film. In between it\u2019s mediocre fodder with shaky performances. But damn, you have to appreciate the inherent ambition here.<\/p>\n

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\u201cDead Kansas\u201d is a multi-act zombie movie set after zombies have taken over the South. Known as \u201cRotters,\u201d we meet a dad and his daughter Emma, both of whom have spent their days as god worshiping rotter hunters, living day to day. Things take a turn for the worse though when the leader of a local safe haven insists on kidnapping Emma and turning her in to a glorified babymaker for the \u201csake of humanity.\u201d Emma\u2019s father isn\u2019t willing to let him get her without a fight, and we soon follow Emma and her father as they travel to a new safehaven after he\u2019s bitten by a rotter. Much of the action is left to our imagination as the rotters are never seen.<\/p>\n

We only see through their eyes in black and white as they approach victims, and they\u2019re shot down. For some that may feel like a cheat, but I appreciated the creative approach to zombies here. They\u2019re more an ominous presence than monsters, and it works toward what Carter is going for. Plus if you don\u2019t have a budget for zombies, don\u2019t try to pull off a zombie. Director Carter never tries to go beyond his limitations and it helps \u201cDead Kansas\u201d in the long run. The performances on the other hand range from mediocre to just passable enough for what the entertainment entails. There\u2019s never a bad performance here, but we do get close to horrible turns here and there. Thankfully director Aaron Carter knows how to balance his cast and creates a darn interesting and ambitious zombie epic. It may not re-invent the wheel, but it\u2019s definitely worth a shot for experimental zombie buffs.<\/p>\n