by Jonathan Klotz
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Halloween may be in the mirror, but the crazy horror comedy was part of the top 10 on Netflix for most of December, and it may be the strangest success story of the month. The dead do not die Not an obvious zombie comedy like Shaun of the Dead And it manages to go beyond the absurd zombie movie Fido With twists that are impossible to see coming. It's certainly impossible because director Jim Jarmusch upends everything expected of a typical zombie movie and replaces it with the kind of bitter, sarcastic black comedy you wouldn't expect from a star-studded cast of celebrities.
Small town zombie invasion
Trying to describe the actual plot The dead do not die It's useless. It starts off normally, with two police officers investigating a report of missing animals, then they start noticing strange things, like how the clock suddenly stopped working. Background news reports indicate what happens before zombies start rising from the ground and begin feasting on the living residents of Centreville.
From that simple beginning, The dead do not die It soon spirals wildly out of control, breaking the fourth wall for a brief, well-deserved hysterical moment. The Centerville officers, Cliff and Ronnie, are played by Bill Murray and Ronnie, respectively Adam Driverin a movie duo that I never knew I needed to see before this movie, but now I consider it to be one of the greatest cross-generational duos of all time. No matter what's going on around them, Murray and Driver maintain the same delivery from beginning to end, like how Farmer Miller doesn't deserve to be warned about zombies or how Ronnie has an attraction to Mexicans.
It defies every zombie movie trope
The dead do not die Well aware of the tropes of zombie films, he expects the viewer to be familiar with them as well, which makes the straightforward checklist of each trope over the course of the film and how it's subverted all the more satisfying. Normally you would look for the most popular person in a cast and assume they would be perfectly fine, but the cast is stacked from top to bottom; In addition to Murray and Driver, you'll also meet Danny Glover, Austin Butler, Selena Gomez, Chloë Sevigny, and Tilda Swinton. Steve BuscemiRosie Perez and Carol Kane. For music fans, Iggy Pop, RZA, Sturgill Simpson and Tom Waits round out the amazing cast.
The top 10 on Netflix usually includes the latest original movie that's being pushed hard by the algorithm, a major new release or two, and usually a seasonal movie. What doesn't usually play, especially not being in the top five for more than a week, is a movie that feels like a movie The dead do not die Casual moviegoers might describe it as “weird.” The reason I mention breaking the fourth wall is because this isn't the strangest thing that happens during the movie, and after watching it again, I'm even more impressed that it's having such increasing popularity because it means there's hope that the average… Netflix The joint actually has good taste.
Rare original film
The dead do not die It's an easy recommendation for anyone who's seen more than one zombie movie or if you want to watch something that dares to be different and takes a chance, the opposite of the films that seem designed by focus groups that have plagued theaters over the past decade. . The zombie movie directed by Bill Murray and Adam Driver wouldn't work She screams In horror, but it will make you laugh, and some of the killings may leave you frustrated, but they will surprise you.
The dead do not die It is currently streaming on Netflix.
