Five sisters in 19th century England
must cope with the pressures to marry while protecting themselves from a
growing population of zombies.
Based on the
Jane Austen masterpiece as retold by Seth Grahame-Smith , Pride, Prejudice and Zombies the
movie boasts to be just like the classic Jane Austen tale, Pride and Prejudice,
only with some brain eating zombies thrown into the mix. I found this
intriguing and was actually interested in watching the film.
While Pride,
Prejudice and Zombies bombed at the box office I none-the-less rented it as
soon as it was released On-Demand.
Starring the
lovely Lily James,
who most recently appeared in the live action
Also starring
Sam Riley as
Mr. Darcy, who has a listing of credits but PPZ seems to be his first leading
romantic role.
First let me
just correct myself. Sorry, Sam, this may have been a leading role but it was
certainly not romantic.
So let’s
begin. I was disappointed in Pride, Prejudice and Zombies not because it took a
beautiful classic tale and threw zombies in the mix, heck no, that’s what I was
excited about! But because the results were gawd awful. I could redeem Pride,
Prejudice and Zombies if it swayed in either direction but it did not. It was a
horrid romance and a pansy horror.
The premise
has such potential. The mix of the romance and the horror should have been more
enticing. Alas anything salvageable was completely lost in the poorly choreographed
fight scenes and dispassionate Victorian speeches.
I was hoping
for at the very least a humorous showing of entertainment but the funniest
scene was Elizabeth killing Darcy’s zombie flies at the bedside of her sister,
Mary.
One of the
things I do not understand is why they made such drastic changes to the story.
It would have been better suited to keep the main romantic story and mix in the
zombies for fun and thrills.
I give the
movie a single star for the attempt, but alas a failing in the end.
Look out for
my review of the Supernatural Horror Novel Moving
In by Ron Ripley
To escape the stress
of living in the city and the anxiety of his high pressure job, Brian Roy moves
his family to the country. His wife loves the easy living, but Brian hates
it…especially when weird things start happening in the house. When he discovers
a dead body in the woods and a burial ground in his basement, Brian could never
imagine the shocking history of the house or its former occupants that comes to
light.
As his life starts to unravel, Brian isn’t so sure living in the country is going to be the oasis of peace he and his wife expected. Lately, his home has become a haunting den of hell.
As his life starts to unravel, Brian isn’t so sure living in the country is going to be the oasis of peace he and his wife expected. Lately, his home has become a haunting den of hell.
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