THE DEAD 2: INDIA is a low budget British horror flick with an Indian setting; it's a follow-up to the well-regarded original which posited zombies in Africa. This time around, it's zombies in India, as an American medic struggles to reach his fiancee who lies at the far reaches of a devastated landscape packed with the walking dead. Along the way he joins up with a kid so there's character building amid the carnage. This is a film with big ideas but only so-so execution which comes at a cost of the smaller-than-expected budget. There's an overreliance on cheap CGI - there are CGI guts at one point - which becomes a distraction, although there are admittedly powerful scenes dotted throughout.

The film centers on Nicolas (Joseph Millson) an American working in India on a wind farm. He is up on a windmill talking to his Indian chamber maid pregnant girlfriend when all hell breaks loose. The film consists of him crossing desert by car, bike, foot, and that flying thing in an attempt to reach her.

Like the zombies, the characters are rather lifeless. The zombies have zombie teeth, and walk in half steps...unless a gun is fired then they swarm and move fast, like piranha who never attack until someone yells "Piranha!"

The film includes the problem of western ideas vs. prearranged marriages, a theme used in 99% of Bollywood films, but failed to have a musical number.

The Ford brothers attempt to take the zombie film up a notch by creating faux-drama and unnecessary metaphors as zombies are their own metaphor. If you liked the slow moving first film, I will say this one is better.

Parental Guide: F-bomb. No sex or nudity.

The first The Dead movie back in 2010 was an impressive looking film, the unique cinematography made it stand out from the hundreds of zombie movies out there but sadly that was all it had going for it.

The Dead 2 is a separate tale set in India and once again British made. It tells the story of a man fighting across rural India to get to his pregnant girlfriend and the perils and challenges he faces along the way.

The Dead 2 looks outstanding and even better than the first movie. It is a visual feast and touches upon areas that other zombie films never have before and that at least makes it memorable.

Sadly the film itself is generic, its weak in its writing and simply fails to entertain.

Don't get me wrong I respect the hell out of what they've accomplished here but it's like a video game with stunning graphics but very little actual content.

Worth it for the sights but little else.

The Good:

Some great visuals

Fantastically shot

The Bad:

Poorly paced

Weak writing

Things I Learnt From This Movie:

Despite both movies getting a combined 6 points out of a potential 20 I'd still like to see one more film in this franchise