Dead Rising is like a Troma movie you can play, and I mean that in a good way. In case you don't know, Troma is the production company behind such crap-cult, horror/comedy classics as The Toxic Avenger and Class of Nuke'em High. They're the kind of film studio that would defintiely put a clown that juggles chainsaws and a sadistic lesbian security guard in the middle of a zombie apocalypse movie. If there was ever to be a Dead Rising film, I always hoped Troma would make it.
Well, I didn't get my wish, but I came pretty damn close. The trailer for Death Disease Contamination Dead Rising (Capcom's made-for-Xbox-Live Dead Rising live-action motion picture) has all the trappings of a Troma classic -- ludicrous violence, no discernible budget, and ridiculous plot.
The movie takes place in the Dead Rising reality, where zombie infestations are a normal part of life, and are dealt with via quarantine. Two brothers, one in a wheelchair, plan to make their escape from one such quarantined area. They also seem to enjoy hang out with gun-toting d-bags wearing servebot t-shirts in warehouse that looks exactly like the on in the Willamete Parkview Mall. Wacky.
Keiji Inafune, the creator of Dead Rising, is actually directing this monstrosity, and is boasting that it will "offer the experience of a first person shooter." Sounds awfully awesome to me. What do you think? Worth downloading?
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I was at a Test Screening of a Troma movie called Tales From The Crapper a few years ago (as part of a local film festival in Cardiff). Lloyd Kaufman was there and I got to say he was one of the nicest guys I've ever met.
@psycho terror: He admitted that it was pretty bad at the test screening. It took a lot of balls to come out and say that. You should read up on the production of that movie, Kaufman and co got completely screwed over by a bunch of unprofessionals who put my student film class to shame. Seriously, the final version was a complete improvement over the unfinished screening I saw.
Nice guy despite the movie though. I did tell him the first half sucked and he just nodded and said 'Yeeeeah, I know!' Ha!
@Mudkip
Agreed, the onechanbara movie didn't work as I would of expected it to. They didn't use the liscense well enough and fudge together a story separate from the game that was even worst than the paper thin game stories. It wasn't even that great as a pure gore film.
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2:00 PM on 01.26.2010
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMHA8cspQaA
Troma, so bad that it's good!
i bet that made it hard to tell him TFTC sucked. don't get me wrong, i'm a big troma fan, but i know a turd when i see one.
Nice guy despite the movie though. I did tell him the first half sucked and he just nodded and said 'Yeeeeah, I know!' Ha!
Agreed, the onechanbara movie didn't work as I would of expected it to. They didn't use the liscense well enough and fudge together a story separate from the game that was even worst than the paper thin game stories. It wasn't even that great as a pure gore film.