(CCR Original Content) Pride And Prejudice And Zombies Review [Spoiler Free Review and Spoiler Review below picture] (6/10)
Pride And Prejudice And Zombies is a 2016 historical drama/horror comedy movie written and directed by Burr Steers. Producers on the film include Sean McKittrick, Allison Shearmur, Natalie Portman, Annette Savitch, Brian Oliver, Tyler Thompson and Marc Butan. The movie was produced by Cross Creek Pictures, Sierra Pictures, MadRiver Pictures, QC Entertainment, Allison Shearmur Productions, Handsomecharlie Films, Head Gear Films, Screen Gems and Stage 6 Films and distributed by Lionsgate and Sony Pictures Releasing. The film stars actors Lily James, Sam Riley, Jack Huston, Bella Heathcote, Douglas Booth, Matt Smith, Charles Dance and Lena Headey
The five Bennett sisters - Elizabeth, Jane, Kitty, Lydia and Mary have all been trained in weaponry and martial arts at their father's behest as zombies have besieged England in the early 19th century. Their mother, Mrs. Bennett is more concerned with seeing her daughters married off to wealthy suitors. They must protect themselves from zombies, as well as deal with unlikely suitors and marriage proposals while finding suitable husbands for themselves, all the while a looming threat brews within the nation.
This movie was better than I thought it was going to be. I didn't think I was going to like it at all and that being said my expectations were pretty low but it surprised me in more than a few ways. I enjoyed the explanation of the alternate history and how zombies affected the timeline of early 19th century Britain as the setup and how they did this with an elaborate pop-up book style animation sequence. I thought that the version of zombies they had in this movie was also very different and unique and not what I'm usually accustomed to but was kind of cool in its own way. The whole Pride and Prejudice plot that was mixed into the zombie theme and zombie apocalypse wasn't that horrible of a premise although the relationship drama and love triangle stuff was pretty cheesy. I liked how the father made sure that his 5 daughters were all trained in self-defense and martial arts and that kept my interest for most of the film. I have to say this movie was pretty decent. I give this movie a 6/10.
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This movie was surprisingly decent even with all the cheesy love drama and relationship plot mixed in from Pride and Prejudice. I liked the background for the alternate 19th century London and how it came to be full of zombies. I also really liked how the father of this family had his daughters train in Chinese martial arts and was more concerned with their immediate safety and how the mother was more concerned with them marrying. I was a little disappointed in how not all the sisters where featured prominently enough into the plot/story. I liked Lena Headey's character too but felt she was underutilized as well. The zombies in this movie were pretty unique. It said that they were zombies but they could still talk quite intelligently and also craved human brains and if they didn't eat brains then they wouldn't turn into full zombies. The full zombies were far more aggressive and faster. I also liked how the character Darcy was in charge of investigating possible zombie cases and wish they could have delved more into that part of the characters story. The action also surprised me for being a PG-13 movie there was quite a bit of blood and violence. There were some nice headshot scenes where the zombies heads were blown clean off their bodies. The fight scenes were pretty well choreographed and the girls kicked a lot more butt than most of the guys. Even the plot with the cheesy love triangle had me trying to guess which guy was going to get with which girl and kept the plot interesting enough inbetween the action. I give this movie a 6/10 and say it's an above average zombie movie.