Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

Blistering performances.

The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.

I had no expectations other than wanting a time-killing zombie film to watch. How could there be films that are well-done but passed over? Well, this is one of them. What this film has is exactly what most films don't, especially among the spate of overblown summer films this year. While it's slow-moving at times, all the extra time is spent on genuine, realistic character development, a too rare exercise sometimes. Surrounding some of the most original zombie movie treatments are reactions to unreal circumstances that ring true. At one time funny, it is also part snarky, sinister and visually dark. Some images are hair raising. The camera work is consistently striking and playful, matched by well thought-out dialog and street-wise sensibilities. The diatribe by the black gang member about race and it's implications is dead on ridiculous. I've heard it in real life. For all of the film, I was convinced that the writer believed in these possibilities and made sure they worked beyond theory. Buried among some really creepy scenes are clever snippets of sarcasm and non-pc banter. And none of it comes off as insulting. It's almost a realistic ghetto version of a monster film. No one character in this film is allowed to escape, either. It's kind of beautiful, in many ways, a real love project that probably suffered from its title. I won't give away anything here but what happens to the "cholo" who robs them is creepy as all hell, even stunning. The one weakness is the girlfriend's acting which seemed unconvincing. Granted, crying on cue is difficult, but her acting seemed untrained. It's a minor weakness though. And none of this film comes across as cheaply done. I'm sure this will become a bigger favorite over time. George Romero could never achieve this.

TR starts off with a scene from the Iraqi War, and immediately alarm bells were ringing: will this be yet another self-righteous attempt at a political statement within the totally unsuitable confines of a goofy horror comedy? The answer to that isn't quite clear. Perhaps they chose it because it's the fashionable war to delve in these days. You can interpret this introduction either way, either as left-wing or not. The scene ends in a rather ridiculous shoot-down involving men, women and children (?) in civilian clothing killing the main character; whoever wrote this segment and cast these people evidently hasn't got a clue about the Middle East. Certainly TR later on goes down a commendably un-PC road by spoofing black racists and Farrakhan, and gets thumbs up from me for briefly ridiculing Scientology as well.I've always had my problems with horror comedies because most of them want to have their cake and eat it too: want to be both scary/eerie and funny, which has ever worked only once ("Evil Dead 2"). The last half-hour sees a change of tone toward the serious until the very last scene - the silly surprise ending that suddenly nudges the movie back into the comedy arena. Pick a route – either goofiness or seriousness – and then run with it. The very tricky, near-impossible tightrope walk between comedy and drama hardly ever works, regardless of the genre, but when it comes to horror it's pretty much impossible. Fantasy horror films are much like Loony Toons films; imagine a Bugs Bunny cartoon suddenly getting all mushy. It would be ridiculous, to say the very least.The gags generally don't work too well. They are not pathetic, merely not laugh-out-loud funny and occasionally to corny. It's all vaguely amusing, and most of TR is interesting if nothing. There are lulls here and there though. Some parts are predictable while others have certain originality to them; it's not a totally derived vampire film by any means.If I had any major criticism it would be the same problem that applies to most recent horror films: the look. TR is yet another mono-colour film, looking quite unappealing with its greenish-hue dominance. I don't think I've seen a speck of blue – or even red (!) – during the entire two hours; even the blood looks greenish. I have no idea whether this ugly, plastic, sterile, laptop-doctored look is going to ruin the visual quality of thousands of movies to come, or whether these new directors will wake up and smell the coffee and finally start making movies with REAL colours again. You want reality? Start using real colours: it's that simple.

I've not written a review for IMDb before, but I'm so impressed with this movie - and there are some misleading negative reviews here that don't represent it at all - I thought I'd throw in my £0.02 worth.Firstly, if you're a horror fan, you'll love it. If not you'll probably hate it and only see its flaws, and it is flawed. We know this though, right? Part of the joy of horror movies is Cheepnis and The Revenant has it's fair share. Louise Griffiths is awful, the pacing is all over the place, and there are some gaping plot holes that frustrate, because everything else about The Revenant rocks.Secondly, It has to be seen in the light of every other horror movie you've seen to make any sense. Not that it's an homage or anything like that, but it is an original twist on the Vampire/Zombie genre. I wish I'd thought of it and I'm not going to con myself or you into believing that I had or that this is old hat. Thirdly, it is funny, horror and comedy are excellent bedfellows and this succeeds by being one of the campest and morally execrable buddy movies I've seen. Joey and Bart have a great screen relationship as Joey's depraved selfishness creates a downward spiral of mayhem. What's more, it parades it's moral bankruptcy in the guise of vigilantism so we believe we're watching the good guys. Capped off with one of the most quotable lines in a horror movie ever, my heart thrilled and warmed to the two central performances - not to mention some great cameos from the supporting cast.n summary, ignore the haters and naysayers, if you're a horror buff, definitely see this.

I don't really know why this is labeled as a horror comedy when it's neither funny nor scary. And that's not me trying to be clever or saying that only my kind of humor is comedy worthy. There's a lot of movies that aren't funny which I would still labeled as a comedy, just because it at least tries to be. But The Revenant doesn't really do that. Sure, it has it's (kinda) funny moments, but so has Titanic, and I wouldn't refer to Titanic a comedy. Titanic is actually scarier as well, now when I think about it. Maybe you should just skip this one and rent Titanic instead.It is watchable though, and the makeup and effects are really well done, to be fair. And the acting isn't horrible. Storywise, it's a little slow in the beginning, and far too long. But I sat put 'til the end, and anything you'll watch 'til the credits deserves at least a 5/10. And that's what this is. Nor good or bad. Just, okay.