everything you have heard about this movie is true.

It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

Everyone knows the plot so I digress:I liked this movie. For one thing it followed the golden rule of all film making. "I wonder what happens next." And it did.The writing and the characterizations were well done and not like the robot like characters in 99% of zombie films. Lighting great. scenes great. Location great. The beginning hood scenes of the robbery were cool. They showed character development, believable characters...often missing in zombies movies. In short it started as a real movie, not schlock. So tired of zombies attacking 1 minute after the movie credits start and continuing for 90 more minutes with a 'who cares' about the victims.Dead Heist is a refreshing change from other zombie movies and has an interesting plot, characters and execution. Looking for more films from writer and director.I was wondering why the government dude was letting zombies in, and he told why..to capture them and dispatch them once and for all. Dead Heist is an enjoyable movie experience and breaks the mold.If movies weren't all based on comic books today this would have been in theaters. At least at the drive-ins.Rating: Cool.

Tired of hustling on the street, a group of street punks decide to rob a bank, but after getting caught and forced to hide out inside they notice a gang of ravenous zombies attempting to break in and try to hold off the creatures enough to escape.This one had a few good points to it. The main thing with this one is that there's a really nice back-story for the creatures, which makes for some really good times here as, while the medical experiment thread has been done before, this time it actually works for the film. Best of all is that the proposed experiment would actually do some good to humanity rather than just being simply a reason to unleash the zombie hordes, and when it all gets explained, the changes made to them make the creatures a lot better than average zombies. These changes, getting away from the head-shot kill and by forcing them to come out only at night, are pretty great and by incorporating them into the film, make the film really fun. The zombies also have another big plus in the film by generating some big action scenes in here, from the first encounter where they overrun the police force outside in a swarm of bites, ambushes and bodies being ripped apart to the attacks inside the bank that were one-on-one off in the solitary rooms all the way to the full-on assault at the end, there's a lot of fun action in this one. That ending assault is the big highlight action scene here, as it's where they all start shooting up the zombies in a flurry of gunfire, impaling, blood-spraying and much more as it's so long that it eventually just becomes better the longer it goes on, and with some nice bloodshed done as well, it's enough to make it enjoyable. Along with the really creepy, impressive opening, these make this one relatively fun though this one here does have a few rather big flaws to it. For as much good as they do here, the zombies are responsible for two of the biggest ones. The bigger of the two is that, since there's so much time spent on the bank-robbery set-up, they hardly get any real time on-screen besides the opening attack and the fight at the end. They're absent from most of the movie as it forces the film into long stretches of inactivity which are hardly interesting as the film focuses on their struggles for too much instead of the zombie action, and in a zombie movie, that's never a real good sign. The other factor is that they're of the running zombie variety which makes them inferior to the other zombie variety since there's nothing about them similar to the classic zombie model of these creatures snarling and running around at quick speeds. Rather than being scarier, all they do is irritate when something should've been done about it. Aside from these, the next biggest problem some will have with it will be the rather bland dialog in here, since nearly everything in here is cursing of some sort, even in situations that don't call for it, and it's hard to really get into the explanations for everything when they're cursing at every turn. These here are the film's problems.Rated R: Extreme Graphic Language, Graphic Violence, Nudity and a mild sex scene.

Dead Heist starts in Miami as ex-marine Ackson (D.J. Naylor) becomes fed up with his job as a bodyguard for big time gangster Hustle (E-40) & wants out, meanwhile four of Hustle's minor drug dealers named Ski (Brandon Xavier), Trey (Michael Braxton), Bone (Chris Bailey) & Malcolm (Dominic L. Santana) also want to better themselves. Malcolm speaks to his uncle (Charlie Lucas) about robbing a bank & before you know it the four friends have a plan to make their fortunes. However they need guns & go to Hustle to ask for help, he agrees but only if he has a cut of the loot & if Ackson goes along to watch out for his interests & make sure the job isn't messed up. Reluctantly the five drive to the small town of Maysville where the well stocked bank sits, even though Ackson wants to plan the job properly the other four decide to go in all guns blazing & after the alarm is tripped they become trapped inside the bank with the local police outside, but that is the least of their problems as when night falls cannibalistic zombies flood the town killing & eating anyone they catch...Directed by Bo Webb this horror comedy crime caper mixture reminds of From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) in the structure of the script where the opening is purely a crime caper as a robbery goes wrong before taking a very different direction & turning into a horror film as the zombies attack our trapped protagonist's. To be fair to Dead Heist after I realised it was an 'urban' film & maybe an attempt at a modern Blaxploitation flick I shuddered at how bad I expected it to be but I actually thought it was quite good, Dead Heist is no masterpiece by any means but for what it is I found it fairly entertaining & at just over 70 minutes long at least it's short enough not to outstay it's welcome or become annoying. The obvious slant towards black culture & reference & hip-hop jive talking profanity laden dialogue is apparent & while I must admit to not understanding everything that was being said (I speak the Queen's English...) I did find some of it amusing but it's not all good news. Far from it. There's nothing new here, the lack of any big set-pieces or significant gore doesn't help & I suspect much of the film was dictated by the low budget which means the most unsecure bank ever, it's touching to see all the zombies suddenly stop attack Ackson at the end while he comforts his mate who has been bitten & we never get to see any of the town or it's people. Then there are the zombies which are never really explained beyond they escaped from a Government laboratory (yes, that old cliché again...) after a failed experiment or why they can only be killed by being shot through the heart. Overall I thought Dead Heist was quite punchy & quite amusing at times with a likable bunch of character's but it's low budget origins hinder it & it can't quite decide what it wants to be & as a result is a bit of everything.Dead Heist also looks quite good considering it's low budget origins, there's no shaky hand-held camcorder crap or machine gun editing which I hate so much if it's overused & it looks a step-up from the average television film. There's not a lot of gore here, there's some blood splatter & a few bit wounds but nothing else of note. There's a little nudity & a brief lesbian scene. There does seem to be some blatant product placement here as well with virtually all the character's at the start wearing Averix shirts.The IMDb says that Dead Heist had a budget of about $250,000 which sounds about right, filmed in Wilmington in North Carolina. The acting varies, most of it enthusiastic with the bland D.J. Naylor the worst of the leads. Rappers E-40, Bone Crusher & Big Daddy Kane feature although thankfully their music doesn't.Dead Heist wasn't anywhere near as bad as I expected it to be, it wasn't great but it has it's amusing moments & the mixture of genres is a little random but gives it a bit of variety. I didn't love it but I didn't hate it either, a commendable effort.

A fun little B-movie Zombie romp, about bank-robbers that pick the wrong night/town to rob a bank...as long as you keep in mind-it is what it is-it's enjoyable, especially if you are a fan of cheesy B-movies and/or horror...the acting is so-so(no Oscars will be handed out but I have seen much, much worse), the effects are OK(not on par with any of the Romero or big-budget horror movies...but I'm guessing they weren't working with a ton of money to begin with), and the plot/story is passable(in a movie like this logic pretty much goes out of the window and suspension of disbelief is the order of the day...or you can just laugh it up-you choose). There are quite a few hip-hop artists in the movie(Big Daddy Kane, BoneCrusher, E40...)if you are a fan of the genre;if not, there inclusion will be transparent to you.Shut off brain, eat popcorn, enjoy:)