Dead Rising: Watchtower

2015 1h 58m EN

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5.2

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5.2

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★5.2TMDB · 392★5.2IMDB · 10,009

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Synopsis

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A group of people fight to survive in a zombie infested town.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Jesse Metcalfe
Chase Carter
Meghan Ory
Crystal O'Rourke
Virginia Madsen
Maggie
Keegan Connor Tracy
Jordan Blair
Aleks Paunovic
Logan
Dennis Haysbert
General Alan Lyons
Carrie Genzel
Susan Collier
Rob Riggle
Frank West

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Zach Lipovsky
Writers: Tim Carter
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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Released 11 years ago.

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2 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Dead Rising Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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3 / 8

CAST

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206+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Zach Lipovsky, shot by Mahlon Todd Williams. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Oleksa Lozowchuk. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Mike Jackson shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Jesse Metcalfe and Meghan Ory and Virginia Madsen carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt3816458 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Zach Lipovsky directs. Mahlon Todd Williams behind the camera. Oleksa Lozowchuk scores. Mike Jackson cuts. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Released 11 years ago.
2Part of the "Dead Rising Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3206+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
4Directed by Zach Lipovsky, shot by Mahlon Todd Williams. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Oleksa Lozowchuk. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Mike Jackson shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Jesse Metcalfe and Meghan Ory and Virginia Madsen carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt3816458 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 8 themes, including "quarantine", "infection", "zombie", "chainsaw".

The technical file

Cinematography: Mahlon Todd Williams
Original score: Oleksa Lozowchuk
Editing: Mike Jackson
Production design: Tony Devenyi
Costume design: Barbara Gregusova
Makeup / hair: Cynthia L. Barlow
VFX supervisor: Ian Kirby
Sound: Greg Stewart
Stunt coordinator: Trevor Addie
Runtime: 118 min · 1h 58m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NC-17
IMDB: Dead Rising: Watchtower (2015)
IMDB rating: 5.2/10 · 10,009 votes
MPAA: Not Rated

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Dead Rising Collection

American action zombie films based on the game series of the same name.

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The Movie Mob2023-02-11
★ 6/10
Dead Rising: Watchtower is cheesy, cliche, and low-budget, but somehow all that adds to the charm of this mediocre but still entertaining zombie flick. Dead Rising: Watchtower is a low-budget zombie video game adaptation that, despite meager expectations, is actually entertaining. While it is incredibly cliche with some mediocre acting, Dead Rising's zombie vaccine plot line is a new angle on the tired zombie trope. I also enjoyed that the movie's ending doesn't tie up every loose end demanding a sequel. The references to the game are fun, too, with Rob Riggle playing Frank West from the games and characters fabricating bizarre weapons to fight off the zombie hordes. Once again, the cliches and tropes overflow in this movie, but despite all the flaws, Dead Rising: Watchtower didn't feel like a total waste of time. I wouldn't recommend it to everyone, but it's not a horrible option if you like B-quality zombie flicks and have some time to kill.
Realmilkncereal2023-04-14
Movie was epic. 8/10. would be 10/10 if it didn't have some flaws which is kinda obvious, the actor who played the woman dying to the zombies on top of the car was really bad at acting as her screams didn't even sound realistic and sounded sarcastic, I feel like Maggie's story could've been shown more, but those are my only complaints. Movie is still good. You should probably only watch it if you have played Dead Rising 1 and 2 otherwise the story will make 0 sense.

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