do not be mislead . this be not a zombie movie . take it from a guy who love zombie movie and and who rent them all represent the good and and the horrendous . yes and this movie have an extend zombie sequence and but it basically an artsy fartsy exercise in existentialist dread and which be a long way of say it bore . if you have work hard all day and want to spend a couple of hour be entertain and rent something else . rise of the undead have cheap special effect and mediocre acting and and crummy dialogue . all of that be understandable in an indie and low budget film and and i can forgive such flaw as long a a movie have an entertaining story to tell . unfortunately and rise of the undead hardly have any story at all . moreover and the acting be not laughably bad so much a non existent . all of the actor seem to have study at the buster keaton school of wooden face . would it have kill them to show some emotion . ( and no and yelling do not equate with emote ) . the one character who actually have some pizazz be kill off first . grant and there be another character who briefly hold my interest . he look and act like kyle mclachlan channel norman bates and but it be too little and too late . the filmmaker seem to have forget a tiny detail represent film be a visual medium . that mean light your scene well enough for the viewer to actually view what go on . and all those artsy jump cut and close ups might have seem cool at the time and but all they do be make watch the film jarring and confusing . there be nothing wrong with tell a story in a simple and clear fashion just look at george romero low budget night of the living dead to see how it do superbly . and i know these folk have a small budget and but if you can not hire the equipment and technician necessary to actually make the dialogue audible and then just go ahead and make a silent movie ( then those buster keaton wooden face might actually work ) . i will say this for the film represent the zombie be creepy . unlike most zombie movie where the undead be show in all their decomposing glory and the grosser the good and the zombie here be just shuffle and bloody faced people . it actually work to make them more like u and and therefore and scary . that the reason i give this movie 2 star instead of 1. the sad part about all this be that despite all of it flaw and rise of the undead do not insult your intelligence . the filmmaker seem to have actually want to make a smart and scary and original movie and and it a shame that they fail so miserably . if they could just forego the too fancy editing and buy a few extra lightbulb and crank up the dialogue and and come up with a real story that actually go somewhere and then i think they have the talent to make something really good . trust me represent do not waste your time on rise of the undead .