Review of Return of the Living Dead III (1993) by Tim B — 23 Nov 2010
I absolutely love the original Return of the Living Dead. It was hilarious and freaky at the same time while sporting some awesome/cool/funny characters and crazy dialogue. The second wasn't my cup of Joe so I left the series at that.
Friends recommended me Part 3 for quite some time and I finally gave it a shot. Impressive! This is a big turn around to the first two in the sense that it doesn't really try to bring the laughs on and instead goes for a serious nature.
It involves two teenagers who meet tragedy and the greed one takes in while in mourning. How that worked in an undead movie is beyond me but thank Brian Yuzna (the man behind the great "The Dentist") for getting that one done.
On top of that, the two teen leads were awesome in their roles and made the whacky stuff all the more believable. Mindy Clark was beautiful and incredible. The character had many states to go through and she pulled them all off.
J. Trevor Edmond is also on top as the heartbroken boyfriend. He does good and conveying the characters' emotions. This is still an insane zombie movie though with many zombie attacks, a nasty body piercing bit and messed up scenarios for the characters.
It also recognizes it's a sequel to a cult classic and I appreciated the references all over. The movie is far from perfect, however. The middle section lags with an overlong sewer sequence that didn't do much in terms of action.
We also had to deal with ridiculously cliched bad guys and a bum character who grated me to no end. Could have easily snipped his character out. At least the movie would have been quicker that way. But I respect this one for the route it took and being a faithful sequel to its original forefather.
This is definitely something original in itself though, combining the trendy 80s zombie flick with a story/character=focused tragedy. Definitely put my faith back into the series... but then there's the latter sequels I've been told to avoid.
.. to be continued...
This review of Return of the Living Dead III (1993) was written by Tim B on 23 Nov 2010.
Return of the Living Dead III has generally received mixed reviews.
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