Review of Fido

Fido (2006)
3/10
Boring and plodding
5 April 2008
Yet another bad movie featuring zombies.But its got a new twist----it's boring and slow.The makers of this film have managed to make a movie with zombies that is about as exciting as watching paint dry.I didn't think that was possible.

Just imagine a 1950's as portrayed in "Happy Days" or "Leave it to Beaver" but instead of Mr.C. mowing the lawn or washing the car they have zombies doing those menial chores instead.Sometime before some sort of space dust had hit the Earth and brought all the dead back to life.The hordes of walking dead were brought under control in the Great Zombie Wars and now zombies are controlled by a collar that keeps them under control so they can be made to do chores.One kid ,Timmy, and his zombie ,Fido, form a special bond and havoc ensues.A company called Zomcon makes the collars and fences that surround the towns and keep them safe from roaming zombies-yeah there is supposed to be some hidden message about corporate corruption or greed or whatever.Who cares.

Now I know this isn't supposed to be a straight zombie movie,it's supposed to be funny .The only problem is it ain't funny.The storyline is slow and boring and the plot doesn't make any sense.Wouldn't it be better just to wash your own car as to take the chance that a collar will malfunction and a zombie will flip out and kill someone like sometimes happens in the movie? Well I guess not.These 1950's dolts had rather take the chance of getting their throats torn out as to have to pick up their own newspaper from the front porch.

But really the terrible plot could have been over looked if the movie had been funny ,even a little.Or gory .Or anything.What it turned out to be was a few zombies with some gray face paint on milling around until we wound down to a totally predictable ending.

Minimal gore and no bare breasts make this zombie movie a complete waste of time.I wish I could put a stun collar on the untalented bunch who made this heap of crap.
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