A zombie outbreak has fallen upon the land in this reimagining of Jane Austen's classic tale of the tangled relationships between lovers from different social classes in 19th century England. Feisty heroine Elizabeth Bennet is a master of martial arts and weaponry and the handsome Mr. Darcy is a fierce zombie killer, yet the epitome of upper class prejudice. As the zombie outbreak intensifies, they must swallow their pride and join forces on the blood-soaked battlefield in order to conquer the undead once and for all.
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Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.
Absolutely the worst movie.
There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes
It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.
Once upon a time, I enjoyed zombies, but then they seemed to be everywhere, and I needed a break. Having never watched Pride and Prejudice, I liked the idea of zombies infecting this era. The costumes are great, and the effects are ok. I like that the zombies are kind of smart, so thats a nice twist. The girls all do some great butt kicking, and the story isn't too bad, what I'm assuming is stolen from the original material.
Putting the somewhat silly and naive P&P into zombie-land seems even more silly. But, they do follow through on this premise until the end. It kind of works. Story is somewhat "watered-down", but, it's still there. And there are zombies! :)There are some good jokes in there, which actually makes this pass the bar of acceptable. Without it, this whole exercise would have seemed rather pointless.I believe it would have been better if they explored more the very silly notion that zombies are so popular in this age and made more fun of the genre.The feminist element is not too much. Sure, it's silly that 5 girls do a better job of fighting the undead than a trained army of men, because, you know, they studied in China. But, it's not like the men simply get tossed around by zombies and the girls toss the zombies around.Other than that, Lily James is well cast as the main character and it's interesting that they even explore this - Darcy says "she's pretty but not too pretty, has masculine features but is still feminine", though it didn't get much comedic effect, so it kind of fell into the "insulting the viewers intelligence" category.The rest of the cast do a decent job, with the Mother overacting a bit and the Father actually underacting and Lena Headley is somewhat underused, but such is her part.Bottom line, it is an interesting and somewhat funny movie, worth a watch.
I'm not a big fan of zombie movies, to be honest, but it's OK to see one once in a while. I'm against the idea of messing with classic novels this way. It's OK to make parodies sometimes, but this is neither parody nor a zombie movie. I enjoyed the romantic part of this story but sneered at the zombie part. Not quite sure what the intention of the people behind this movie was or what they were trying to say. If a movie doesn't deliver a message, it has to be entertaining. Other than that it's questionable. This movie is not OK with the zombie part. If we take out the zombie scenes, the movie wouldn't be ruined. Anyway, you will be entertained by the smooth dialogue between the actors and the romance in the story.
I had very low expectations before I see this film, mainly because of the raving bad reviews, 5.7/10 puts this movie in between bad and horrible. When I was watching it, I kept expecting the movie turn bad or boring ... never did, I mean, it is not Oscar worthy, but fairly entertaining and at times convincing. The visuals are beautiful, action sequence decent, even dialogue was made in "Pride and Prejudice" fashion ... I really don't understand where such low rating comes from. This makes me wonder how many of the reviewers have actually seen the film. IMO truly one downside of this internet age is everyone just blindly follows everyone else. No one seems to have his own opinion, or it is subject to be influenced easily at any given time.