Juan of the Dead
Juan of the Dead
The zombie movie world has yet to witness one last stand; Cuba.
2.6 out of 5 based on 7 reviews
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Omniscore:
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| Certificate |
15 |
| Genre |
Comedy, Horror |
| Director |
Alejandro Brugués |
| Cast |
Jorge Molina, Andrea Duro Alexis Díaz De Villegas |
| Studio |
Metrodome Films |
| Release Date |
May 2012 |
| Running Time |
100 mins |
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The zombie movie world has yet to witness one last stand; Cuba.
Reviews
Empire Magazine
Kim Newman
“ As with Shaun, background rules lifted from George Romero’s films are transplanted into a fresh social/political/national context. Gags which might have Cubans howling in recognition will whoosh over the heads of everyone else, though it’s easy to pick up the gist. When the monsters first attack, the official news channels blame the USA for fomenting dissent and there’s a very broadly played nudge-nudge bit about Cuba’s (coyly unnamed) most famous member of the living dead.”
01/05/2012
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The Guardian
Peter Bradshaw
“Exploits to the full this genre's juicy potential for satire.”
03/05/2012
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Scotland on Sunday
Siobhan Synnot
“ If you see only one Cuban zom-com this year, this is the Juan to go for.”
06/05/2012
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Total Film
Simon Kinnear
“The postmodern, post-Shaun zomcom roadshow totters unsteadily but flamboyantly in Cuban heels, its jaunty tone bristling uneasily with often unlikeable heroes. But director Alejandro Brugués dispatches the undead with cartoonish glee.”
02/05/2012
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The Times
Wendy Ide
“Juan of the Dead borrows a pun from the Edgar Wright zom-rom-com and a political subtext from the zombie flicks of George Romero, but could have done with nicking a plot from somewhere while they were at it.”
04/05/2012
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The Daily Mail
Chris Tookey
“A shameless rip-off of Shaun Of The Dead. It’s probably best enjoyed while drunk.”
04/05/2012
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The Observer
Philip French
“The film's chief interest resides in the opportunity it seizes to mock almost every aspect of the country from the general state of decay to, somewhat obliquely, Castro himself.”
06/05/2012
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