Centerville is a sleepy little down in the middle of nowhere, rural USA, where nothing more grave than the occasional chicken theft ever happens, which means that police chief Robertson (Bill Murray) and his deputies Ronnie (Adam Driver) and Mindy (Chloe Sevigny) have a very laid back job - not that they'd complain.

But then, due to polar fracking, the earth's axis shifts slightly, throwing everything out of order - including the fact that the dead start rising from their graves. First it's only two (Iggy Pop, Sara Driver), whose craving for coffee drives them to the only diner in town where they kill everybody present. Soon though the zombies are everywhere, and the chief and company have to realize they're ill equipped to fight the undead hordes. Neither is anyone else local but creepy Zelda (Tilda Swinton) the morgue owner who mows them down by the dozen with her samurai sword - but then again, she's eventually revealed to be an alien of course, and ultimately she leaves the humans to their own devices.

There's guest star galore in this movie, including Tom Waits as a hermit living in the woods, Steve Buscemi as a racist farmer, the RZA as a Wu.P.S. driver, Rosie Perez as a TV reporter, and Selena Gomez as a party-hungry teen passing through.

Now a few things in advance, The Dead Don't Die is not on par with Jim Jarmusch's masterpieces like Down By Law (my favourite of his), nor will it likely have as much of an impact on the zombie genre as Shaun of the Dead - but that all out of the way, it's a very amusing movie, thanks to Jarmusch's laid back and laconic approach to the genre, his preference of subtle irony over broad comedy, his toying around with the zombie formula without ever slaveishly sticking to it, and a very relaxed performance by Bill Murray leading an excellent ensemble cast. All that leads to a very refreshing take on the undead that's sure worth a watch.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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