madea 's witness protection is a 2012 american comedy film directed , written and produced by tyler perry .

it the fourteenth film by tyler perry and the seventh in the madea franchise .

it is the fourth tyler perry film not to be adapted from a play , alongside the family that preys , daddy 's little girls and good deeds , as well as the first madea film not to be adapted from a play .

the film was filmed in atlanta from mid to late january to the beginning of march 2012 and was released through 34th street films and lionsgate .

with total box office gross of $ 66.9 million , madea 's witness protection is in the top three of tyler perry 's most successful movies , after boo !

a madea halloween and madea goes to jail .

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madea ' s witness protection <EOT> tyler perry as madea in " tyler perry ' s madea ' s witness protection . "

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“tyler perry’s madea’s witness protection” is rated pg - 13 ( parents strongly cautioned ) for suggestive and occasionally salty language .

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subverted in witness protection , where the main character is white and his family play big roles .

as vanessa already posted a couple of days ago , it’s titled madea’s witness protection , and its starring cast will be primarily caucasian as perry continues to expand his reach beyond the usual .

tyler perry ' s madea ' s family reunion - 3 . " foster mother "

tyler perry ' s madea ' s family reunion - 6 . " take it back "

tyler perry has his madea character on a leash in the latest movie in that franchise , “tyler perry’s madea’s witness protection , ” a comedy that’s too late to the ponzi - scheme party to be topical , and not outrageous enough to take advantage of its own setups .

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madea ' s back in an all - new movie ! a wall street investment banker has been set up in a mob - backed ponzi scheme , forcing him to be put under witness protection with his entire family in madea ' s house down south .

perry’s latest is “madea’s witness protection , ” another dip into the madea atm machine . eugene levy stars as a clueless cfo named george needleman who discovers he’s been set - up as the fall guy for a massive ponzi scheme involving the mob at his wall street firm . as george is tapped by the prosecution to build a case against is former colleagues , he and his troubled family are placed under witness protection , landing them in the home of perry’s violently dragalicious madea simmons .

families can talk about whether madea is a role model in madea ' s witness protection , if she indulges in some rude behavior ( primarily screaming and threats of bodily harm ) herself . does it matter that what she ' s doing is played for laughs ?

tyler perry ' s diary of a mad black woman - 5 . " madea ' s chainsaw "

madea ' s witness protection was written , directed , and produced by the film ' s principal actor tyler perry . madea ' s witness protection is preceded by diary of a mad black woman ( 2005 ) ( 2005 ) , madea ' s family reunion ( 2006 ) ( 2006 ) , meet the browns ( 2008 ) ( 2008 ) , madea goes to jail ( 2009 ) ( 2009 ) , i can do bad all by myself ( 2009 ) ( 2009 ) and madea ' s big happy family ( 2011 ) ( 2011 ) , and followed by a madea christmas ( 2013 ) ( 2013 ) , boo ! a madea halloween ( 2016 ) ( 2016 ) , and tyler perry ' s boo 2 ! a madea halloween ( 2017 ) ( 2017 ) —along with an animated movie madea ' s tough love ( 2015 ) ( 2015 ) .

tyler perry ' s madea goes to jail - 12 . " anger management "

tyler perry ' s madea goes to jail - 2 . " self medication "

tyler perry ' s madea goes to jail - 15 . " call the police "

tyler perry ' s madea goes to jail - 3 . " living for the lord "

comedic sociopathy : usually centered around madea ' s violent tendencies and belief in corporal punishment .

because the needlemans are less serious protagonists than those who starred in madea’s earlier outings , witness protection seems at first like a distinctly airier and therefore arguably less substantial work . but perry finds a workable compromise in jake , the son of a pastor who lost his church’s $ 114 , 000 mortgage fund after losing it in the same scam that framed george . jake , remorseful of the mistake but unable to break the bad news to his father , becomes the much - needed heart of the film , and his scenes give witness protection just enough emotional heft to round it out , elevating it above the more tepid madea goes to jail territory . perry’s films , after all , are appealing for their earnestness and warmth as much as they are for their quips and sight gags , and it’s telling that even if witness protection is the most straightforward comedy feature he’s produced to date , it remains buoyed by the same open heart that makes his best work so endearing .

talk about madea ' s message about the youth of today and their sense of entitlement . is she right ?

without neglecting his base , prolific multihyphenate tyler perry makes a fair bid for crossover success with “madea’s witness protection , ” another rowdy comedy constructed around the trash - talking , quick - tempered materfamilias of an extended african - american family . this time , madea ( perry in drag ) must open her home to a conspicuously caucasian dysfunctional family at the request of her nephew [ … ]

it ' s never revealed in the movie , but the assumption is that madea set up a little account for herself .

he ' s still a young guy , but all throughout witness protection i imagined perry sitting glumly at a dressing - room mirror , like the aging chaplin in limelight , forlornly rubbing makeup in his face - - a tired , old clown stuck in a tired , old routine .

parents need to know that madea ' s witness protection - - part of tyler perry ' s popular , long - running madea franchise - - serves up more of what audiences have come to expect from the series : a righteous madea putting people in their place . this time it ' s a bernie madoff - like character ( only he doesn ' t know anything about the crime and was just set up ) and his family , who have to hide in madea ' s atlanta house for safety . expect some light cursing ( mostly " hell " and " damn " ) , some sexual references / innuendoes ( mostly about strippers and body parts ) , a few slaps , and plenty of exhortations about the right way to behave .

comic legend eugene levy ( the american pie franchise , best in show ) stars in the film as george , a high level cfo at the center of a ponzi scheme in new york city who is enrolled in the witness protection program along with his family in the one place that absolutely no one will think to look for them : madea’s house down south .

george ' s son asks for wi - fi , and madea says , ' ' sure , i can make you a waffle . ' ' that ' s one of the good jokes .

a wall street investment banker who has been set up as the linchpin of his company ' s mob - backed ponzi scheme is relocated with his family to aunt madea ' s southern home .

a prosecutor ( mr . perry ) needs a safe place to stash george while he turns him into a star witness , so he sends george and his family to live with his aunt madea .

one of the most striking things about madea’s witness protection , then , is that it hews more closely to the tone of a comedy than perhaps any perry film before it , largely because the typical struggling - black - woman subplot has been exchanged for one about a hapless white man named george needleman , played by eugene levy . levy brings a great deal of humor to the film ( as does denise richards , who plays his yoga - loving trophy wife ) , but his subplot , in which he’s ushered into witness protection after taking the fall in a corporate ponzi scheme , has less inherent pathos than , say , the story of a young woman whose abusive fiancée won’t allow her to leave him , which was the robust plot of madea’s family reunion . witness protection is the first madea film not based on one of perry’s enormously successful plays , which , along with the introduction of a few recognizable white stars , has lead many to speculate that this is perry’s attempt to open his franchise up to a broader audience . but make no mistake : his peculiar , distinctive approach hasn’t been the least bit diluted , which is to say that perry fans will find as much to love here as in any of the films that came before it .

wolverine publicity : madea initially . over the years , perry has begun to focus less on madea , even if her name is still in the title .

like the tragically insulated artist that is george lucas , perry being the master of his own madeaverse can serve not just as a boon , but as a creative hindrance as well . “witness protection” is a light comedy of race , occasionally delving into good ol’ fashioned themes of family values as well . such simple pleasures require a touch of brevity , something perry lacks . “witness protection” doesn’t need hedge clippers taken to its flabby story , so much as it needs a chainsaw to pair it down .

so tyler perry’s 4th movie of 2012 , the only madea movie of the year thank goodness , began production today at his atlanta studios .

that the film is slightly more streamlined as a comedy does , however , make it easier for perry to work more of his trademark madea gags into the proceedings , and as a result witness protection is the funniest madea film yet . its most memorable set pieces—particularly a run - in with airport security that goes about as expected—necessitate some slightly awkward narrative contortions , but the film moves ahead so briskly that it never quite feels like it’s stumbling . how funny you find these one - liners will depend principally on your interest in perry’s style of humor ( which is to say that if you disliked any of the previous films in the series , witness protection is unlikely to change your mind ) , but it should be clear even to the unamused that perry handles structure and pacing better than most comic filmmakers working—and in a manner that’s entirely his own .

team mom : madea always serves as these in both the films and plays .

yet their romantic pairing makes about as much sense as the rest of madea’s witness protection , which finally brings perry’s madea character wholly into big momma’s house territory with a plot that has her protecting people from the mob . levy plays a corporate executive set up as the fall guy for a ponzi scheme that bilked various charity organizations out of their investment money , while doubling as a money - laundering service for a crime family . the fbi offers levy a chance to avoid jail by cooperating in a case against the mob , but he , richards , and their family—including two children and levy’s dementia - addled mother ( doris roberts ) —need protection until after the trial . for that , the agent calls on his aunt , the loveable bruiser madea , to take in the family and fend off any pesky gangsters . ( another weird thing about the movie : not a single one shows up . )

staying mostly on the comedy side of the equation , madea’s witness protection leans on madea’s usual brassy monologues , which fuse no - nonsense belligerence with a grandmotherly wisdom that keeps her flock in line . yet the plotting goes pleasantly far afield at times , for instance by having levy and madea go incognito as , respectively , a beret - wearing frenchman with a burgundy suit and curly mustache , and an extravagantly wealthy member of the jackson family . there aren’t many laughs in this vaudevillian gambit , and fewer still in the fish - out - of - water comedy of madea hosting a rich white family that’s chiefly concerned with yoga , wi - fi , and their carb intakes . still , perry remains a true outsider artist—nobody makes movies like his . ( and please don’t try . )

south boston career criminal bobby batton , facing execution by the mob , is offered a deal by the fbi : immunity from prosecution for several serious crimes in exchange for testimony against his partners , after which he and his family will join the federal witness protection program .

is this compared to its predecessor . instead of having madea scaring the fraternity students into going to jail for their recklessness , madea goes to a haunted campsite to retrieve her grandchild and her grandchild ' s friend from being killed by a

“ witness protection ” is something less than waterproof when it comes to adhering to its own inner logic . although much is made of the need for the needlemans to maintain a low profile — and to avoid sticking out as white folks in a neighborhood where , as madea warns , “nothin’ ain’t white” — madea insists on enrolling both cindy and howie in a local school . ( perry wisely refrains from showing the siblings intermingling with classmates . ) late in the story , madea appears to pull off a profitable scam , but there’s no pay - off narrative - wise for this plot twist .

spotlight stealing title : many of the movies are titled after madea and are advertised as being about madea , despite the fact that she is usually not the main character .

lighter and softer : madea ' s tough love , an animated parody of madea , is this . it is the first and , so far , the only madea film to receive a pg - rating and has managed to tone down madea ' s actions as compared to other films , such as diary of a mad black woman and madea goes to jail ( the former involving chainsawing a living room because her grandchild was kicked out of her own house by her own husband and the latter involving destroying someone ' s cars with a forklift truck all because the driver stole her parking spot ) . whereas , in madea ' s tough love , madea chases after children that were causing actual problems and just happened to cause damages in the process . she ' s also notably nicer than she is in the other films , even helping an old lady cross the street and try to get a bunch of unruly children to behave .

in tyler perry ' s madea ' s witness protection , george needleman ( eugene levy ) thought he was successful as cfo of the charity arm of lockwise industries , a wall street investment bank . but then he discovers that his firm is actually a ponzi scheme and mafia money laundering unit . he can either be killed by the mob or make restitution with the help of a well - meaning district attorney ( tyler perry ) . but first , george needs a place to hide while he works with the government to catch the bad guys . and what better place to disappear than at the mighty madea ' s ( perry ) house , where the needleman family ' s big - city ways won ' t make the cut ?

out with the good ( the oscars ) . . . in with the bad ( the razzies ) - celebrating , or is it shaming the worst of the year 2012 , i give you the razzie nominees announced this morning . of note , as the title of this post states , tyler perry dominates the list , picking up noms in 5 of the 9 categories , including for worst actress for his performance as madea in madea ' s witness protection , worst actor for his performance ( not in drag ) in alex cross and good deeds , worst director , worst screen couple ( himself and madea ) and worst ensemble cast . so he ' s nominated for razzies for the same work he ' s being lauded for by the naacp . . .

in a scene of mildly cruel hilarity , madea messes with george’s disrespectful daughter by falsely informing her in graphic detail about how her entire family had been murdered by the mob while she was at school , causing the daughter realize how horrible she’s been to her family . it’s a rare scene that deftly wraps up a subplot brilliantly , yet “witness protection” is otherwise littered with side characters and half - baked plots that only serve to add calories to a light comedy dish . for every amusingly executed scene , there are five redundant ones that can’t seem to make their point and just move on .

aside from that episode of the simpsons where the family has to go into hiding with assumed identities after sideshow bob threatens to kill bart , comedy still hasn’t quite cracked the code on witness protection , despite many tries . ( my blue heaven , written by the late nora ephron , came close , while the larry the cable guy opus witless protection and the hugh grant travesty did you hear about the morgans ? , uh , didn’t . )

the supporting cast will comprise of romeo miller ( jumping the broom ) , the son of rapper master p , as jake , a friend of brian ( an attorney who places the family in madea’s care , also played by tyler perry ) who was affected by the scam ; and , revealed today , veterans john amos and marla gibbs will also co - star – amos as jake’s ( romeo miller’s ) father in the film , and gibbs appears as madea’s neighbor .

sony ' s inferno experienced an opening weekend meltdown as the third film in the robert langdon series fell $ 10 million shy of expectations . as a result , and thanks to a strong second weekend hold , tyler perry ' s boo ! a madea halloween scored a second weekend atop the box office , dropping just 41 % from its opening weekend . meanwhile , disney and marvel ' s doctor strange stormed the international box office . the latest entry in the marvel cinematic universe opened in approximately half the overseas markets where it brought in an estimated $ 86 million ahead of its domestic release next weekend . with an estimated $ 16 . 67 million boo ! a madea halloween took the # 1 spot at the weekend box office domestically for a second week in a row . the film ' s cume has now grown to $ 52 million as it fell just 41 % in its second weekend , a spectacular performance following the film ' s $ 28 . 5 million opening last weekend . as noted in our weekend preview , tyler perry ' s madea ' s witness protection

i like pretty much all of tyler perry ' s movies . even when they get too melodramatic , they are still pretty entertaining . " madea ' s witness protection " is his latest in a long line of movies about madea ( perry in drag ) . this time madea takes in a family from new york who are under an fbi investigation while they and receive death threats from the mob . this is a straight up over the top comedy , with zero drama like all of his other movies . while that ' s kind of a breathe of fresh air , the comedy falls flat a lot . the cast is pretty weak . eugene levy is ok , but he is just playing himself , and he ' s married to denise richards . yeh , it don ' t make sense to me either . there ' s a lot of plot holes , and the movie only really works when madea is on screen . even though too much of her ( or him ) , gets to be annoying after a while . this is probably my least favorite of the madea movies , and hopefully if they make more they get better . watch if your a fan , but skip otherwise .

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madea’s witness protection is tyler perry’s 14th feature film and the 17th to star madea , his most popular creation . madea , the linebacker - sized mammy performed by perry in drag , has always been either the sticking or selling point of the seven films in which she’s featured , and even though she usually exists only in the margins of her own movies , she’s the one element nobody forgets . most of the madea movies are framed the same way : a young woman , often a victim of some form of abuse , struggles to find a way out of the lifestyle that binds her , often with the advice , support , or physical backing of madea , who , much like mexico’s cantinflas , functions as both comic relief and moral backbone . ( perry is an exemplary manager of tone , oscillating back and forth between seriousness and slapstick wildly ; that he manages to juggle laughs and feeling without mucking the two is one of his defining qualities as a screenwriter and director , and it’s consistently the most interesting aspect of his work . ) this formula has served perry well , because it allows him to work a fully realized emotional center into films that might have otherwise played out as straight - up comedies—and because the drama becomes just as important as the laughs , it never feels like an afterthought .

madea ' s message is clear : be a good citizen , old or young , and the world is a much better place . also , don ' t take any guff .

it would be a fool’s errand to think tyler perry might have been the one to finally pull it off . but still , madea’s witness protection holds some initial promise , what with eugene levy playing a disingenuous wall street type who becomes the fall guy for his company’s just - exposed ponzi scheme and has to go south with his beautifully dysfunctional family . of course , levy & co . have to live with the grotesque madea ( perry , cross - dressing as usual in the role that’s made him a gazillionaire ) , and one hopes , for a brief instant , that in imagining this culture clash perry might be trying to break out of his comfort zone , maybe even taking on some of the assumptions made about his comedy — that it appeals mainly to african - american audiences , that its vulgar theatricality is an acquired taste , etc .

disproportionate retribution : perry ' s character madea loves to do this to anyone who is rude to her . good examples are in " big happy family " when she destroys a window of a restaurant to get her food because of the manager being rude to her . another one is " madea goes to jail " when she tows and destroys a woman ' s car because the lady not only took her parking spot , but she was rude to madea as well .

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without neglecting his base , prolific multihyphenate tyler perry makes a fair bid for crossover success with “ madea ’s witness protection , ” another rowdy comedy constructed around the trash - talking , quick - tempered materfamilias of an extended african - american family . this time , madea ( perry in drag ) must open her home to a conspicuously caucasian dysfunctional family at the request of her nephew ( perry in a business suit ) , a federal prosecutor who must hide the clan from mob killers . the interaction among opposites inspires an abundance of predictable race - based jokes , many of which have the saving grace of actually being funny .

while watching the movie ghost ( 1990 ) ( 1990 ) , george gets the idea of having madea pose as precious jackson , withdraw the money from jackson ' s account , and credit it to the 12 charities . madea , george , and jake travel to new york . and madea successfully moves the money into 13 accounts , returning the ponzi money to the charities , including jake ' s ( romeo miller ) $ 114 , 000 investment from pastor nelson ' s ( john amos ) church . on their return to georgia , george is exonerated , learns that his bosses have agreed to testify against the malone family and that all charges have been dropped against him . madea and the needleman family make their goodbyes . in the final scene , the needlemans make a stop at the zion church ' s mortgage burning ceremony , and madea dances on her porch .

the official theatrical trailer for tyler perry ' s madea ' s witness protection cast : tyler perry , eugene levy , denise richards , romeo , tom arnold , doris roberts , john amos , marla gibbs , danielle campbell , devan leos synopsis : for years , george needleman ( levy ) , the gentle cfo of a wall street investment bank , has been living with his head in the clouds . his frustrated second wife , kate ( richards ) , has reached her limit taking care of his senile mother , barbara ( roberts ) . his teenage daughter , cindy ( danielle campbell ) , is spoiled beyond hope and his seven - year - old son , howie ( devan leos ) , wishes his father were around more . but george is finally forced to wake up when he learns that his firm , lockwise industries , has been operating a mob - backed ponzi scheme - - and that he ' s been set up as the fall guy . facing criminal charges and death threats from the mob , george and his entire family are put under witness protection in the safest place that brian ( perry ) , a federal prosecutor from atlanta , can think of . . . his aunt madea ' s house down south . as a result , madea and her live - in brother , uncle joe ( perry ) , find themselves managing a completely dysfunctional family from connecticut . but as george tries to solve the mystery behind lockwise ' s finances , madea whips the needlemans into shape using her hilarious brand of tough love . and together , they realize they just might have what it takes to unite george ' s family , outsmart the mob and change everyone ' s lives for the better .

deep south : most of his movies take place in atlanta , and several jokes are made about madea ' s southern black accent ( " good mornting ! " " hallelujer ! " ) .

no disrespect to the ( usually ) formidable madea , but she seems to be losing her touch . she has less fire in her belly ; her diatribes aren ' t as disarming or funny . ( though fans will be glad for a few of them , especially an initial one she unleashes on a poor soul who tries to rob her in her car . ) a teenage girl who ' s quite nasty to her parents , especially her step - mother , is upbraided in a fairly tame and passive - aggressive , roundabout way , when a full - on righteous tongue - lashing would have been more audience - pleasing . could it be that madea has softened with age ? or is tyler perry tiring of his muse ? ( we ' re not even getting into madea ' s witness protection ' s weak script or the wasted potential of the new york banker - in - relocated - down - south setup . )

when i first saw madea in diary of a mad black woman , she had such a crazy , unreal vitality that , for all the broad , unpleasant comedy on display , i couldn’t take my eyes off her . the movie was bad , but you weren’t about to forget this creation . this time around , madea just seems spent . perry’s delivery barely registers above a mutter , and the jokes , which have always been obvious , lack conviction . he’s still a young guy , but all throughout witness protection i imagined perry sitting glumly at a dressing - room mirror , like the aging chaplin in limelight , forlornly rubbing makeup in his face — a tired , old clown stuck in a tired , old routine . i’ve never cared for the man’s shtick , but i kind of hope he regains his mojo someday .

george is an honest if dorky accountant who is given terrible news at the office one day . it turns out his company is a ponzi scheme with hard ties to the mafia , and with george ' s name signed on all the books , he is destined to go to jail for a very long time , if not killed by the mafia first to keep him quiet . he ' s willing to participate in a government investigation , but unfortunately , with the mafia on his tail , he and his family must go into the witness protection where no one will find them . one of the lawyers involved knows where they can go : to stay in georgia with madea , a sassy old woman , and her elderly brother , joe . in madea ' s hometown , unbeknownst to anyone , a young pastor ' s son named jake invested all of the local church ' s money into george ' s company , and all of it has been stolen as a result of the ponzi scheme . george and his family are unfamiliar and uncomfortable with black people , so several awkward interactions occur , especially involving george ' s mother , who thinks joe is a black man she slept with many years beforehand . george , while watching ghost one night , is inspired to come up with a plan to give the stolen money back to the victims , including the local church , by having madea go to new york and redistribute some of the account ' s funds . however , with the mafia looking for george , and with the church ' s future at stake , everything counts on madea ' s abilities to hold it together and fool these bankers .

tyler perry ' s meet the browns - 6 . " he was a pimp "

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since 2005’s diary of a mad black woman brought tyler perry ’s popular stage plays into the feature realm , tyler perry has been turning out movies with takashi miike - esque speed . but the secret is that perry never really changes . when you’ve struck oil , why move the well ? yet perry still makes the weirdest movies in the business , with a tone lurching between broader - than - broad cross - dressing comedy and equally hyperbolic christian morality plays . it doesn’t stop there . for his latest , madea’s witness protection , perry casts denise richards as eugene levy ’s spouse , letting audiences assume she’s a vicious , gold - digging trophy wife . but by defying expectations and making richards a good partner , perry suggests the far stranger scenario that levy and richards , overcoming a 24 - year age difference , met , fell in love , and may well resume their vigorous sex lives when their legal troubles are over .

the needlemans expect to stay with madea and her grumpy brother uncle joe ( perry in old - age makeup and overalls ) until george finds a way to help prosecutors track down the millions diverted by the mob . but that’s just long enough for madea to share with george and kate her distinctive tough - love methods for rearing troublesome children , and for george and madea to launch a bold plan to retrieve the missing money on their own .

when lockwise industries cfo george needleman ( eugene levy ) is set up to take the fall for a ponzi scheme run by the malone mob , it is recommended by his new york attorney brian simmons ( tyler perry ) that he and his family—wife kate ( denise richards ) , daughter cindy ( danielle campbell ) , son howie ( devan leos ) , and mother barbara ( doris roberts ) —go into witness protection . what better place to hide than in the georgia home of brian ' s aunt mabel " madea " simmons ( tyler perry ) , who takes no nonsense from anyone .

for years , george needleman ( levy ) , the gentle cfo of a wall street investment bank , has been living with his head in the clouds . but george is finally forced to wake up when he learns that his firm , lockwise industries , has been operating a mob - backed ponzi scheme - and that he ' s been set up as the fall guy . facing criminal charges and death threats from the mob , george and his entire family are put under witness protection in the safest place that brian ( perry ) , a federal prosecutor from atlanta , can think of . . . his aunt madea ' s house down south . - - ( c ) lionsgate

witness protection is a 1999 american television movie directed by richard pearce . the teleplay by daniel therriault is based on a new york times magazine article entitled the invisible family by robert sabbag . it was broadcast by hbo on december 11 , 1999 and released on videotape in portugal ( protecção de uma testemunha ) , argentina ( protejan al testigo ) , and iceland the following year .

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director timothy reckart’s the star turns the greatest story ever told into just another kids’ movie .

doris roberts , who played ray ramano ' s mother on " everybody loves raymond , " has died . she was 90 . tmz was the first to report the news monday , writing that roberts died sunday afternoon in los angeles . her cause of death has not yet been revealed . though roberts starred in movies like " national lampoon ' s christmas vacation " and " madea ' s witness protection , " she was best known for her television work . in her lifetime , roberts won four emmy awards for her work on " everybody loves raymond " and one for " st . elsewhere . " roberts continued working until very close to her death , with her last credit being " the red maple leaf , " slated for a 2016 release . [ source : tmz ]

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alas , there may be some ambition to the concept , but there’s none to the execution . instead what we get are typical fish - out - of - water clichés and blandly packaged life lessons , with levy and the rest of the cast phoning it all in . but witness protection is so wan and dispiriting that it might make you yearn for the uncomfortable tonal hodgepodge of earlier tyler perry movies . unlike other madea films , witness protection wasn’t a play before it became a movie , but it still feels strangely stagebound : the story unfolds as a series of exchanges in a series of rooms , often between two people . for all the communal boisterousness one might expect from this sort of thing ( and there is one pretty funny scene involving levy starting to speak in tongues at church ) , it feels internalized , claustrophobic . that’s not necessarily a bad thing , but perry as a director not only has no visual style , he seems uninterested in one . his governing aesthetic is point - and - shoot functionality , which might have worked if there were any energy to the proceedings .

perry is perhaps most physically recognizable as his alter ego madea , a violence - prone , loud - mouthed grandmother who has appeared in many of his movies . madea is a contraction of ' mother dearest ' = " ma " dea ( r ) , a term used in the vernacular of many black americans in the southern u . s .

tyler perry ' s diary of a mad black woman - 6 . " day in court "

tyler perry ' s i can do bad all by myself - 4 . " kid whisperer "

the 11th annual razzie awards took place yesterday , and the twilight saga : breaking dawn part ii swept the awards with seven wins including worst picture , bill condon got worst director , kristen stewart landed worst actress , and taylor lautner took home worst supporting actor . adam sandler took home the worst actor award for that ' s my boy . i won ' t argue with any of these wins , the movies that took home these worst of the year awards definitely deserved it . check out the full list of nominees and winners below . worst picture battleship the oogieloves in big balloon adventure that ' s my boy a thousand words * winner the twilight saga : breaking dawn part ii worst director sean anders - that ' s my boy peter berg - battleship * winner bill condon - the twilight saga : breaking dawn part ii tyler perry - good deeds / madea ' s witness protection john putch - atlas shrugged : part ii worst actress

the beauty of madea is that she says what she thinks , so when she doesn ' t , we ' re left unsatisfied , wondering what ' s holding her back . it also takes much too long to get a glimpse of the film ' s headliner as the ponzi scheme storyline is explained . levy is predictably hilarious , and watching his character and madea reference a whoopi goldberg - in - ghost moment is gold . but not much else is .

for years , george needleman , the gentle cfo of a wall street investment bank , has been living with his head in the clouds . his frustrated second wife , kate , has reached her limit taking care of his senile mother , barbara . his teenage daughter , cindy , is spoiled beyond hope and his seven - year - old son , howie , wishes his father were around more . but george is finally forced to wake up when he learns that his firm , lockwise industries , has been operating a mob - backed ponzi scheme - and that he ' s been set up as the fall guy . facing criminal charges and death threats from the mob , george and his entire family are put under witness protection in the safest place that brian , a federal prosecutor from atlanta , can think of . . . his aunt madea ' s house down south . as a result , madea and her live - in brother , uncle joe , find themselves managing a completely dysfunctional family from connecticut . but as george tries to solve the mystery behind lockwise ' s finances , madea whips the needlemans into shape using her hilarious brand of tough love . and together , they realize they just might have what it takes to unite george ' s family , outsmart the mob and change everyone ' s lives for the better .

some mentions of drugs and cigarettes ; madea wants a drink ( or several ) while flying . a bottle of champagne is seen .

as usual , madea tends to dominate the proceedings through sheer force of her unrestrained bluster , and it must be noted that perry’s over - the - top shtick in this role is wearing thin . on the other hand , madea’s fish - out - of - water antics during a third - act trip to new york prove funny enough to suggest that , if he wants to sustain this franchise , perry would do well to take his act on the road more often .

when kid ' s college money is stolen by a crooked music promoter , play ' s solution is to stage the ' mutha ' of all pajama parties . starring kid ' n play and martin lawrence .

gold derby surveyed our experts and editors as well as hundred of users to predict the winners of the razzie awards , which will be announced this saturday in los angeles . - insertgroups : 8 - below , our predictions for the winners of the worst of the year in film with potential spoilers listed in italics . ( see breakdown by film here . ) - addprediction : 84 : 344 : click to predict worst picture : addprediction - click on each category title to be taken to an overview of the odds for that race . worst picture " that ' s my boy " spoiler : " battleship " worst actor adam sandler , " that ' s my boy " spoiler : tyler perry , " alex cross " worst actress tyler perry , " madea ' s witness protection " spoiler : kristen stewart , " twlight : breaking dawn , part 2 " worst supporting actor vanila ice , " that ' s my boy " spoiler : taylor lautner , " twlight : br . . .

tyler perry ' s i can do bad all by myself - 1 . " i oughta shank you "

madea , alas , doesn’t seem as if her heart were in this one , letting a lot of opportunities to tear into something go by .

there are not a lot of major releases on this week ' s list . the biggest box office hit was

, and then it turns into some kind of high school girl ' s idea of a relevant play . "

ran away with things breaking records in the process . that ' s not to say the competition was weak . both

a couple ' s seemingly solid marriage begins to crumble when the wife discovers that her husband intends to divorce her .

even so , pic features enough raucous humor to please longtime fans of the madea franchise , while soft - pedaling the spiritual uplift that perry typically oversells in his comedies . better still , perry has almost entirely eschewed the soap - operatics that have weighed heavily in his previous efforts . here , he’s playing almost entirely for laughs , and it’s a winning game plan more often than not .

for instance , george has a disrespectful daughter ( danielle campbell ) who would benefit from a madea beat down , but when it comes , it’s uncharacteristically tame . and when mr . perry finds an excuse to send madea through airport security , her reaction to the intrusiveness is tamer than what you’d see in an average real - life airport screening . this time around , the old gal just seems to be mailing it in .

winners of the 33rd annual razzie awards were revealed on feb . 23 , the night before the oscars . read the full report here . worst picture " battleship " " the oogieloves in big balloon adventure " " that ' s my boy " " a thousand words " x - - " twilight saga : breaking dawn , part 2 " - insertgroups : 8 - worst actor nicolas cage , " ghost rider : spirit of vengeance " and " seeking justice " eddie murphy , " a thousand words " robert pattinson , " twilight saga : breaking dawn , part 2 " tyler perry , " alex cross " and " good deeds " x - - adam sandler , " that ' s my boy " worst actress katherine heigl , " one for the money " milla jovovich , " resident evil 5 : retribution " tyler perry , " madea ' s witness protection " x - - kristen stewart , " snow white and the huntsman " and " twlight saga : breaking dawn , . . .

the mention of perry’s name usually elicits sneers and groans of disdain in most circles , however my first outing with him could best be described as lukewarm . perry’s madea films , or at least this one , recall some of adam sandler’s output : lowbrow comedies that crudely explore wholesome themes . both perry and sandler have found success in their own niche , and neither have to answer to anyone . what you get from this situation is work that is formally flawed , yet completely sincere and one hundred percent their own .

darkest hour : one in every play , and if madea hasn ' t been in the play since the start , this is where she generally shows up .

eugene levy hits all the right notes as george needleman , a wall street investment bank exec who’s been set up as a fall guy for one of his company’s shadier sidelines , a mob - backed ponzi operation that has bilked charities for millions .

for years , george needleman ( levy ) , the gentle cfo of a wall street investment bank , has been living with his head in the clouds . his frustrated second wife , kate ( richards ) , has reached her limit taking care of his senile mother , barbara ( roberts ) . his teenage daughter , cindy ( danielle campbell ) , is spoiled beyond hope and his 7 - year - old son , howie ( devan leos ) , wishes his father were around more . but george is finally forced to wake up when he learns that his firm , lockwise industries , has been operating a mob - backed ponzi scheme – and that he’s been set up as the fall guy . facing criminal charges and death threats from the mob , george and his entire family are put under witness protection in the safest place that brian ( perry ) , a federal prosecutor from atlanta , can think of… his aunt madea’s house down south . as a result , madea and her live - in brother , uncle joe ( perry ) , find themselves managing a completely dysfunctional family from connecticut .

the acting talent in this film is minimal . forced dialogue and frequent lame jokes weigh down this madea film , making the nearly two - hour feature unbearably long .

the crazy and comical mabel simmons , otherwise known as madea , tries to wrangle her fighting family together for a family dinner regarding the health of her niece shirley .

when the family first meets madea , kate walks in wearing black open - toed high heel shoes . when kate is upstairs unpacking , she is wearing tall brown boots .

at its best , dave green’s out of the shadows approximates the coked - up frenzy of a particularly chaotic saturday - morning cartoon .

“i want to tell the truth . that’s where my storytelling comes from . my feminism comes from somewhere else : acute dissatisfaction . ”

madea is always a fun character to watch , and pairing her with an old seasoned comedy pro like eugene levy makes for an amusing pair to watch crack wise with one another .

when the family first meets madea , kate walks in wearing black open - toed high heel shoes . when kate is upstairs unpacking , she is wearing tall brown boots . see more »

never trust a trailer : his movies tend to be advertised as being about madea and her wacky hijinks . in reality , she usually serves as simple comic relief in otherwise heavy dramas .


i survived a zombie holocaust is a 2014 horror film that was directed and written by guy pigden , and is his feature film directorial debut .

the film had its world premiere on 16 august 2014 in dunedin , new zealand .

filming for i survived a zombie holocaust took place in dunedin and was credited by its producer zoe hobson as being " the first new zealand film commission-funded feature to be made in dunedin with a local cast and crew in 15 years . "

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i survived a zombie holocaust <EOT> there are no featured reviews for i survived a zombie holocaust at this time .

remember that time we shamelessly used our naked bodies to sell i survived a zombie holocaust dvds ? good times .

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i wasn’t enjoying “i survived a zombie holocaust” anyway . its stale jokes fell flat . its plotline was derivative . but i worried i was leaning towards a harsh opinion because i had a difficult time focusing what with my eyes rolling every time i had to listen to the fool next to me play mst3k .

i survived a zombie holocaust follows what happens when a group of real zombies take over the set of a zombie film , with a young runner the first to realise what ' s happening .

are you in the usa ? find i survived a zombie holocaust on most providers , amazon , itunes , at & t , show . . .

" i really sincerely hope that this could be the next peter jackson ' s brain dead – you know , guy pigden ' s i survived a zombie holocaust , " says actor harley neville .

harley neville aka ' wesley pennington ' in i survived a zombie holocaust was on reality dating show ' first dates nz ' , watch it legally and free below .

i survived a zombie holocaust will premiere on august 16 in the dunedin town hall , during the new dunedin city council - sponsored dundead festival , celebrating pop culture and science .

ultimately i survived a zombie holocaust turned out to be an unexpected gem of a movie , one that i would recommend to fans of peter jackson’s early work ( and those that liked zombie women of satan – there has to be some of you out there ) .

marking the upcoming world premiere of i survived a zombie holocaust in dunedin yesterday are ( from left ) levi spurr , charlotte morgan , zoe hobson and aaron kearney . photo by linda robertson .

several months ago i found i survived a zombie holocaust on facebook and was very impressed with the poster artwork and trailer for the film . i reached out to them and they were kind enough to send me a review link . sadly , i completely forgot to check my messages after that and their reply went unnoticed until now . thanks guys for letting me check this one out and i am sorry i missed your reply .

from 38 pictures and funded by the new zealand film commision , comes guy pigden’s i survived a zombie holocaust , which now has an official facebook ( with a few images ) and the following teaser trailer .

i love these old zombie movies ! this was a great cheesy movie that made me laugh .

i survived a zombie holocaust is a small budget indie flick zombie comedy and my gosh did i find that movie charming . i mean , it mashes up the hakka with a call back to night of the living dead . harley neville and jocelyn christian put a lot of heart into a well written set of roles ( written and directed by guy pigden ) in a fun rompy zombie comedy . if you ' ve ever enjoyed a zombie movie or three , give this one a watch . of all the movies i watched this year , i ' ve carried the most water for it because i earnestly love it . and i want more people to see it .

the meek shall inherit the earth ! well in this new zealand zombie flick they do . i caught this on the tube the other night and i have to admit after a mediocre start i ended up . . .

finally , the film has several on screen kills . the kills are nothing that stick out but they are gory and fun as hell . the film has some great practical effects as well that make these kills amazing . overall , i survived a zombie holocaust is a zombie comedy that has more laughs as it does gore scenes . if you like your zombie films funny then i recommend checking this one out !

“i survived a zombie holocaust” boasts a number of terrific gore gags , particularly a severed limb cauterization , a zombie film staple we’ve all seen before that is nonetheless painfully sizzling . though taking the top prize as the single most memorable moment is a shot of an infected penis guaranteed to make every male viewer cup his crotch in squirming sympathy .

sure , we ' ve seen some local releases : recent dance flick born to dance , heavy metal splatter comedy deathgasm , zombie meta - comedy i survived a zombie holocaust , parody sequel ghost shark 2 : urban jaws ; we played small parts in making slow west and turbo kid happen as well .

not great but not totally horrible . i ' m biased as i like zombie films and stuff coming out of new zealand and australia are pretty ok these days .

although it’s overall lack of creativity can only level it 3 stars , i survived a zombie holocaust is a worthy tongue - in - cheek examination of the zombie genre , working well as a love letter to a genre that guy pigden must certainly admire . it’s a very silly , but highly entertaining low - budget flick that’s propelled by a devoted cast and sharp script .

horror - comedies , or “horrordies” as a character in “i survived a zombie holocaust” dubs the subgenre , usually aren’t my cup of tea . so in addition to making that disclaimer ahead of time , i sometimes calibrate my objectivity by keying into reactions of fellow audience members to gauge how the humor reads to those with presumably more of an appreciation for horror - based goofs than i may have .

i survived a zombie holocaust follows a runner called wesley ( yes , he is as hopeless as his name sounds ) as he embarks on his first day on the set of a low - budget zombie film . little do he and the rest of the cast and crew know , that a real zombie apocalypse is on the horizon and the set is about to be overwhelmed with the undead – for real .

broadly ( in every sense ) funny , and with a good heart to match all the blood and guts , i survived a zombie holocaust is an infectiously self - consuming artifact from the land of the haka - not just a ( nother ) romzomcom , but also a savvy ' meta weta ' .

crew . likely less than 10 % of a crew of 1 , 100 survived .

now a zombie , adam attacks . wesley kills adam , but is bitten in the process . susan prepares to reluctantly shoot wesley , but he reasons that they can stop the infection by severing his bitten hand and cauterizing the wound . wesley and susan then escape together and go on to make a docudrama about their experience titled “i survived a zombie holocaust . ”

writer - director guy pigden is banking on smp being wrong , because his own feature debut , i survived a zombie holocaust , is not unlike the film that wesley is describing ( and smp is dismissing ) . of course , local history is on pigden ' s side , as…

imagine you are tasked with creating a comedy that takes place behind - the - scenes on a film set , and your first assignment is to come up with characters based on every hollywood stereotype imaginable . write those down and see if your list doesn’t match the clichéd character roster of “i survived a zombie holocaust . ”

the last film of the night in the main screen was new zealand comedy i survived a zombie holocaust . wesley ( harley neville ) is an aspiring screenwriter who gets a job as a runner on a zombie film overseen by a tyrannical director . after suffering a series of embarrassments , it seems like wesley’s first day can’t get any worse . he’s wrong , of course , and the film’s method actor doesn’t have to pretend anymore , as a real - life zombie horde attacks the film crew .

i survived a zombie holocaust will hit home with anyone who came out of film school or studied film at university and their experiences as a runner on their first film set . the runner in question is the mild and meek wesley , who has aspirations of being a writer and is using this zombie movie set as a way to spread around his script , which is also a zombie movie . after he goes through a traumatic time of mishaps and accidents , a real - life zombie apocalypse breaks out and now he has to go from runner to action hero .

like a preprogrammed robot or laboratory - trained monkey reacting as his master expects , this idiot “ewwwwed” on cue any time something gross appeared onscreen , “awwwwed” during any and all tenderhearted moments , and yelled “woooo ! ” whenever something explosive took place like an ax being driven into a zombie’s skull . what this confirmed was that “i survived a zombie holocaust” was in fact pandering to predictably pedestrian appeal . his reactions were reflexive rather than responsive . as his alcohol - fueled enthusiasm waned into more politely toned reactions out of presumed deference to the filmmakers seated somewhere in the same theater , it became clear that “i survived a zombie holocaust” was incapable of sustaining the interest of even an easily - entertained nitwit .

even thought the film is infused with over - the - top ridiculousness and a script that pokes fun at the genre , i survived a zombie holocaust still pays “respect” to those genre films that have come before it . featuring nods to romero’s zombie films , 28 days later , evil dead , apocalypse now and more , this film is like a movie geeks wet dream . the film starts with a fourth - wall breaking zombie “movie” and ends on a similar slant and in between is some of the wittiest and smuttiest humour i’ve seen in a horror movie in some time .

as a product of a post - modern world where creativity is almost as dead as the film’s zombies , guy pigden’s i survived a zombie holocaust proves that enjoyment can still be had when almost nothing is unique . the film works wonderfully as a meta acceptance that there is pretty much nothing left to do with the zombie genre . from the characterisation , to the location and the unabashedly self - referential script , this film is not trying to do anything different , because we’ve had enough zombie parodies , comedies and romances to last us a lifetime . i survived a zombie holocaust is about appreciating the genre for what it used to be and the place it is now , questioning what is next for a horror sub - genre that is running out of steam . and it’s quite the joyous journey to travel on , because it’s a ridiculous and gory ride of enjoyable ridiculousness .

a zombie movie within a zombie apocalypse within a zombie movie . i have to say that i never find this movie boring and i have seen if several times . this is a comedy that is meant to be a comedy . no attempt at reality or seriousness as the zombies hunt for brains . there are just too many twists and turns to comment on . all of the twists and jokes are interconnected and are done with typical commonwealth humor . it is laughs and chuckles all through the film .

i love when horror and comedy collides in the zombie apocalypse . romero and so many others made some of the most entertaining zombie films and they were damn near perfect because they were serious in nature . too many films try to capture that sense of foreboding and dread only to fail . with comedies , they never take themselves too seriously , and have fun with the idea of the dead coming back to life . these films are generally fun in nature but offer nothing new to the sub - genre . i survived a zombie holocaust is another great horror comedy set in the backdrop of a zombie outbreak that offers some laughs and gore .

which highlights the weaknesses of different kinds of government when responding to a zombie outbreak .

plus writer / director guy pidgen has brought toilet humour back to the zombie movie – it’s like zombie women of satan all over again ( and yes , i was one of the few that liked that movie back at 2009′s frightfest ) . yes some of it comes across as incredibly childish in a “look at me i’m making a joke about shit” way but hell , that’s what i liked about it !

i ' ll say right away , just to get my bias up front : i love zombies . in just about anything . so i loved this movie . sure , it ' s not the end - all , be - all of zombie movies . and it ' s not meant to be . it ' s not meant to taken seriously . it ' s a comedy with a few ( very few ) serious parts . so , i rate it as a comedy . with zombies that i love .

as i said in my review of housebound , new zealand has , over the years , become renown for producing some superb horror films . from the early work of peter jackson and his films bad taste and braindead ; to the more recent frightfest flicks the loved ones and this years housebound . but , and i don’t say this lightly , all of those pail in comparison to i survived a zombie holocaust – a perfect mix of horror and comedy that resonated with me more than any film at this years frightfest ( so far ) .

in recent years , several ant timpson - produced films have played bifan , including turbo kid which picked up the best director gong in 2015 ( for francois simard , anouk and yoann - karl whissell ) . gerard johnstone’s housebound , guy pigden’s i survived a zombie holocaust , james cunningham’s short accidents , blunders & calamities and steven baker’s short a love story are also among recent selections .

when i was in middle school and high school i had started to leave behind my tastes for vampire flicks and found myself fascinated with zombie comedies . i loved to watch my boyfriend’s back , dead & breakfast , dead next door , dead alive , and the goosebumps episode welcome to dead house . this is a phase that i never actually grew out of and still find myself checking these out today even with the huge influx of zombie flicks popping up every where due to the walking dead .

written and directed by guy pidgen , making his feature film debut , i survived a zombie holocaust takes all that is good about new zealand comedy - horror and ups the ante . the script is incredibly witty , there are a ton of “in - jokes” for genre fans and the main character is one of the most likeable heroes in a zom - com . in fact i could watch harley neville’s nebbish script - writer wannabe wesley over simon pegg’s layabout shaun any day of the week .

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zombie action in the alps : a group of young snowboarder is stuck in a remote mountain ski resort , where an all - night aprés - ski party soon turns into a hellish nightmare of zombie mayhem .

as mentioned earlier , it is unfair to compare every zomcom with shaun of the dead , but when a movie is as good as i survived a zombie holocaust , it should be worn with a badge of honour . it’s one of the funniest zombie comedies in recent memory ( apart from the tremoundous stalled ) and is a great example of how to get the genre right . a brilliant thrill ride that will make you laugh , make you hurl and can even make you cry – even if it’s just from laughing so much .

it seemed like that might be an impossibility at the screamfest premiere of “i survived a zombie holocaust , ” since seated to my immediate left was one of the drunkest , loudest , most obnoxious theater patrons one could ever experience the misfortune of having within arm’s reach . i’m talking the kind of loudmouth who howls and claps at every single gag , whether it is funny or not , or howls and claps simply if seven seconds has elapsed since the last time he howled and clapped .

a canonical example is the death star holocaust , i . e . the rank - and - file imperial troops , contractors , etc . that died when the rebellion blew up the first death star . in the

[ … ] new zealand has , over the years , become renown for producing some superb horror films . from the early work of peter jackson and his films bad taste and braindead ; to the more recent frightfest flicks the loved ones and this years housebound . but , and i don’t say this lightly , all of those pail in comparison to i survived a zombie holocaust – a perfect mix of horror and comedy that resonated with me more than any film at this years frightfest . full review . [ … ]

i survived a zombie holocaust was 100 minutes of pretty good fun and i think for the most part that was the main goal of the film . i think given the budget and experience of this cast and crew the film serves a purpose and has a place . does it excel in either the horror or comedy department ? probably not , but that’s no reason to write it off remember it’s not an easy thing to pull off that perfect blend . thankfully a technical success combined with the comedic timing of both harley and jocelyn and their ability to generate a chemistry that works for the most part makes this a good time ! keep an eye out for the film’s release next year .

a young runner , on a zombie film set , has the first day from hell when real zombies overrun the set .

one of the better zomedies i ' ve ever seen . super silly , but very funny .

merrill : we . . . we heard the dalish were given land in ferelden . is it true ? alistair : yes . i wish i could say that went better . merrill : why ? what happened ? alistair : it ' s . . . a long story . i intend to make it up to your people , however . i owe an old friend of mine too much to do otherwise .

but this is a zombie movie , so of course you want gore – and gore you get . from the blood - filled opening scene of the film they’re shooting to the movie’s own thrilling climax , i survived a zombie holocaust does not hold back at any point with its splatter , guts and infected members . because the movie doesn’t take itself too seriously , the high level of violence is akin to something like the aforementioned brain dead ( although it never pushes to those levels ) but it also has a serious heart and the drama that comes from the characters is very sweet .

but the bottom line is that “i survived a zombie holocaust” isn’t a fresh enough concept , and its broad comedy is too rote to resonate . it is also surprisingly slow to turn the corner into full - on apocalyptic mayhem . however , it is of course possible that those with more tolerant tastes in horror - comedy will laugh more than i did , although probably nowhere near as much as the boob in my row . no matter where in that range you might fall , you still won’t be reaching to put your copy of “shaun of the dead” into the trash bin anytime soon . when it comes to kiwi horrordy , i’ll stick with “housebound” ( review here ) .

in terms of horror , there’s nothing here that’s going to scare your socks off and that’s perfectly fine . nonetheless , there are some great gory moments that give the film a much - needed kick out of the straight comedy zone . just as the director says , “finally , something with real substance ! ” as he records real zombies for his film , horror fans will be relieved that i survived a zombie holocaust can deliver brilliantly bloody action to go with its witty writing .

zombie honeymoon is a gore - soaked exploration of how far the boundaries of true love can be pushed without reaching a breaking point .

" i actually do , " says actress reanin johannink . " it ' s a little bit hard to forget . it was may in dunedin in the freezing cold , and i was running around half the time in a singlet top . "

good movie with funny moments . . . . and as good as any other zombie flick .

the zombie research society is using one of our most popular myths to explore the real world .

a zombie feature film produced in otago during the past three years will have its world premiere in dunedin next month .

any movie that comes with the tag of “zombie comedy” or “zomcom” will always be unfairly painted with the shaun of the dead comparison brush . last year’s superb stalled suffered the same fate as did other not - so - good attempts like cockneys vs . zombies . given the movie’s country of origin , comparing it to brain dead feels more apt , but in many ways i survived a zombie holocaust is a kiwi shaun of the dead . with that said , it deserves to be praised for much more than just being mentioned in the same sentence as peter jackson’s cult favourite and edgar wright’s bar setter .

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a zombie film shoot goes from bad to worse when members of the cast and crew catch a mystery illness , turning them into real zombies .

the cast and crew of a low - budget horror film struggle to escape their shooting location when a real - life zombie apocalypse breaks out .

" look at what i found in the fruit bowl today . eyes , nose and even scary teeth . "

ultra magnus : it ' s the most beautiful thing i ' ve ever seen . hand me the bomb .

i like movies about making movies and horror movies and comedy . this was good the only thing was the obvious nerd - gets - the - girl at the end i could have done without other then that good popcorn munch movie .

the graveyard in the legend of zelda i appears in the same position as kakariko village in the legend of zelda a link to the past .

a zombie apocalypse , although in some works it ' s part of the underlying horror ( or helps the ambiance at any rate ) .

pidgin has a crafted an entertaining piece of genre filmmaking that embraces the history of zombie cinema whilst pricking a few bubbles of pretension potentially found in the cinematic world .

i recorded this on satellite tv but just had to leave a review while watching it . this is a comedy horror b - movie film with a small amount of nudity , including full frontal male .

in order for a zombie movie ( comedy or not ) to work , you have to fall in love with the main characters because you’ll want to see them survive . in the case of i survived a zombie holocaust , wesley is one of the most endearing and loveable dolts committed to the genre . he is a walking cliché of “dork” and his bumbling antics are nothing we haven’t seen before , but harley neville gives a wonderfully genuine performance and his sweet delivery of guy pigden’s hilarious script really wins you over . the rest of the characters range from brilliantly satirical to comedically wacky and everyone one of them is excellently written . even the most hateful of characters has a modicum of charm and they all have their own story and arc . it’s impressive to see and is something that is not seen often enough .

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a young runner , on a zombie film set , has the first day from hell when real zombies overrun the set . it held my interest for a while then ultimately fell - flat . . .

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moments from many other zombie classics are also borrowed , paid homage – however you’d like to put it . but it’s a self - aware story to begin with , as romero , raimi and john carpenter are all cited as inspirations by the “tonight they come” filmmakers , as was also obviously the case for the filmmakers behind i survived a zombie holocaust ( writer / director guy pidgen ) . wesley’s spec script , which he attempts to get into anyone’s hands is called “twilight of the dead” ( one of the titles oft - thrown around when romero was first chatting up a possible fourth entry in his “of the dead” series ) , some of the over - the - top zombie kills were straight out of peter jackson’s dead alive , and one bit in the farmhouse is clearly inspired by romero’s day of the dead . but it’s all in good fun , and these repeat gags are never taken as rip - offs , only as knowing tributes .

and galactic civilization is shown recovering and rebuilding . the holocaust , however , comes back in the low - ems ending . . . minus the " inferred " part .

schlozman ' s fascination comes down to what our zombie stories say about our brains , both when zombified and when trying to work out how to escape them . “we have these great big brains , and in every zombie film , we fail to use these brains . ” after schlozman’s wife was diagnosed with breast cancer , he found himself often unable to sleep , watching late night television as a way to relax . when night of the living dead was playing one night , it spurred him to write a fake medical paper about what a zombie brain would be like , which was then turned into a book with a cult following . for schlozman , this kind of dilemma was too fun to ignore – as he says , “you can ' t be a brain doctor , see a zombie ( especially the slow moving ones ) and not think about the brain” . as for survival , schlozman is almost philosophical - “homer survived as a blind poet in pretty barbaric times , ” schlozman says . “i ' d say that means we humans need more than ammunition and baked beans . ”

an actual zombie outbreak occurs in the wooded location / remote set of a low budget new zealand zombie movie ; “tonight they come” . the premise is simple and the film delivers on this inspired promise . it’s post - modern in a wes craven’s new nightmare kind of way – only this time , we’re focused on flesh - eaters .

given the low - budget of isazh , the production value is the first thing i want to mention . all the technical aspects of the film are as good as anything i’ve seen in the genre . the camera work is really professional and the cuts and edits are clever and snappy they help add to the comedic nature of the events depicted in the film . the audio is smooth and ultra - clear , the kiwi accent is one of those ones that grates on me so i like to make fun of it ( haha ) . this seemed to have a lot of over enunciating on purpose almost like a bit of a nod to the low - budget splettttter films ( see what i did there… ) , that peter jackson made back before he had money . i could definitely feel guy channeling some of that and i thought it was cool , after all you can’t be a new zealander and not have loved those early films like “braindead” and “bad taste” and guy applies that same kind of guerilla film making to this .

our zombies bevan read and hannah martin literally rounded up customers and herded them to the table , great job guys , i ' m going to give you a 100 % pay rise .

the comedy consists of mostly awkward scenes involving wesley and other crew members , in particular the chef susan ford ( christian ) , whom he has a crush on . poor wesley just can’t seem to say or do the right thing around her . a few jokes started out funny but carried on an extra minute or two and lost their initial gag . it’s a predictable kind of humour for anyone who has watched a horror comedy before , but that’s all you can ask for with a film like this . the film poster and introduction to the movie are great . i thought something seemed a little off in the opening scenes but then of course i realised what was happening . it’s played out a little bit like a soapie and then when the actors break character you realise whats going on . there are some cool but cheesy blood splatter effects and decent prosthetics . the action scenes were lacking and to be honest i was kind of hoping for more . i realise this is a blend of two genres and not meant to be taken seriously but in that case why not make it sillier and more over the top ? ? i think being such a huge fan of those early nz splatter films i find it difficult to view a film like this as its own thing .

the film isn’t the best thing since sliced zombie flesh , but it certainly is worth a look . some of the jokes fall flat , while others totally hit their mark .

being a zomcom from new zealand everyones obviously going to compare this to peter jacksons low budget comedy horror phase , which its first time director guy pigden clearly plays up to . but it also borrows heavily from the plot of lars von triers epidemic , with the meta spin of being a zombie outbreak movie that takes place on a zombie film production set thats being written as its filmed .

in post apocalyptic la being rampaged by zombie like cannibals humans that have some kind of genetic infection local man renchard is forced to live a daily struggle as he trys to locate radio signals and find a cure .

wesley ( harley neville ) is an aspiring screenwriter who takes a job as a runner on a zombie film . however something in the water supply soon means that life is imitating art as the production suffers a real zombie outbreak . written and directed by guy pigden , this kiwi comedy - horror harks back to the early films of peter jackson with its cheap and cheerful production values and a lead character who is a loveable loser . what ' s surprising is just how funny it is , the gags at the expense of the film production hitting the target every time , plus the zombie action is fun once that part of the story kicks in .

buy a signed dvd copy direct from the filmmakers ( us ! ) : urltoken i survived a zombie holocaust is available in the usa , uk , new zealand , australia and germany right now . you can watch it in the links below : new zealand / australia : itunes download : urltoken dvd : new zealand : jb hifi : urltoken mighty ape : urltoken ( also available at the warehouse and real groovy ) australia : jb hifi : urltoken uk : amazon : urltoken itunes : urltoken germany : dvd and blu - ray urltoken usa : itunes - urltoken amazon instant video - urltoken xbox - urltoken vudu - urltoken mgo - urltoken google play sony playstation cable : comcast est at & t ; verizon charter suddenlink mediacom wow ! satellite : directv dish please share this far and wide . wesley , a young runner on a zombie film set , has the first day from hell when real zombies overrun the film set… who are the real zombies and who are the extras ? buy pigville merch here : urltoken

wesley , a young runner on a zombie film set , has the first day from hell when real zombies overrun the set . . . . who are the real zombies and who are the extras ? decapitate with care !

wow , what the hell happened ? with barely any homegrown narrative features released in cinemas or straight - to - video , nz cinema has gone from a triumphant sprint to an embarrassing hobble . i guess we pulled a hammy or something .

while the walking dead might seem like a curious obsession for people with phd’s , schlozman is far from alone . he is a board member of the zombie research society ( zrs ) , a group formed in 2007 which is committed to the “historic , cultural and scientific study of the living dead” . it includes hundreds of thousands of zombie devotees around the world , working in film , the military and various scientific fields .

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. the ending shows at least some humans have survived some unspecified time after the game ' s events , but really , the vast majority of people who survived the initial blasts would have died of disease , starvation or exposure , and that ' s before considering the horrific damage done to the biosphere . as for the tasen , even in the best possible outcome only a handful survive , far too little to preserve the species . and it ' s implied

keep in mind that this is an inferred holocaust . if the work explicitly states that there ' s a horrible aftermath or if it ends on a cliffhanger ( for example , depicting an undetected bomb about to explode ) , then it isn ' t an example of this trope . also note that , despite the name , the " holocaust " doesn ' t have to involve massive death ; it could be as simple as a criminal getting away because the writers didn ' t give the good guys enough evidence to convict .

( oh , i completely forgot about the dead room ' s limited nationwide release . although , according to the nz box office , so did the rest of the country . )

' ' i ' m hugely excited the film is completed and it ' s fantastic that we ' re having the world premiere in dunedin , ' ' producer zoe hobson said yesterday .

the $ 250 , 000 budget film , written by dunedin director guy pigden and produced by dunedin company 38 films , is based around a b - grade zombie film set which is attacked by real zombies .

stef is wearing a long sleeve shirt in the elevator , then it is gone when walking down the hall , but it appears again in the lab where she takes it off before working on the zombie .

in the stinger of sunset overdrive , a fleet of helicopter drones takes off from the ruins of fizzco ' s headquarters to distribute their zombie apocalypse - inducing overcharge energy drink to the rest of the world .

smp recruits richard to help him continue filming the movie . richard is mauled by a zombie horde as part of an impromptu scene and smp allows himself to be killed on camera as part of his own movie .

the film isn’t the best thing since sliced zombie flesh , but it certainly is worth a look . some of the jokes fall flat , while others totally hit their mark . it’s this inconsistency in the punchlines which kept the film from rising high to rule the ranks of zombie - comedies . its obvious comparison would be the rom - zom - com classic shaun of the dead . it never reaches the brilliance which will leave shaun and his companions as forever beloved in our horror film memories , but it still has a fun concept , goofball antics , raw zombie goodness and characters you can root for .

despite the somewhat sombre implications of why we’re drawn to the zombie myth , zombie experts are in agreement that many kinds of scientific research , theorising and modelling are just more enjoyable when the undead are involved . some are jarringly practical , such as canadian researcher robert smith ? ’s ( yes , the question mark is part of his name ) textbook about how to survive a zombie apocalypse . it uses mathematical models to predict which populations would be worst affected , mainly dense and urban areas , which won ' t surprise anyone who ' s taken the london underground in winter .

a possible reason why audiences may see a " happy " ending as an esoteric happy ending . contrast inferred survival , and contrast no endor holocaust for when this possibility is nixed by word of god or subsequent material . for more general plot points that are chilling when contemplated at length , see fridge horror .

as you can imagine , there are wall - to - wall splatter effects to be found . and most of them are imaginative , uber - bloody and quite effective . and from what i know , this is the first time a zombie - to - be is infected through sexual intercourse with an undead co - ed – resulting in things you wouldn’t expect to actually see . but the film happily takes us there .

a new zealand production , this is about a new runner on a movie set who is nice and genuine and therefore gets all the crap jobs , including dealing with a method - actor who convinces himself ( per his movie - within - this - movie character ) that a zombie apocalypse is coming . and when it does , well , just look at the title . …

with a small monster population , a serial killer or the government could inflict a genocide on the entire monster population .

with all this work being done on the living dead , it might seem that the members of the zrs are enthusiastic about the prospects of a zombie outbreak . should we start hoarding food and invest in an underground bunker somewhere in north wales ?

“zombies feel so much more relevant and even potent as well as useful as a metaphor , ” schlozman says . “when you make them real , they ' re a nightmare . ” besides , as schlozman points out , there are “all sorts of more boring and frankly more dangerous ways to do ourselves in than a zombie outbreak” .

anyway , the gag is that the crew is filming a zombie movie in a remote new zealand location , so when an actual zombie outbreak infects the nearby town and spills over onto set , no one notices what is happening until all hell has already broken loose . that premise paves the way for slapstick setups involving characters oblivious to actual undead threats , and over - the - top actions that aren’t lampooning horror movie tropes so much as reusing them to redundant effect . writing wise , laughs are of a predominantly lowbrow variety , meaning buckle up for a lot of boner jokes and toilet humor .

for every civilization killed a thousand survived . if the blight had been allowed to spread unchecked , it would have become the only sentient being in the entirety of the beyond - a " stable necrosis " as one character put it . it was a cancer spreading through the galaxy , and the only way to kill cancer is to kill a bunch of noncancerous cells as well . . . . the countermeasure was a focused radiation beam on the grandest scale imaginable , a partition to the entire galaxy to isolate and kill the cancer .

the opening act starts pretty strong with good development in each of the characters personalities . most of the comedy works best in those early scenes and once it becomes evident an experiment has gone horribly wrong we get to the zombie aspect of the film but in the middle the script suffers and stumbles in momentum with a lack of action important to the progress of the story . the zombie sound effects and attention to detail is also evidently lacking , now that could be due to the low - budget or guy’s intentions may have been to keep it more comedic and not about the killing . the lack of detail is most noticeable in one of the main action sequences when the zombies in the film within the film are supposed to attack ( naturally it turns into a real attack from real zombies haha ) . i took particular notice of the makeup effects on a lot of the extras and the crew didn’t seem to bother with giving them each their own style or look and that’s just either a time / budget thing or maybe a pure lapse in attention to detail , but in zombie film most people would expect a bit better .

i could spend hours gathering some actual numbers from 2014 and 2015 to make this point stronger , but it ' s easier to state : we ' re not even getting a national film awards this year . instead , it ' s been pushed back to mid - 2016 .

the story for this one is , sadly , one we have seen before time and time again but it does take place on a movie set that does make it a little different than the other zombie comedies . the film also has tons of laughs and unexpected humor which is what is necessary to make a film entertaining when you lack originality .

you can ' t fault that reasoning , either . if we ignore both star ratings and statistics , we ' re still looking at a huge lack of diversity in this year ' s films . we have a dance film , a gory horror comedy , a zombie horror comedy , a shark horror parody , a paranormal horror , and a homage to the ' 80s . only born to dance makes a genuine attempt at drama , but even the biggest fan of the film couldn ' t say " it ' s this year ' s the dark horse ! "

" it ' s a zombie film . . . but at its heart it ' s a love story , " says nerdy novice runner wesley ( harley neville ) , trying to pitch a script to director smp ( andrew laing ) . " it also has a lot of comedic moments . it ' s a horr - edy . you ' re laughing one minute , you ' re jumping out of your seat the next . "

in " time heist " , the solar storm causes a literal holocaust as waves of fire wash over the surface of the planet . the bank patrons are last seen shouting in alarm , and madame karabraxos flees with what valuables she can grab , an act that suggests that even her most secure vault will eventually be destroyed by the flare .

* * spoiler alert * * the film follows production gopher wesley ( neville ) who arrives on the set of a zombie flick where he meets a barrage of characters including a closeted action star , a diva known the world over for nice hooters , a former athlete , and an aspiring actress stuck at the craft’s table . wesley is trying hard to impress everyone on set but fails to do so over and over again after several incidents and a random boner during a sex scene which resulted in him being shunned and outcast from the cast and crew .

greg continues raving about the coming of zombies . jessica claims that a hand attempted to grab her when she used a makeshift toilet . wesley is tasked with digging jessica a different latrine . while using it , jessica is attacked by zombies and disappears . jessica and greg reemerge on set as real zombies and attack . an actual zombie outbreak begins when the extras start turning undead .

although not a " holocaust " exactly , in con air , garland greene manages to survive the events of the film , and is last seen happily engaged in casino gaming . as we all know , demented , crazed serial killers , don ' t just " get better " . had the movie run just a bit longer , we might have gotten to see him convert casino patrons into headgear .

blindness . how people survived the movie at all is a miracle in and of itself , several weeks without food or running water for at least the majority of the populace ( in the novel , the female lead is the only person to retain their sight ) . there are . . . surprisingly few corpses , considering how food production must have stopped entirely .

then i realized he wasn’t unfairly coloring my view of the film at all . he was actually enhancing my ability to see exactly what sort of person found it funny , and ended up being the perfect barometer for measuring how the movie worked as it rolled along .

army of darkness has this in both endings . in " i slept too long " , his problem is pretty obvious , and in " hail to the king " , deadites can still freely possess anyone , anywhere , and ash is essentially doomed to live in a randomly zombifying world . the comics rolled with this .

blue gender . a few humans have survived gaia ' s vengeance , and they can all live in harmony with mother nature , free at last of technology ; then the fridge logic sets in - the only survivors will be physically strong people so if you ' re physically disabled , blind , deaf , have a terminal disease , etc . then you ' re hosed ; mother nature hates you and you have no right to live .

a character or characters disappearing from the plot becomes this if they were last seen in a dangerous position .

most slasher movies portray anyone who doesn ' t believe in the killer doll , the killer cyborg , or the killer dream ghost as jackasses who deserve to die , but in reality , why would anyone ? there ' s a good chance that the heroes just survived freddy krueger or jason voorhees only to go to jail forever . imagine that you just walked into a crime scene with 10 people ' s entrails all over the floor and a blood - soaked sorority sister holding a butcher knife saying a reanimated corpse did it . would you take her seriously , and on the off chance that you did , do you think there ' s a judge , a defense attorney , and 12 other people who would agree with you ?

the original night of the living dead 1968 is less explicit in its implication that the remainder of humanity is doomed at the hands and mouths of hordes of zombies , and more implicit that the remainder of humanity will destroy itself due to paranoia and mob rule . at the end of the film , ben is the only survivor of his group . upon trying to signal a posse of gun - toting zombie hunters , he ' s mistaken for a zombie , shot in the head and killed . the posse piles him up with other dead zombies , specifically laying him next to the first zombie seen in the movie . the implication is that this posse will shoot first , ask questions later , a rather hopeless situation for ben and other surviving humans in his same position . there was also a mention of how the posse kept making their way into places heavily surrounded by zombies in order to find survivors , but never found any . meaning that no one was able to tell the living from the dead and just kept shooting on sight .