Jim Jarmusch made the amazing "Stranger than Paradise" (1984) and the quite good "Down by Law" (1986) and then ran out of steam. And that's how we arrive at "The Dead Don't Die", a film that has no reason for existing. It seems more like an excuse to collect stars and celebrities like bracelets - Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Tilda Swinton, Steve Buscemi, Tom Waits, Danny Glover, Cloe Sevigny and a bunch of music stars. I guess everyone wants to be in a Jim Jarmusch movie, no matter what the movie is. All that star power and to what end? The script feels lazy, aimless, pointless and uninspired. The very invocation of zombies is enervating in the extreme, and no, we don't care whether it's a satire, or commentary or whatever it is, invoking zombies is like beating a dead horse, only the horse is no longer there and you only wish you had the energy to beat anything. Seriously, ya'll, zombies are beyond played out, and have been for decades now. George Romero said all there was to be said about zombies and nothing of lasting value has been added since.
But this movie is so pointless that even trying to describe it is not worth the energy. Watching this, I kept wandering about what state of mind you have to be in, to write and direct such a pointless run of footage. What was Jarmusch thinking while doing this "ooh, this is gonna be funnnnny! yeah!" or what? Smh.
Watch it, if you feel you're going to live forever and need to fill up an eternity of time. Otherwise, skip. You have been warned.
But this movie is so pointless that even trying to describe it is not worth the energy. Watching this, I kept wandering about what state of mind you have to be in, to write and direct such a pointless run of footage. What was Jarmusch thinking while doing this "ooh, this is gonna be funnnnny! yeah!" or what? Smh.
Watch it, if you feel you're going to live forever and need to fill up an eternity of time. Otherwise, skip. You have been warned.
