Dawn of the dead is a subtle social message wrapped in a violent horror film, shaun of the dead is a romantic comedy with zombies and juan of the dead is an overt political statement with a zombie. Juan of the dead offers a fresh look on the zombie genre. Juan of the dead is by no means the first cuban film to examine the darker aspects of life on the island or to poke fun at cubans hardships. Juan of the dead 2012 when the dead rise and attack the living, juan starts a zombiekilling business, until he has to save his small band from being eaten.
From the studio that brought you shaun of the dead. Juan is a slacker who has never quite managed to get his life in order until a zombie invasion takes over havana, cuba, and an unexpected opportunity to. The story line is perfectly massaged into the pace of the action on screen. Juan of the dead dvd arrives august 14th aug 1, 2012. Buy or rent juan of the dead movie now family video. Rent juan of the dead 2012 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Zombies in juan of the dead chomp on cubas sacred cows. On location, juan of the dead is a mixture of sophisticated filmmaking equipment, much of it from spain, and lowtech cuban knowhow.
Juan s only emotional tie is his daughter, camila, a beautiful young girl that doesnt want anything to do with her. Juan is a slacker who has never quite managed to get his life in order until a zombie invasion takes over havana and an unexpected opportunity to capitalize on the situation presents itself. Juan of the dead juan carlos fresnadillo, director of zombie movie 28 weeks later, talks about rage, suffering, iraq, the virginia tech killings and the guilt of the survivor. Juan is a slacker who has never quite managed to get his life in order until a zombie invasion takes over havana, cuba, and an unexpected. A cuban zombie film, you can almost smell the subtext. Juan is a slacker who has never quite managed to get his life in order until a zombie invasion takes over havana and an unexpected opportunity. It probably helps to have a degree of familiarity with the troubled sociopolitical landscape of cuba to fully appreciate certain aspects of zombie comedy juan of the dead, but even if, like me, you dont know your castro from your che guevara, this neat little flick still packs enough decent laughs and scares to make it a fun time for fans of the living dead. Alejandro bruguess juan of the dead hopes to mimic the actioncomedy mayhem of shaun of the dead in cuba but falls far short. I would rip off someones jaw to see juan of the dead right now. Juan is 40 years old, most of which he spent in cuba doing absolutely nothing. Juan of the dead pictures and movie photo gallery check out just released juan of the dead pics, images, clips, trailers, production photos and more from rotten tomatoes movie pictures archive. Juan gabriel pareja juan gabriel pareja at the premiere screening for the. Juan of the dead 2012 stream and watch online moviefone. Joined by a ragtag group of survivors, juan begins a.