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Unfortunately, McPhail brings an undue polish to the proceedings, whereas McHenry’s original short managed to produce catchier music, more intense zombie mayhem, and a greater sense of danger in the span of its 17-minute runtime. McHenry and co-writer Alan McDonald began to adapt the short before his death, but directing duties eventually went to Scottish helmer John McPhail.
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The movie is based on the 2011 short film “ Zombie Musical” by the late Ryan McHenry, who died in 2015 of osteosarcoma, and to whom this feature-length version is dedicated. (And perhaps they are, since the earlier movie is already a staple at midnight madness screenings throughout the country.) Nevertheless, Anna and the Apocalypse isn’t a particularly festive Christmas movie it’s zombie violence and thrills feel mostly airless, lacking danger or suspense and the music throughout has a generic quality that, besides one or two catchy numbers, won’t inspire the sort of urgent rush to purchase the soundtrack that a good musical should. The result reminded me of the lame Repo! The Genetic Operafrom 2008, a dystopian rock opera about a future in which people must rent working organs on loan, as both movies assume their hybrid concept is enough to attract audiences. Self-consciously designed for cult consumption, it’s the kind of genre mash-up that seems inspired for its unique concoction, yet it fails to deliver any of its three basic components.
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Laremy will be here on Sunday morning with a complete recap of the weekend.Anna and the Apocalypse is touted as a Christmas-themed zombie musical, three disparate elements that, when combined, appeal to a variety of niche audiences. The rest of the early Friday numbers as supplied by Deadline are directly below. I didn’t particularly mind it, but as one commenter pointed out in the comments on my review, the ending runs the risk of leaving audiences feeling as if they just wasted a lot of their time. The film was already fighting an uphill battle in that sector as many called it a Repo! The Genetic Opera rip-off, but visually it ripped off much more than that to the tune of a 20% RottenTomatoes rating.
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The film lost most any momentum it may have had after reviews started hitting the Internet calling it derivative of similar dystopian films that came before it. The Jude Law and Forest Whitaker sci-fi actioner earned a measly $2.2 million on Friday and will have to try really hard to hit the $6 million mark for the weekend. The weekend’s other new wide release is Universal’s Repo Men and it isn’t pretty for a second weekend in a row for the U. Had the reviews been a bit better than the 52% RottenTomatoes is averaging I would guess even higher. The likely number, as Nikki Finke points out at Deadline, is in the $25 million range. Word of mouth on the film, which carries a dismal 8% rating at RottenTomatoes, could take it down even further, which means…įox’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid is likely to leap frog the Aniston and Butler team-up and take the little kid audience dollars, which tallied $7.4 million on Friday and turn it into much more over the weekend. The number will likely translate to $20-22 million for the weekend if they’re lucky. UPDATED: The numbers have been updated with more accurate estimates courtesy of Box-Office Mojo.ĭisney’s Alice in Wonderland is quite the major success with over $230 million at the domestic box-office rolling into this weekend and it will add approximately $33-35 million afterwards with an estimated $9.9 million at the box on Friday to take the number one slot yet again.Ĭoming in second, third and fourth place are the weekend’s three major new releases beginning with the Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler rom-com The Bounty Hunter pulling in $7.6 million on Friday in 3,074 theaters.