Darren McGavin, Joe Piscopo, Lindsay Frost

Roger Mortis and Doug Bigelow are cops that are chasing crooks that are dead serious about crime. Or should I say they are chasing dead crooks perpetrating serious crimes? Seems some nutcase has learn...( read more  read more... )ed how to bring back the dead and is sending them on crime sprees. Now these indestructable goons are in the way of officers Mortis and Bigelow. To even things up, when Mortis is killed (in the line of duty, of course) he gets a jump start from the Resurrection machine and takes the fight to the zombie bad guys.

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R, 1 hr. 26 min.

Directed by: Mark Goldblatt

Release Date: December 31, 1988

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DVD Release Date: July 23, 2002

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  • July 18, 2009
    Hahaha now this was a fun flick, Treat Williams, who looks Strangely like Bill Pullman, is pretty cool here. Piscopo looks solid n buffed and apart from the non funny lines its a great blast. Wicked 80's style everything, effects, clothes, cars etc...Steve Johnson did the effects...( read more), thats how I found out about this, in a monster effects book, saw the three faced zombie and thought, yep, I gotta see that.
  • October 31, 2008
    I usually love a crime story that veers into horror territory, but this missed the target somewhat. Still, sometimes just the effort needs some applause.
  • September 18, 2008
    Way bettter than it had any right to be...but the concept alone makes it worth seeing
  • February 15, 2008
    Low on quality, high on fun. Ignore the awful acting and nonsensical plot and instead reveal in the cheesy dialogue and pretty impressive effects.
  • October 3, 2006
    Mindless but harmless zombie/buddy-cop comedy has, surprisingly, good performances from the two leads (well, Williams is usually good, but Piscopo was a surprise) and a good turn from Vincent Price in one of his later roles.
  • June 3, 2009
    Fun mindless zombie epic! it's a horror action comedy with Treat Williams and Joe Piscopo as a couple of cops kicking the asses of many zombies while one of them has many hours before he can die.

    It's 48 Hours meets Re-Animator, it's great fun.
  • April 7, 2009
    Enjoyable buddy cop/horror movie...
  • January 13, 2009
    A totally guilty pleasure. Gotta love the reanimated chinese restaurant scene.
    This film will probably be held in higher esteem if you saw, and loved it, as a kid...
  • November 22, 2008
    Good cast but lame story...
  • July 31, 2008
    zombi cops and pisskipo

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