Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis (2005)

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A pair of orphaned teens experience an unexpected reunion with their parents in this fourth installment of the long-running Return of the Living Dead franchise. After a traffic accident kills his folks, high-school senior Julian (John Keefe) leads a more or less typical suburban life. Sure, he's a… More A pair of orphaned teens experience an unexpected reunion with their parents in this fourth installment of the long-running Return of the Living Dead franchise. After a traffic accident kills his folks, high-school senior Julian (John Keefe) leads a more or less typical suburban life. Sure, he's a little depressed, and sure, his brother, Jake (Alexandru Geoana), has a problem with matches. But otherwise everything is business as usual. All of that changes when their friend Zeke (Elvin Dandel) is injured in a dirt-bike accident and rushed to the hospital. Although the authorities claim Zeke is dead, he's actually carted off to a secret laboratory by the evil Hybratech corporation, whose scientists plan to experiment on him with a chemical that can reanimate the dead. Unfortunately for Julian and Jake, their uncle Charles (Peter Coyote) is one of the bad guys -- and he's not above using members of his own family as test subjects. With a group of friends in tow, the boys must infiltrate Hybratech's lab, find Zeke, and fend off a horde of angry zombies. Filmed back to back in Romania and Ukraine with Return of the Living Dead 5: Rave to the Grave, Return of the Living Dead 4: Necropolis premiered on the SciFi Channel cable network before receiving a DVD release. Both films were directed by Ellory Elkayem, who previously helmed Eight Legged Freaks. ~ Brian J. Dillard, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: R, 1 hr. 28 min.
Directed By: Ellory Elkayem
Genres: Horror, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Comedy

In Theaters: Oct 15, 2005 Wide
On DVD: Apr 18, 2006

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Tim Brayton, Antagony & Ecstasy
Absolute barrel-scraping tedium.

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Phil H

Necropolis....a great name for film title but I'm afraid the franchise has lost its impetus with this next installation, again naughty people are trying to use the deadly toxic gas to reanimate the dead and use for military weapons but once again it all goes wrong and the undead… More
Necropolis....a great name for film title but I'm afraid the franchise has lost its impetus with this next installation, again naughty people are trying to use the deadly toxic gas to reanimate the dead and use for military weapons but once again it all goes wrong and the undead run amok. We are now firmly in B-movie land with this one haha the acting is quite terrible from all members ,including Peter Coyote, and the plot is just a rehash against a different backdrop, the only thing going for this is the well done makeup which is just as good as the previous films and makes the film better than it deserves. Nice idea and design for the undead terminator style soldiers, a small plus point in a sinking film.
Cassandra M

After the last one ROTLD 5 sounded bad.In fact it is bad.It is just another recycling of the classic first film.But it seems that the mythos have been trashed this time around.Since when do regular bullets kill the Trioxin Bunch?I can except that in a Romero movie.But seriously this… More
After the last one ROTLD 5 sounded bad.In fact it is bad.It is just another recycling of the classic first film.But it seems that the mythos have been trashed this time around.Since when do regular bullets kill the Trioxin Bunch?I can except that in a Romero movie.But seriously this is the ROTLD Series! The Only plus here are the exceptional Make-up EFX.The Zombies looks pretty good and Imaginative.As for the locations you can tell they filmed this in some part eastern European. Action-wise.No one here is really engaging or memorable.Bad Lines.Bland Acting.Recycled characters for a Wes Craven Teenybopper flick.It is fun to watch Peter Cyotoe slum it again for a paycheck.. Not recommend.Even on a minimal entertainment level.
Donna D

This one was pretty interesting. The zombies were faster and more scarier in this horror flick.

Cast

            Aimee Lynn Chadwick as Becky

            Cory C. Hardrict as Cody

            John Keefe as Julian Garrison

            Jana Kramer as Katie Williams

            Peter Coyote as Uncle Charles

            Claudiu Trandafir as Nicholai

            Mihai Bisericanu as Paramedic

            Elvin Dandel as Zeke

            Alexandru Geoana as Jake

            Toma Danila as Carlos

            Diana Munteau as Mimi

            Gelu Nitu as Boris

            Serban Georgevici as Hector

            Constantin Barbulescu as Joey

            Razvan Oprea as Darren

            Dan Astilieanu as Garcia

            Lorena Lupu as Genie

            Esther Nathalie as Ms. Rayburn

            Monica Mihaescu as Elderly Receptionist

            Claudiu Istodor as Doctor

            George Remes as Student #1

            Cristian Popa as Student #2

            Harold Greene as Himself

            Aimee-Lynn Chadwick
            
            Boris Petroff
            
            Cory Hardrict
            
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Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis (2005)

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