Dead Rising: Watchtower
A reporter, a grieving mother, and a compromised vaccine must survive a militarized zombie quarantine before the city is erased.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- campy
- propulsive
- paranoid
- zombie movie night
- video game adaptation marathon
What critics said
Critics generally found the film a cheesy but entertaining video game zombie adaptation, praising its genre respect and Riggle's performance while faulting its thin writing and limited wit.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Zombrex is presented as an inoculation program before its failure and the military response drive the conflict.
Reporter Chase Carter begins by covering quarantined victims and relies on investigation as he crosses the infected city.
East Mission is sealed off, Jordan is detained at the border, and General Lyons plans to bomb the city.
Chase and the survivors fight through the outbreak using available weapons and survival tactics, including the franchise's signature chainsaw imagery.
Films like Dead Rising: Watchtower, and why
World War Z
shared zombie outbreak survival, improvised weapons, and pulpy action-horror tone
28 Weeks Later
shared quarantine setting, military containment, infection panic, and survival thriller structure
Resident Evil
shared video game adaptation, zombie combat, conspiratorial plotting, and campy action spectacle
Dawn of the Dead
shared low-budget zombie entertainment, ensemble survival, and darkly comic genre conventions
Movie Details
- Director
- Zach Lipovsky
- Release Date
- 2015-03-27
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Rating
- 5.2 / 10 (390)
Cast
- Jesse Metcalfe
- Meghan Ory
- Virginia Madsen
- Keegan Connor Tracy
- Aleks Paunovic
- Dennis Haysbert
- Carrie Genzel
- Rob Riggle
- Reese Alexander
- Harley Morenstein
Common questions
- What is Dead Rising: Watchtower about?
- A reporter, a grieving mother, and a compromised vaccine must survive a militarized zombie quarantine before the city is erased.
- What is Dead Rising: Watchtower like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Dead Rising: Watchtower as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Dead Rising: Watchtower violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Dead Rising: Watchtower as graphic.
- What did critics think of Dead Rising: Watchtower?
- Critics generally found the film a cheesy but entertaining video game zombie adaptation, praising its genre respect and Riggle's performance while faulting its thin writing and limited wit.
- Which films are like Dead Rising: Watchtower?
- Films with a similar feel include World War Z, 28 Weeks Later, Resident Evil, and Dawn of the Dead.
- How long is Dead Rising: Watchtower?
- Dead Rising: Watchtower runs 118 minutes.
