{"id":21617,"date":"2019-07-09T16:23:02","date_gmt":"2019-07-09T23:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=21617"},"modified":"2019-07-09T16:23:26","modified_gmt":"2019-07-09T23:23:26","slug":"review-dead-trigger-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2019\/07\/review-dead-trigger-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Dead Trigger Blu-ray Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Dead Trigger<\/em><\/strong> is one terrible movie and one added to the list of bad video game adaptations. The acting is pretty bad but worse, just a mess of a production as a whole; no wonder this sat on the shelf for a couple of years.<\/p>\n

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Dead Trigger<\/span>
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Genre(s): <\/strong>Horror, Action, Thriller<\/span>
\nLionsgate | R \u2013 92 min. \u2013 $21.99 | July 2, 2019<\/span><\/p>\n

Date Published:<\/strong> 07\/09\/2019 | Author:<\/strong> The Movieman<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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MOVIE INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Directed by: <\/strong>Mike Cuff, Scott Windhauser
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>Heinz Treschnitzer (story), Heinz Treschnitzer and Mike Cuff and Scott Windhauser (screenplay)
\nCast: <\/strong>Dolph Lundgren, Autumn Reeser, Romeo Miller, Isaiah Washington, Chris Galya, Oleg Taktarov, Brooke Johnston, Natali Yura, Luciana Carro<\/span><\/p>\n
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DISC INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Features: <\/strong>None
\nSlip Cover: <\/strong>Yes
\nDigital Copy: <\/strong>Yes
\nFormats Included: <\/strong>Blu-ray
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>1<\/span><\/p>\n
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Audio: <\/strong>English (DTS-HD MA 5.1)
\nVideo: <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen 2.35
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English SDH, Spanish
\nDisc Size: <\/strong>23.27 GB
\nTotal Bitrate: <\/strong>31.20 Mbps
\nCodecs: <\/strong>MPEG-4 AVC
\nRegion(s): <\/strong>A<\/span><\/p>\n
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Lionsgate provided me with a free copy of the Blu-ray I reviewed in this Blog Post.
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THE MOVIE \u2014 0.5\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Plot Synopsis: <\/strong>Loosely based on the video game, Dead Trigger<\/em><\/strong> takes place in the year 2025, a mysterious virus has killed billions of people around the world and created scores of zombies. The government has created a virtual reality game that simulates the outbreak, then recruits the game\u2019s best zombie killers to combat the real-life horde, so pretty much like Ender\u2019s Game<\/em>. Led by Captain Kyle Walker (DOLPH LUNDGREN) to Terminal City, the virus\u2019s point of origin, the players\u2019 mission is simple: find the team of scientists working on a cure. But wiping out the city\u2019s undead will test every skill they possess.<\/p>\n

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Quick Hit Review: Deadly Trigger<\/em><\/strong> is bad. Shockingly awful, I\u2019d say. It\u2019s no real wonder that a movie filmed back in 2016 would take a few years, where the film\u2019s original director walked due to \u201ccreative differences\u201d and the game\u2019s company distanced itself, and be unleashed upon the American public. I do wonder if Saban Films even bothered watching what I just did.<\/p>\n

Where to start. The production values were downright poor, the zombie extras were amateurish at best (hell, the ones on the Walking Dead Mythbusters<\/em> special were better), the acting was absolutely pretty bad for the most part, save maybe for Autumn Reeser who does her best in a limited capacity, but even Dolph Lundgren, having his fair share of duds, didn\u2019t seem to give a damn (can\u2019t really blame him), but the rest of the \u201cDead Trigger\u201d team (more like Power Rangers meets Starship Troopers with a little Suicide Squad thrown in) were blank slates possessing absolutely zero charisma. I also should mention the ridiculous dye job they did to Lundgren\u2019s hair. Wow. You\u2019re fooling anyone Drago.<\/p>\n

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The plot also doesn\u2019t make a lick of sense. While the military certainly has been desimated, the film doesn\u2019t give a good reason why a few teenaged gamers can be trained with real life weapons to hunt down zombies. Surely the government could\u2019ve mustered up several from each branch, take a week of training and then go inside Terminal City.<\/p>\n

As I mentioned, the film\u2019s original director, Mike Cuff, exited the project with the generic creative differences, with screenwriter Scott Windhauser stepping and, from what I read, changed so much that it bears little resemblance to Cuff\u2019s original vision. Oh, and Windhauser\u2019s only other credit was writing The Hurricane Heist<\/em>, a fairly poor disaster-crime movie in its own right, so I guess it shouldn\u2019t be surprising Dead Trigger<\/em><\/strong> (also titled Dead Trigger: Unkilled<\/em>) didn\u2019t turn out so well\u2026<\/p>\n

In\u00a0 the end, I hated this movie. It\u2019s not the worst I\u2019ve ever seen but it\u2019s down there with the worst. The best I can say is, I did chuckle at one shot when a character, played by Isaiah Washington (remember him?) throws a zombie dummy over the edge to save one of the Triggers.<\/p>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 0\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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This release comes with a glossy slip cover<\/strong> and a redemption code for the Digital HD<\/strong> copy. No features were included.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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VIDEO \u2013 4.0\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Lionsgate releases Dead Trigger<\/em><\/strong> onto Blu-ray presented with a 2.35 widescreen aspect ratio and given a 1080p high-definition transfer. For the most part it is a good looking picture, though being in HD, you do tend to notice some of the… let\u2019s just say limited… budget. Detail is sharp and well defined and colors are mostly bright while black levels aren\u2019t incredibly stark but still looked fine.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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AUDIO \u2013 3.25\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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OVERALL \u2013 1.0\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Dead Trigger<\/em><\/strong> is one terrible movie and one added to the list of bad video game adaptations. The acting is pretty bad but worse, just a mess of a production as a whole; no wonder this sat on the shelf for a couple of years. The Blu-ray comes with good video, okay audio and, unsurprisingly, no bonus features.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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