Can't seem to get to my original post from a few months ago about this but finally watched it last night under the needlessly long DVD release title Flight of the Living Dead: Outbreak on a Plane. It's marginally worthwhile if the premise at all interests you (zombies on a plane) but otherwise not. The cast is game, there's surprisingly effective cinematography and director Scott Thomas keeps it moving but the whole project is let down by a hackneyed and somewhat bloated script. I'm not saying the writers should have taken the original NOTLD as a model but that at least didn't need 20 minutes to get up to speed and certainly had a smarter use of enclosed space.

One note: The first disc I rented wouldn't work in any of my players or even my computer which usually can handle anything. Turns out New Line is experimenting with a new copy protection system that according to Web posts sometimes causes problems. The replacement disc worked well enough to watch the film but acted odd on some of the extras.

I have this at the top of my queue as I suffer from a rare disease where I must watch anything with a zombie in it. Hopefully this will be better than my last "treat" NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD 3-D.

So this was my Halloween viewing. I think "marginally worthwhile" describes the film perfectly. There is good and bad sprinkled throughout. In the good department, the last half hour really moves and there are some fine character actors (Kevin J. O'Conner, Erick Avari, Richard Tyson, Raymond Barry, Brian Thompson) in the film. The director also isn't afraid to throw some blood around. On the downside, some of the blood thrown is wonky CGI which is inexcusable. There are also some laughable fire and airplane effects. The script is a missed opportunity and definitely bloated as Lang mentioned. It is 40 minutes before the first zombie attack. But if you want zombies chewing on people, this isn't bad.