Review – Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis

I’ve lost count. What is this? Number four? This time around some evil corporation is turning corpses (and even injured-but-not-dead folks) into a zombie army with an eye toward world domination. But when a teen injured in a motorcycle accident is stolen from the hospital, his friends band together to rescue him. The rest of the picture is an extra-gory episode of Scooby Doo minus the dog. The scariest thing in the whole production is the bizarre emoting of Peter Coyote as the mad scientist in charge. Wasn’t this guy considered an actual actor at one point? Oh, and speaking of the acting: it’s par for the terrible course (as is the script, the direction, the effects, and everything else). My special favorite (aside from Coyote) was the bargain-basement actress playing a role clearly reminiscent of – if not in fact designed for – Paris Hilton. Was the real thing too expensive? Or is this movie stunning proof that there are some things so terrible that even Paris Hilton won’t do them? See if desperate