Life in a small town isn’t easy, but Tom Stall (Viggo Mortensen) has settled in just fine. Until one night when a couple guys show up at his diner and want a little more than pie and coffee (though that’s what they order). When they start to cause trouble, Tom shifts into a different gear, and quickly kills both of the men.

This turns him into an instant hero, but it also brings unwanted attention to him in the form of constant media coverage on the television and in the paper. Before long, people he hasn’t seen in a number of years show up on his doorstep wanting to take him back to a life he thought he had left behind.

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Everyone loves a good zombie movie. Unfortunately this isn’t one of them. It was okay, but I’ve seen many better.

In the future, it seems, the zombies are so prevalent that those who aren’t zombies are taking up residence in cities protected by natural defenses (rivers) and armed guards. They send the less fortunate (those who aren’t rich) out to raid cities for alcohol, cigars and leftover canned goods – but they don’t let them live inside their walled gardens, except to fight in arenas for entertainment.

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