Film Review – We Bury the Dead

“We Bury the Dead” has been often described as a zombie movie, and marketing efforts have certainly supported such a genre approach. There’s a form of the undead in the feature, but writer/director Zak Hilditch is after something a little more different with the picture, which primarily deals with unresolved business between people during a time of extraordinary crisis. “We Bury the Dead” isn’t going to scratch any zombie film itches, but if one relaxes expectations for unrelenting violence and gory events, there’s plenty here that’s interesting, especially when examining the characters and how they manage sudden trauma. Hilditch keeps the story relatively simple, and he has a capable cast to bring out a few potent scenes of introspection, with lead Daisy Ridley providing a fine turn as a person dealing with multiple layers of concern as she faces a dwindling sense of hope. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com