Lending his usual strong presence is Lennie James ( Jericho, The Prisoner) in a guest role as Morgan, a fellow survivor Rick encounters, who is trying to protect his young son.
We also get some quick glimpses at some of the supporting cast who will grow more important in the future, with Jon Bernthal given the most to do in the pilot as Rick's partner Shane, who we see – in the pre-zombie reality – was a crass but friendly guy to Rick, a combination that Bernthal captures well. For much of the pilot, he's on his own and exudes a lot of believable, shocked emotion, as Rick tries to process what he is seeing.
British actor Lincoln, best known stateside for Love Actually, is very good as Rick. And Darabont quickly establishes his own compelling, eerie tone, as Rick sees some of the shocking and surreal aftermath of the carnage that he missed, as he wanders from the hospital, to begin his search for his family.Ĭlick the pic to take IGN's Ultimate Zombie Quiz! The pilot is fairly close to the events of the first couple of issues of the comic book, though there are some slight deviations – hints at the bigger changes and additions Darabont has planned for the series.
But for those harping on that fact, get over it! It's just one scene and the stories go in their own direction immediately afterwards. Yes, the sequence where Rick wakes up in a hospital (that aforementioned opening scene is a flashforward, to use some now-familiar terminology) to discover that while he was in a coma, the zombie apocalypse began, was reminiscent of 28 Days Later in the comic book and is certainly also reminiscent of it here. And Greg Nicotero's makeup for the zombies is terrific, evoking the comic books visuals in all the right, creepy ways. In the 90 minutes of the extended-length first episode, there are plenty of other gory, no holds barred moments that prove once again that AMC (who have had some pretty messed up visuals on Breaking Bad, don't forget) are not shy about getting visceral when a story calls for it.
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I'm not quite all caught up, but have read the first 10 trade paperbacks (which go through issue 60), and am very curious to see how this show might pull off some of the storylines to come down the line… The first episode jumps us right in with a scary sequence involving our protagonist, police officer Rick Grimes ( Andrew Lincoln), and one of the zombie "walkers," which quickly lessens any fears one may have about this series holding back in terms of the violence and unsettling content of the comics.
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"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.Based on Robert Kirkman's comic book about a world overrun by zombies, the TV series has quite a pedigree, coming from executive producers Gale Anne Hurd ( The Terminator, Aliens) and Frank Darabont, with the latter - the acclaimed filmmaker behind The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile - the main creative force here, writing and directing the first episode, " Days Gone Bye." Full disclosure on my Walking Dead background, as I'm sure it will come up sometimes while reviewing the series: I'm a huge fan of the comic book. Forceful scripting that gives the book a strong grounding in reality, crisp b&w artwork, a shocking final sequence and brisk, gory proceedings elevate this book from the trash heap of pedestrian horror comics.Ĭopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. and Dawn of the Dead, the last humans may turn out to be as much a danger as the zombies. Of course, as in recent hit movies 28 Days Later. Grimes makes his way to Atlanta, the nearest large city where there may be other living people, and events take several unexpected turns upon his arrival, as he meets up with a rural encampment of survivors. From the moment Grimes comes to, it's a harrowing battle to avoid hordes of decomposing zombies and a hope-against-all-odds search for his missing family. From here, he's immediately dragged into a world where dangerous revenants are shambling amok without any sort of an explanation. This collection of the first six issues of the ongoing series opens with police officer Rick Grimes awakening from a gunshot-induced coma. Taking a well-worn genre-flesh-eating zombies overrun the world and the unlucky surviving humans must deal with the gruesome aftermath-and approaching it from a purely character-driven point of view propels this series into the spotlight from out of nowhere.
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