Bong of the Living Dead

Bong of the Living Dead is about a group of stoner friends who are obsessed with zombie movies and then actually get to live through a real zombie apocalypse. Not a bad theme.

The characters are not particularly interesting or likable, but most are at least okay. The beautiful Cat Taylor as a bubbly, New Agey chick named Danielle who says super random stuff is the most entertaining and lovable character. On the other hand, the character called Christ turned out to be a selfish, verbally abusive jerk for no apparent reason.

Some of the humor lands a few chuckles and a couple of the action scenes are okay but there are a few too many scenes of the cast just smoking weed, eating cereal, and getting into (mostly dumb) arguments. I get that it's a stoner movie but it became a tad monotonous. The movie is only about 80 minutes long but probably should have been closer to 60 minutes.

I noticed that this movie has very much of a 1990s feel to it even though it's from 2017. Not necessarily a criticism, just an observation. For example they work at a video rental store, I don't recall seeing anyone use a smartphone, and at home they sit around watching a Spanish language shopping channel because their television doesn't get any other stations. No mention of YouTube or a streaming service like Netflix. Their world has a very retro feel to it, although that could also be an Ohio thing. The movie is set and filmed in that state. It is always nice to see a film set and filmed somewhere (anywhere) other than California or British Columbia.

I wouldn't go as far as recommending Bong of the Living Dead but it is watchable. If you like quirky, low budget B movies like I do, you could do worse. But you could also do so much better.