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| Directed by | Pat Williams |
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| Based on | Dead Rising byCapcom |
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| Cinematography | David Pelletier |
| Edited by | Justin Li |
| Music by | Rich Walters |
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| Distributed by | Crackle |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Dead Rising: Endgame is a 2016 Americanactionhorrorzombie film directed byPat Williams and written by Tim Carter and Michael Ferris. The film starsJesse Metcalfe,Keegan Connor Tracy,Dennis Haysbert,Marie Avgeropoulos,Jessica Harmon,Camille Sullivan andVictor Webster. It is a sequel to the 2015 filmDead Rising: Watchtower. It was released onCrackle on June 20, 2016.
Set between the events ofDead Rising 2 and3, the story continues whereWatchtower left off. Chase catches Lyons' crimes on camera; however, his boss refused to broadcast it due to fear the military will come and kill them. Lyons sends his agents to kill Chase; however, Chase escapes. Garth is a skilled zombie killer and video game aficionado who talks a big and crude game to mask his gentle side.
Rand is a handsome, cruel scientist who was hired by the government to find a cure for the raging zombie infection but instead is conducting horrendous experiments on the infected making the zombies faster and stronger. Sandra Lowe is a skilled computer hacker and Chase’s on-and-off girlfriend who joins him in his quest to battle the zombie-infested underground and stop General Lyons’ plan. George Hancock is the courageous whistleblower who compels Chase and his team to enter a zombie-infested city on a rescue mission. Jill is a news producer who joins Chase and his intrepid crew to infiltrate a secret laboratory and stop the carnage.
Susan Ingot is the CEO of Phenotrans, the manufacturer of Zombrex, the vaccine that keeps the zombie infection at bay. It's revealed that Lyons and Phenotrans were behind the last outbreak at East Mission. Susan fears the military is planning to kill all the infected people and secretly plans a new zombie virus to stay in business. Chase and the others discover that Jordan is alive. Garth gets bitten by a fast zombie, which Zombrex cannot cure. George Hancock steals a new Zombie drug from Dr. Rand.
Chase and his allies stop the military's plan, causing General Lyons to flee. George Hancock escapes underground, but is shot by Lyons's agents. The new drug that George stole is now lost in the underground.
A sequel toDead Rising: Watchtower,Dead Rising: Endgame,[1] was announced for Spring 2016 on Crackle withJesse Metcalfe,Keegan Connor Tracy, andDennis Haysbert reprising their roles from the first film and Sabongui returning in a new role. New to the cast areBilly Zane as Rand,Marie Avgeropoulos as Sandra Lowe,Ian Tracey as George Hancock,Jessica Harmon as Jill,Victor Webster asDead Rising 2 hero Chuck Greene andCamille Sullivan as Susan Ingot.[2][3][4]
IGN awarded it a score of 6.7 out of 10, saying "Endgame strays further from its source material than the previous film, but it's also superior in terms of quality."[5]
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| 2017 | Leo Award | Best Make-Up in a Television Movie | Cindy Barlow, Nikita Pennock, Ryan Nicholson, Megan Nicholson, Roy Nicholson, Michelle Grady | Won | [6] |
| Best Picture Editing in a Television Movie | Jamie Alain, Justin Li | Won | |||
| Best Television Movie | Tim Carter, Tomas Harlan | Nominated | |||
| Best Direction in a Television Movie | Pat Williams | Nominated |
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