Also, it's funny how most of the characters act totally incompetent for the first half of the movie. Beside him, others are just generic reluctant hero, tough girl and off the shelf villain with a dash of zombies and some government conspiracy stuff. Characters are mostly bland and boring, although Rob Riggle is a good choice for Frank West. Mostly it's serious and the story and script are far cry from anything interesting and/or original. But on the other hand, right from the start we don't quite understand should this be serious or campy fun? It should be campy fun but movie just flirts with that on the surface with easter eggs and few obligatory fan service moments.
On one hand, casting is kinda OK, acting is mediocre at best, uninteresting at worst. The thing is, Dead Rising games are dumb, dumb but fun and mostly self-aware of that dumbness and all that didn't translate here very well. It doesn't add anything of significance to overall Dead Rising franchise in terms of story or, well - anything. For probably no other reason than pure brand marketing, Dead Rising: Watchtower exists. Movies like this are pouring oil on the "oh-my-god-another-zombie- whatever" fire and also give games based movies a bad rap.
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