
Juan is a slacker trying to reconnect with his daughter, who plans to rejoin her mother in Miami. Lazaro, Juan's friend, is trying to connect with his own son, a persistent womanizer. They begin to notice that locals are "going crazy", killing people and eating their flesh, and the recently deceased are returning to life. The Cuban government and the media claim that the zombies are dissidents revolting against the government. Juan starts a business to profit off of killing t... (Full plot summary below)
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Juan is a slacker trying to reconnect with his daughter, who plans to rejoin her mother in Miami. Lazaro, Juan's friend, is trying to connect with his own son, a persistent womanizer. They begin to notice that locals are "going crazy", killing people and eating their flesh, and the recently deceased are returning to life. The Cuban government and the media claim that the zombies are dissidents revolting against the government. Juan starts a business to profit off of killing the zombies, but the group may soon find their own lives at risk.
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| Big HollywoodChristian TotoThis zombie revolucion takes aim at our funny bone and the damage done by the Castro regime. |
| Movie ChambersPaul ChambersThe story is a bit choppy from the middle to the end. But, hardcore zombie fans can be very forgiving. And, for them, "Juan of the Dead" might just be worth the time. The ending is clever and upbeat. Not too bad. |
| ScreenAnarchyJ HurtadoPolished and heartfelt, Juan brings a new voice in genre filmmaking from a land hamstrung by politics for decades. |
| FEARnetScott WeinbergA very broad and exceedingly splattery mash-up of horror, comedy, and mild social commentary. |
| BrianOrndorf.comBrian OrndorfA little too slight to fill out a feature-length run time, yet it's spunky enough to entertain and occasionally horrify, though it's not always the zombies that induce the most revulsion. |
| CineVueCleaver PattersonThe visually arresting bleached browns of Havana form a perfect backdrop for the liberal dousing of blood and severed limbs, whilst the plethora of set-piece deaths appear fresh in their originality. |
| Miami HeraldRene RodriguezAs a zombie picture, Juan of the Dead is merely OK. But as a satirical comedy of life in Cuba under Castro, it totally kills - and keeps coming back for more. |
| Sky CinemaTim EvansIt's good day-glo fun with a satirical edge whose playfulness never allows proceedings to get too earnest. |
| Flick FilosopherMaryAnn Johanson[C]learly wants to invoke motifs of revolution rocking the status quo and of how people cope under the most extreme expressions of communist... but the humor falls flat -- waaaay flat -- for anyone not Cuban, or not at least familiar with life in Cuba... |
| Observer (UK)Philip FrenchA familiar horror spoof that rather overstays its welcome. |