Bad news!  There’s a zombie outbreak on a 747 jumbo jet!  That’s what you get for trying to transport a scientist who has been infected with a “super warrior” virus on a commercial flight.  It’s fine as long as she’s in her container but it just takes a little turbulence for her to get free and start infecting everyone.

This movie was advertised as being the first movie about a zombie outbreak on a plane and yes, it came out the same time as Snakes on a Plane.  Flight of the Living Dead makes good use of its limited setting.  Not only do the handful of uninfected passengers have to maneuver around the undead in a tight space but they have to figure out how to get off the plane before it either runs out of fuel or gets blown up by the fighter jets that are following it.  The plane setting also reveals a new way to dispose of zombies, though it also means disposing of many of the living as well.

Flight of the Living Dead was better than I expected.  The characters are all cardboard but the action is fast and furious and that it was all happening the air did bring a new element of suspense to the familiar story.  Zombie movies are dime a dozen but this one’s not bad.  The next time I have to fly anywhere, I’m going to make sure I’m seated as far to the back of the plane as possible.