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Dead Trigger2017

Name: Dead Trigger
Genre: Zombie, Sci-Fi Horror, Survival
Released: 2017-07-19
Rating: 4

“Based on the Hit First-Person Shooter Game”

Directed by Mike Cuff, Scott Windhauser

4.0

Crypt Score

Blended from 2 sources

IMDb 3.2TMDB 3.6

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Year

2017

Runtime

92 min

Box Office

Budget

$10,000,000

Revenue (worldwide)

$151,493

The premise

2021 - 5 years after the outbreak of a mysterious virus that turned humans into bloodthirsty, undead beasts much of the world’s population has been decimated. When governments were unable to keep the disease at bay, the Contagion Special Unit was formed with the toughest soldiers and best specialists to fight the infected. Because of the rapidly decreasing number of soldiers, a popular online video game Dead Trigger that mirrors the terrifying events was created. The best efforts of the gamers are monitored by the CSU who recruit the highest rated zombie killers. The young recruits are called “Dead Triggers”. The movie follows a group of young recruits who must travel to the origin of the outbreak to find a missing team of scientists who were searching for a cure.

Horror Vault's take

Five years into a catastrophic viral apocalypse, the world's last line of defense isn't just soldiers — it's gamers. The Contagion Special Unit has begun recruiting top-ranked players of a zombie-killing video game, drafting them as real-world operatives called Dead Triggers. A fresh squad of these unlikely recruits is thrown into the deep end when they're sent to ground zero of the outbreak on a desperate search-and-rescue mission. What awaits them is far deadlier than any virtual battlefield.

Content: Zombie Violence, Graphic Combat, Gore