Island of the Dead

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Island of the Dead ★★ 2000 (R)

Now here's a storyline sure to be entertaining. One business tycoon, one policewoman, one prison warden, and three convicts are all trapped on a island burial ground. Just when the dead (in the form of maggots and killer flies) decide to rise up and strike a little terror. 91m/C VHS, DVD . Malcolm McDowell, Talisa Soto, Bruce Ramsay, Mos Def; D: Tim Southam; W: Peter Koper, Tim Southam. VIDEO