Platinum Dunes’ Death

Last Updated on July 27, 2021

Michael Bay’s Platinum Dunes is taking drastic measures to ensure it’s not just known as the company that soullessly remakes beloved horror properties (TEXAS CHAINSAW, AMITYVILLE HORROR, THE HITCHER, a remake of THE BIRDS that they’re threatening…). They’ve already got THE HORSEMEN in the works, starring Dennis Quaid and Ziyi Zhang, and now they’re getting ready to roll on HALF TO DEATH.

FilmJerk lists this elaborate synopsis:

A young college freshman named Teresa is troubled by when she discovers she is living the same day over and over again, one that starts out innocently enough but always ends with her brutal murder by an unknown attacker. Could the murdered be her boyfriend Gregory, who is also sleeping with Teresa’s roommate Lori? Or could it be Lori, who is ferociously envious that Gregory might like Teresa more? Maybe it is one of Teresa’s classmates, unable to get her attention? Perhaps one of her professors, who cannot consummate their passion for their top student? Or perhaps it’s some secret Skull & Bones-type society, who picked Teresa for no good reason to be their ritualistic sacrifice? It’s like “Single White Female” meets “Groundhog’s Day” meets “Captivity,” and certain to be just as terrifying.

I don’t know, the whole “living the same day over and over again” thing doesn’t tickle me where I like it. And GROUNDHOG’S DAY meets CAPTIVITY?! Sounds more like an endurance test than a movie (and no, that’s not a compliment).

Ziyi Zhang or Zhang Ziyi? You make the call!