With how many books have referenced the events in Miami already it’s highly surprising that it’s only now we’re seeing anything on a movie that focuses in the same area.
Escaping the Dead is inspired by a series of articles about the death drug “Krokodil” that was published about the same period of time when Ronald Poppo had his face eaten by a naked man hooked on bath salt in Miami. It is the perfect zombie plot: a death drug that turns people into zombies. The film has its starting point in a typical day for the lead character. David is the local marijuana pusher, but he is the kind of dealer that smokes more than he sells.
In the meantime the country has been hit by a new death drug and when David and his partner in crime Ahmir are both offered some exceptionally cheap cocaine, they immediately see it as an opportunity to generate a huge profit at the big techno concert the following Friday! However, the cocaine turns out to have a terrible side effect which creates a giant zombie outbreak that spreads across the entire city of Copenhagen, Denmark. In the film, we follow David and his bloody fight out of the city.
