“Dead Zone” (** out of four) was a thoroughly routine end-of-the-world zombie thriller about an elite team of soldiers (Michael Jai White, Chad Michael Collins, and others) who have to descend on a town poisoned with radiation and have to perform a stealth mission using high-tech armor and weapons but soon find that they are not alone and have to unite together to stay alive. Full of video-game like visual effects and the usual futuristic themes and images. Jai White’s strong presence and charisma and Marshall Douglis’ candy-colored cinematography give this a real boost. No relation to the 1983 Stephen King cult classic of the same name.