Land of the Dead is about that the living dead has overtaken humanity and the last people on earth live inside a city protected from what's outside. There are two classes of people, the rich who live in nice skyscrapers while the unfortunate live on the streets inside the city. What protects the city is an enormous tank called Dead Reckoning controlled by a group of people who later loses control over the tank to a man out to destroy the city.
I know a lot of George A. Romero fans have been waiting for this movie and now when it's finally out is it as good as hoped for? Personally I didn't think it was bad but it wasn't that great either.
Just because it's from the same man who gave you the Dead Trilogy doesn't mean it has to be a fantastic movie and it's really not. Since Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead and Day of the Dead was made long ago and were all really good zombie movies or lets call them landmarks there's still nothing that says that Land of the Dead (coming out so many years later) is gonna be just as good, I dont' think you can't even really compare them either.
I was really looking forward to this movie and I'm sad to say that I'm somewhat disappointed, even if it's not that bad really it's way worse then I had hoped for.
The cool thing here is that the living dead are actually smart, and not all braindead like most other zombie movies. Dennis Hopper's in it but he doesn't add anything to the movie really, I'm not really a Dennis Hopper fan either especially not after seing him recently in House of 9 which otherwise was an ok movie. It's also irritating that John Leguizamo stars in this movie, since he's a lousy actor, it would have been so much better if they had chosen someone else to play his part.
These are just minor negative complaints which doesn't really matter that much. I guess a lot of people really wanna like this movie and keep telling themselves to, even though in the end it's not that good. All in all it's an ok movie but also a very forgettable one.
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MOVIE YEAR: 2005
DIRECTOR: George A. Romero
WRITING CREDITS: George A. Romero
GENRE: Horror, Zombie
CAST: Simon Baker, John Leguizamo, Dennis Hopper
COUNTRY: USA, Canada, France
RUNTIME: 97 min
RATING: 6/10
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