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Land of the Dead (2005)
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Editorial
Amazon.co.uk Review
Bolstered by the success of 28 Days Later, Shaun of the Dead, the Resident Evil movies and the hit remake of his own Dawn of the Dead, George A. Romero returns to the horror subgenre he invented with Land of the Dead. The fourth installment in Romero's zombie cycle (and the first since 1985's Day of the Dead) presents a logical progression of events since 1968's horror classic Night of the Living Dead: Zombies (also known as "stenches" for their rotting odor) are the dominant population, and they've begun to show signs of undead intelligence and gathering power. The wealthiest survivors live comfortably in a luxury high-rise within a barricaded safe zone, ignoring the horrors of the outside world while armed scavengers stage raids in the zombie-zone to gather much-needed food and supplies. Simon Baker and John Leguizamo play mercenaries-for-hire; Dennis Hopper is their nefarious boss; and horror favorite Asia Argento (daughter of Suspiria director Dario Argento) plays a former hooker recruited into Baker's scavenger squad. While none of this seems particularly fresh or inspired, Land of the Dead benefits from hints of the social satire that made Romero's earlier zombie films so memorable. Not so much funny as gruesomely peculiar, Romero's plot isn't as inventive as it could've been, but as a big-scale B-movie, Land of the Dead delivers a handful of shocks and horror-celebrity cameos (including gore-masters Tom Savini and Greg Nicotero) that should keep horror buffs happy until the next zombie opus comes along. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com
Enjoyable
Review date: 2008-11-02 Rating: 6 out of 10
Land of the Dead is a film that you can watch once, and once only. It was enjoyable enough but it is no classic. Even though the gore is quite good and there is nothing wrong with the acting, it just didn't feel like the usual zombie flick. Rent it or buy it cheap.
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Reviews
An entertaining addition to the series
Review date: 2008-10-23 Rating: 6 out of 10
Though not a classic like his previous living dead films this is an entertaining addition and continuation of the story. Alot more 'hollywood' than his other films but it actually makes for an interesting change in pace.
Zombie Fun
Review date: 2008-07-30 Rating: 10 out of 10
Well what can I say, firstly I am a great Romero fan and enjoy all of his films even if some have dated badly.
It made a nice change for him to obviously have some money for a change, but it doesnt look like much of it was spent on the actors.
Things have moved on since the zombies first appeared and a group of humans have manged to build a city and have some defences against the zombies (although it isnt Manhatten as one reviewer has said).
This is my greatest gripe with the film in that it depicts the rich living inside and the poor outside, whereas I believe that the strongest would survive in a post zombie world.
Anyway enough of that, if you are looking to buy this film then you must love horror films and this is a great gory zombie film. So go buy it and enjoy!
hugely dissapointing
Review date: 2008-07-09 Rating: 4 out of 10
Land of the dead was hugely dissapointing the other films in the series are great i even much prefer children of the living dead this was way too hollywood the action scenes looked fake and the characters were terrible dennis hopper was playing an average character and he was the best one in it, it was good to see tom savini though, the dialogue in the film was terrible, the one eyed character was unbeleivably annoying with his terrible dialogue he kept saying stupid lines like about being freindly to the enemies and kept jibbering and jabbering about sky flowers, saying things likeQuick help paul were running out of sky flowers errrghh how annoying shut up you one eyed sky flower geek and the black zombie he's a complete twit too, George call them characters , out of all the character creators in the world i know you can do better than that
good zombie horror
Review date: 2008-06-06 Rating: 6 out of 10
enjoyable but forgettable george romero zombie which see him continue his dead sga with this entry that works better as a companion piece to dawn of the dead than as a stand alone film.but it is entertaining you get your moneys worth
Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Robert Joy
Simon Baker
Dennis Hopper
John Leguizamo
Creators:
Dennis Hopper (Primary Contributor)
Simon Baker (Primary Contributor)
Director(s):
Recording label: Universal Pictures Video
Manufacturer: Universal Pictures Video
EAN: 5050582368406
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: Anamorphic, Director's Cut, PAL,
Release date: 2005-12-26
Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
Audience rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
Region code: 2
Running time: 93 minutes
Language: English (Original Language)