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Land of the Dead (2005)

June. 24,2005
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The world is full of zombies and the survivors have barricaded themselves inside a walled city to keep out the living dead. As the wealthy hide out in skyscrapers and chaos rules the streets, the rest of the survivors must find a way to stop the evolving zombies from breaking into the city.

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SunnyHello
2005/06/24

Nice effects though.

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SoTrumpBelieve
2005/06/25

Must See Movie...

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Maidexpl
2005/06/26

Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast

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Donald Seymour
2005/06/27

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

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jerralagbayani
2005/06/28

I love George A. Romero's Dead series and the only reason I see people not liking this movie as much is the total change in story. The plot: as the zombies evolve, they decide to go attack one of the only big societies left from mankind while Cholo DeMora tries to lead a rebellion. The main characters must stop the rebellion as the dead move closer. Kind of climatic but like I said it's not as much surviving. I love how there is some funny humor and the characters' backstory which is hinted for each character throughout the film.

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catacitus
2005/06/29

Land of the dead is a awful as Zack Snyder's Dawn of the Dead is brilliant.The disappointment is deep-seated, since I had also come to regard George Romero as the Godfather of Zombie movies. The movie is a typical attempt to cash in on the success of a previous movie. Granted, Snyder's Dawn only made it really big on DVD, but that was because he was well ahead of the new wave of zombie-enthusiasm.Although it's been a while since I've watched Day, watching the trailer reminded me of enough of the trash I was confronted with to convince me to watch it again. The acting is, well, zombie-like, even by the living characters. It's as if they've told themselves, "Hey, it's a Romero movie, it'll sell itself, so why bother straining a talent?"The plot is daft beyond what anyone can reasonably be expected to endure: rich people get punished for living it up in safety while the world goes to hell.The script is wooden and not even the special effects can detract from it

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Realrockerhalloween
2005/06/30

Romeo is back for a new generation using the script he originally planned for day.Humany has set up shop on an island called Fiddleir's green and suffer from a class structure where the poor starve while rich live in luxury. Seems almost like a premonition of today.A special force sets out to gather supplies using a fortified tank called day of reckoning and use fireworks as a distracter. Unbeknownst to them is zombies are advancing beyond here tricks and evolving into a deadly threat set out to take the city denied them.Land of the dead brought back substance to the series that I missed in the remake to day, but the pacing was to action packed, the music was over used and it left many questions unanswered like how Hopper set up the city and the value of money.It almost seemed like the zombies were meant to be antiheroes like Bub, from day, instead of cheering for humanity when all the others made it clear it was a devastating plague.Acting was decent, Leguizamo leading man, carried the emotional weight and heart of the picture. You want to see him gain access to the good life, keep his friends alive and take his vengeance out on the top man himself.Not scary like the others, but not a bad way to kill 80 minutes.

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matatosky
2005/07/01

We begin the movie seeing zombies milling around aimlessly, suggesting that they have spent way too much time unable to do what they mostly love to do, which is feed. Apparently, the inactivity was so endless, the zombies began to retake their former lives and carry out certain aspects of it. Meanwhile, civilization is not completely lost. There is a haven that is called "Fiddler's Green" which is owned and operated by a business mogul named Kaufman, who has been able to continue his trade, even in the face of humanity's total annihilation and provides divided shelter to anyone that is left alive. He has assembled an army of mercenaries, military men and even police officers to ensure some type of order in his empire, and these same people are the ones trusted with the task of scouring for whatever resources they can find deep within enemy lines. Enter our leading men; Riley, Cholo and Charlie. Riley and Charlie representing the good nature that is still preserved in man and Cholo continuing the time honored tradition of greed and mistrust. Longer story short, Kaufman summons the fury of Cholo by treating him like a total peon, after Cholo had the notion that he would be able to join Fiddler's Green's finest living arrangements and become part of the respected elite but Kaufman declines his solicitation, proving that elitism and social class distinction is still alive and well. Cholo seeks comeuppance a different way, by stealing the Green's most powerful vehicle "Dead Reckoning" which is designed to repel a strong zombie attack and holds it for ransom, with the intention of cheating Kaufman out of both his money and car, just like Kaufman cheated Cholo out of a better life. Riley is summoned to retrieve both Cholo and Dead Reckoning by Kaufman, considering Riley designed Dead Reckoning and is closer to Cholo than anyone left in the Green. Riley takes Charlie and a lady who was rescued by both from being eaten by zombies and they go pursue Cholo. Kaufman has sent 3 soldiers with Riley, who are instructed to take Dead Reckoning back, but also dispose of Riley because like Cholo, he also reflects dissent in Kaufman's utopia. Riley succeeds in taking back Dead Reckoning, leaving Cholo to fend for himself and choose his own path, as he no longer wishes to be part of any team. All throughout this, the zombies had actually managed to kill off surrounding patrols and cross a river in order to get to Fiddler's, proving that they have indeed evolved and develop limited but effective cognitive skills. Fiddler's Green becomes under siege and Kaufman becomes a casualty, thanks to Cholo himself and Riley and his team finish off the remaining threat, and proceed to find less secluded but secure locations in Canada.The movie has strong points and goes a different direction by allowing zombies to actually communicate and rationalize. Personally, I loved it. Here are the only 2 points I didn't like about this film, though: The ending. The movie was awesome in its darker and hopeless tone, it gave you a feeling of actual doom. Even though that the zombies have become more aware, they are still relatively evil and naturally inclined to eliminate whatever is left human. So why let a rather large population of them roam around when you're looking for a safer place? The movies themselves have said it: As long as we're alive, they will never run out of food. As long as they're around, there ARE NO safer places. They are not animals. Animals have the capacity to show emotion, compassion and even love. Zombies, no matter how progressed they are, are by all means unable to develop these traits. Their survival instincts may improve but ultimately their purpose should not change as their bodies have wasted away whatever humanity they had left. Pretty questionable move on Romero in the end, but since the movie barely shows any real heart, Im guessing this was done to make up for that. The second point I disagreed with was the dialogue. In Night, Dawn and Day, it seemed to tie the movie together, to have characters show a sense of rationality or reasoning as to why this has happened, thus making us sympathize with them in their situation. Here in Land, it's nowhere to be found. The Riley character was pretty weak and it made you wonder how Bub, who could not speak as he was a zombie in Day, made you bawl your eyes out in his performance, and yet Simon Baker who has a leading role could not. Asia Argento is in this movie but her character is really not that important to the story. I will end this by saying that I love the movie. For what it is, it is pretty good, I mean it is still better than any zombie stuff made around the time it came out, most notably Resident Evil, which degenerated after the 2nd installment and definitely way better than Diary of the Dead, which came after it but it relied on the overused hand-held horror technique. Survival of the Dead was just a horror spoof of a horror classic. One thing this movie continues to emphasize: The ego and pride of man continue to be his worst enemy. You know humanity is in trouble when after 40 years of horror, the zombies have managed to come together for a purpose and end up overtaking the seemingly smarter humans. Nice one, Mr. Romero.

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