Sunday 27th June 2010

Land of the Dead

Director: George A. Romero
Year: 2005
Stars: Simon Baker, John Leguizamo, Dennis Hopper

I guess it was the reviews I read of this when it got released, but somehow I was expecting more from this film.

The film picks up where the earlier "Dead" films left off, with the zombies contained but not quite dead. Only problem is, they're now learning to think for themselves and managing to escape their enclosures - unsurprisingly, not good news for those who survived first time around.

A number of the reviews claim this movie was as much social commentary as it was horror movie, but to me it just felt like a logical extension to the standard zombie movie. Credit where it's due, it's not something that's really been done before, but the movie still just descends into the standard zombie movie in my opinion.

Rating: 3 out of 5

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