George A. Romero's Land Of The Dead was a much better piece of work than I had expected. I believed I was going to see something along the lines of the old campy horror movies I am used to seeing, such as Re-Animator or Fright Night. It even managed to separate itself from horror movies of today like Cursed or Boogeyman. This was on par with The Ring, but in a much different style. In fact, going on the special effects, the closest movie I can compare it to is Shaun Of The Dead. One could say that some of these scenes were clearly similar.
What separates this movie from others of the genre is the fact that the zombies are smarter, as in they are learning. They learn simple things like how to use tools, that water is harmless, etc. They also learn how to take revenge and sometimes even a creative way to kill. They are given a sense of life, in that they do not want to die (even though they are dead, already).
Land of the Dead raised the bar for all zombie movies with the awesome special effects and intimidating, lifelike zombies. At first, I thought Romero was going to overdo the zombies, showing them from the beginning, very clear in all it's gruesomeness. I was wrong. As the movie went on, the zombies were able to keep my attention with plenty of new "tricks" and gore.
Standouts in this movie are John Leguizamo as Cholo, Eugene Clark as Big Daddy, Dennis Hopper as the evil Kaufman and Asia Argento as Slack. Asia manages to bring a nice bit of sex appeal to this bloody gore-fest. Overall, this movie is recommended to horror and zombie fans, especially those of George A. Romero. 8/10
What separates this movie from others of the genre is the fact that the zombies are smarter, as in they are learning. They learn simple things like how to use tools, that water is harmless, etc. They also learn how to take revenge and sometimes even a creative way to kill. They are given a sense of life, in that they do not want to die (even though they are dead, already).
Land of the Dead raised the bar for all zombie movies with the awesome special effects and intimidating, lifelike zombies. At first, I thought Romero was going to overdo the zombies, showing them from the beginning, very clear in all it's gruesomeness. I was wrong. As the movie went on, the zombies were able to keep my attention with plenty of new "tricks" and gore.
Standouts in this movie are John Leguizamo as Cholo, Eugene Clark as Big Daddy, Dennis Hopper as the evil Kaufman and Asia Argento as Slack. Asia manages to bring a nice bit of sex appeal to this bloody gore-fest. Overall, this movie is recommended to horror and zombie fans, especially those of George A. Romero. 8/10