Land Of The Dead

Year: 2005

Grade: C-

Country: USA

Director: Romero

Review

a real disappointment from the word ‘action.’ the leads were all fairly uninspiring, the zombies weren’t any improvement on the first three films of the series, the writing – though occasionally funny – wasn’t anything worth writing home about, and the parable element of the story wasn’t particularly profound. the first two (night of the living dead and dawn of the dead) are clearly the best of the series and anyone who says otherwise loses all credibility. asia (ah-zee-uh) argento (daughter of dario – great italian horror director who co-wrote dawn of the dead and worked on the music as well) isn’t as hot as everyone says and isn’t a very good actress either.

from a story standpoint the film adds a class element to the commentary of the first three, but it’s really not worth an entire film. this one lacks the style of the first, the pacing and humanity of the second, and the weird detachment of the third. it shouldn’t have been made.

Watched in theater