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Title: Land of the Dead (Unrated Director's Cut) (Combo HD DVD and Standard DVD) [HD DVD] (2006) |
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Review of Land of the Dead (Unrated Director's Cut) (Combo HD DVD and Standard DVD) [HD DVD]
- Packed with more heart-pounding and blood-curdling thrills than any theater could show this special Unrated Director s Cut unleashes the ultimate vision of George A. Romero s latest living-dead shock-fest! Starring Simon Baker Dennis Hopper and John Leguizamo Land of the Dead finds humanity s last remnants battling to survive the unspeakable truth: The ravenous zombie hordes besieging their fortified city are evolving!System Requirements:Running Time: 97 MinutesFormat: DVD HD Genre: HORROR Rating: NR UPC: 025192784422 Manufacturer No: 27844
Product Description
- 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
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Comments for Land of the Dead (Unrated Director's Cut) (Combo HD DVD and Standard DVD) [HD DVD]
- Posted on 2008-07-02
I NEVER RECIEVED THIS ITEM
I DONT KNOW WHY YOU WOULD WANT ME TO REVIEW AN ITEM THAT I NEVER RECIEVED, THE PERSON I BOUGHT IT FROM WHO STOLE MONEY FROM ME (TINAS CLOSET) NEVER SENT MY DVD. DO NOT BUY ANYTHING FROM THIS PERSON SHE IS A THIEF
Score: 1
- Posted on 2008-06-07
High on action, explosions and gore. Lower on plot.
Each of Romeros dead movies are unique. This is the hollywood action style entry. Lower on plot than Day and Diary of the dead, but still inspired and intelligent. A grade.
Land of the dead spends much of its time focusing on zombie head explosions, spilling intestines, and explosions, rather than the intricate character building that made Day and Diary of the dead so spectacular, but manages to retain an intelligent plot structure for the small amount of time that this is given any focus, and to be an A grade action/horror movie that is better than much of the competition. Romero is a master of directing talent. The plot that does exist focuses on the time tested issue of a split between the upper and lower class.In this case, the upper class lives in a luxurious high rise while the lower class is left in the streets. There is a struggle between the classes and their zombie rivals. This is all fleshed out by wonderfully shot, and never absurd, zombie blasting, intestine spilling action. The characters play their parts well, and remain interesting though as compared to Day and Diary of the dead, we know almost nothing about them of real interest. That's okay though. This is a certain type of movie, unique in the franchise, as is every other entry. The movie is beautiful to watch, fun to watch, and without a single minute that drags. This is a hollywood, big budget looking glossy action/horror flick that is among the best of its type. It won't stimulate your mind the way the aforementioned two dead movies will, but is well worth the trip. Land of the dead does justice to a series of movies that continues to be fresh and unique with every entry.
Check it out.
Score: 4
- Posted on 2008-05-26
A LET DOWN FOR ZOMBIE FANS
This is in my opinion a let down for zombie fan's , the story is weak and so is the acting , the makeup isn't good , not scary at all , so if your expecting this to be as good as Day of the Dead , you might be dissappointed.
Score: 3
- Posted on 2008-05-15
Land of make believe
Iam getting tired of watching zombie movies there the samething but different actors, all you see in zombie movies is a dead person walking around looking for human flesh to fest on then the human run while the zombie is chaseing after them thats all you see nothing exept different actors. I hope they make the movie the suffering you no the game yeah i hope they make a movie of it, but this movie was good not that great like i just said zombies just doing the samething but this was a good movie.
Score: 3 - Posted on 2008-04-20
LAND OF THE DEAD ROCKS!
5 STARS ALL THE WAY!
why should you buy this movie?
Asia Argento nuff said!
Score: 5