Sunday, October 31, 2010

Land of the Dead (2005)

With the zombie populace spread throughout the land, humans have walled off a city in order to keep themselves safe. The military goes outside the gates in search of food and supplies, often taking sport in hitting and shooting the zombies as they ride by. One zombie in a small town takes offense to this treatment and he leads the zombies to the walled city in order to get revenge.

The film includes social commentary as the rich live inside a luxury high rise, while the rest of the citizens live in the streets. One of the military has saved enough money to retire and buy one of the apartments, but he is not considered of the caliber to reside there. This leads him to try to blackmail the corporate villain who controls the city and it's housing.

I liked this more than some of the other major zombies movies I've seen and thought it was much better than Survival of the Dead even though it was fairly predictable. One of the more interesting parts of the dvd was a short special feature showing the special effects. It is amazing to compare the before and after shots and see what they can do.

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