Asia Argento, Boyd Banks, Dennis Hopper

Zombies have taken over the world and those left alive are confined to a walled-in city that keeps out the corpse corps. As anarchy rules the streets, a group of scavengers must thwart an attempt to o...( read more  read more... )verthrow the city while the dead are evolving from brainless slow-moving creatures into more advanced creatures.

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R, 1 hr. 32 min.

Directed by: George A. Romero

Release Date: June 24, 2005

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DVD Release Date: October 18, 2005

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  • October 5, 2009
    An entertaining enough Zombie film but it's far below George A. Romero's usual standards. There isn't the same feeling of dread or impending doom as there is with his previous work and better Zombie films have been filmed since his last Zombie film, Day of the Dead. The weakest b...( read more)ut still enjoyable addition to the ongoing ??of the dead? zombie series.
  • August 25, 2009
    This is an exceptional film and returns Romero to the genre he created with vengeance. Simon Baker leads an all star cast that includes the mesmerizing Asia Argento, the witty John Leguizamo and the perfectly demonic Dennis Hopper. The post September 11 themes are buried within t...( read more)he script and the character development is better than expected. The overall concept is a bit weak, "they just want somewhere to go" is a bit stretched and I'm glad that he kept with his traditional ways of having the zombies move slow as sin. Romero has always been a dramatic-concept director and not an overly flashy choreographer of elaborate and beautiful sequences (i.e. zack snyder's wonderful remake of "Dawn of the Dead" was a great film unto itself and he did an extraordinary job modernizing it?but without Romero's initial vision, the film wouldn't exist.) It's unfortunate that audiences didn't embrace this entry into the "dead" series. Anxiously awaiting World of the Dead.
  • August 17, 2009
    "The dead shall inherit the Earth."

    The living dead have taken over the world, and the last humans live in a walled city to protect themselves as they come to grips with the situation.

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    L...( read more)and of the Dead is just an action movie. It's a very entertaining one, but George Romero had a unique, interesting, progressive zombie film for every decade and accentuated every cinematic characteristic from each of them, and he must've decided to skip the '90s and make one in the new millennium lacking all of the timely genius of the others. It's made in a minimal, campy way. The remake of Dawn of the Dead was directed with more energy and auspicious style than this, which is supposed to be a comeback by the master and practically the creator of the genre.

    Nonetheless, Land of the Dead is very enjoyable. The zombie violence and gore are what Romero keeps clever and inventive, filling the action scenes with several chuckle-inducingly interesting deaths. The acting and dialogue are nowhere near top-notch, a trait maintained throughout Romero's whole series since 1968, but the actors are still a joy to watch, especially Dennis Hopper, who redefines dry humor with his eccentric villain. Leguizamo and Baker are the cocky cowboy heroes, another Living Dead series custom, Joy brings a certain charm, and Argento, who has hardly impressed me in the past, satisfies, at least more than the zombie cast.

    Hopefully, his next film won't be a step downward, because although I really really liked this film, what I especially liked about the series is lacking in it.
  • August 14, 2008
    OK entry from George Romero in his Living Dead saga. Civilization has totally collapsed and the world is ruled by the undead except in a walled city that is-shock-split into a class system that provides as much drama as the zombies do.
    Romero actually gets some big name talent fo...( read more)r this installment (John Leguizamo and Dennis Hopper being the top stars) and a higher budget to give us a glossy and polished dead film that screams of social commentary (as did the first three). What makes this film different from those is that the undead are learning and remembering their old human behaviors. They can solve problems instead of drooling their way into some pretty young things jugular which gives and interesting take to the genre that Romero has invented.
    I wouldn't call this the best film of the Dead saga, though it seems unfair to call it the worst either. It is the weakest of the saga, but the one thing you can give George Romero credit for is that he has the ability to recreate his creation every time he steps into that world of rotten, walking flesh. A true genius at his creation. Land of the Dead isn't his greatest work, but compared to some of the other horror product (and regurgatation) that's in the market today it is vastly superior.
  • May 25, 2008
    A masterpiece. It's extroadinary and magnificent. Director, George A. Romero has done it again with his true visionary and vintage style mixed with the technology of today. A blood thirsty and character driven story. Brilliant in every way. A horror movie dream come true. Blood, ...( read more)gore and bone chilling excitement. A true visionary epic come to life. It's like Mad Max meets Dawn of the Dead. One of the most outstanding horror films in the last few years. It delivers in every way that it should with a stunning story and gripping characters. It's heart-racing, freightning and exhilerating.
  • November 19, 2009
    I think this is the one where the zombies learn how to use weapons. All I remember is John Leguizamo.
  • November 17, 2009
    I really enjoyed it, definitely a step up from Day Of The Dead. The effects were great and didn't rely on cgi like other horror movies have began to. It went with what made Dawn of the Dead great, a great story and characters. You gotta love John Leguizamo and Dennis Hopper, a gr...( read more)eat addition to the series. I was really proud of Romero for not being influenced by other popular horror movies that have come out, his formula is perfect and doesn't need to change. This was a lot more apocalyptic oriented, which was different, but it worked.
  • October 31, 2009
    !Comercial or Stupid! :|
  • October 29, 2009
    I love all of George Romeros zombie films
  • October 28, 2009
    Was a fun flick with very interesting concepts. The thing that I loved the most about this flick was how it was set in present day if zombies had taken over in the 60's and how the zombies have gotten smarter, but not abnormally intellegent out of the blue, but somewhat smarter t...( read more)o really show the progression of the zombie race over the past 40 years which I think was a great thing to use for the film. Also Romero using social satire in somewhat the same way he used it in Day of the Dead was also really effective and I think using satire in his films really works for the best. This also consisted some good performances by Asia Argento, Dennis Hopper, and John Leguizamo,, but with a story line that was pretty boring for the most part and because it seemed so plain and simple, it really brought down the good aspects of the film. However, it wasn't enough to fail the film and therefore I think Land of the Dead is an ok movie overall due to a lot of great things combined with a lot of bad things. But hey, its certainly not the worst zombie flick(Diary of the Dead and Day of the Dead remake any one?).

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  • Muktidaya
    September 26, 2009
    hahaha stupid and boring..
  • crisaalagon
    November 20, 2007
    it was so scary
  • surfinginhawaii
    August 21, 2006
    ya but i would still like a trailer put up so i can add it 2 my fav videos :P
  • Suff3r1ing
    July 30, 2006
    Yeh what tha heck no trailer to the movie that is sad:( any way anyone with half a brain that likes horror flicks would have already seen it!!

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