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Land Of The Dead (2005) DVD Review
Land Of The Dead (2005) DVD Credits:
Land Of The Dead (2005) Directed by:
George A. Romero
Land Of The Dead (2005) Written by:
George A. Romero
Land Of The Dead (2005) Cast:
Simon Baker, John Leguizamo, Dennis Hopper, Asia Argento, Robert Joy
Land Of The Dead (2005) Released by:
Not available at this time
Region:
1
Land Of The Dead (2005) DVD Release Date:
1st January 2006
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Land Of The Dead (2005) Synopsis:

In this new tale, Romero creates a harrowing vision of a modern-day world where the walking dead roam an uninhabited wasteland and the living try to lead "normal" lives behind the walls of a fortified city. A new society has been built by a handful of enterprising, ruthless opportunists, who live in the towers of a skyscraper, high above the hard-scrabble existence on the streets below. But outside the city walls, an army of the dead is evolving. Inside, anarchy is on the rise. With the very survival of the city at stake, a group of hardened mercenaries is called into action to protect the living from an army of the dead.

Land Of The Dead (2005) DVD Review:

Zombie films seem to be on the rise, filling audiences in theaters to see the undead trying to eat the living. Some of the films have mixed horror with comedy (Shaun of the Dead) while others allowed the zombies to run (28 Days Later) and some even mixed action with the zombie horror (Resident Evil), but all of them have the same thing in common; they all borrow many zombie styles created by George A. Romero, the godfather of zombie movies. It is because of this that Land of the Dead deserves slightly more attention than any of the other zombie movies.

While Night of the Living Dead followed the very beginning of the living dead, Dawn of the Dead focused on the crumbling remains of society, and Day of Dead with the attempt to build society again. Land of the Dead joins society as it has been reformed, however unfortunate the situation. There is a ling structure which is built for the rich and filled with all sorts of luxuries at the expense of the less fortunate. Zombies are kept out with effective methods, mostly thanks to a group of soldiers employed by a Trump-like figure in the rich world, played by Dennis Hopper. As always happens in these movies, the zombies begin to gain control. In the case of Land of the Dead the zombies begin to think.

The unrated director’s cut not only has more gore and scares, but it has a great supply of extra features as well. The regular bonus features are already plentiful with a making of featurette, a day with John Leguizamo on the set, deleted scenes, behind the scenes of the cameo by the creators of Shaun of the Dead, and a feature commentary by George A. Romero. The exclusive features to the unrated DVD are mostly involving the zombies and the make-up or special effects used to cause the film effects. There is a featurette with make-up artist Greg Nicotero about the art of creating zombies. Going with this is another featurette that shows how a green screen is combined with the make-up to create the whole effect of the film, as well as the featurette about computer generated zombies compared to the real-life ones.

There are also a few other features which don’t have to do with the special effects, such as a storyboard featurette and a music video with some of the film’s more gruesome moments. Most of these features are interesting, but there is so much stuff that it gets old after a while especially considering how much is filled with extra footage over rock music. The actual information or stories which are worth getting are minimal to the extra stuff just thrown in so that there is a great deal to watch. Perhaps the most gratifying of the unrated features in the music video over carnage footage. It is classical music over footage which was obviously too graphic to show in theaters.

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Land Of The Dead (2005) DVD review written by: Ryan Izay

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