{"id":13822,"date":"2018-10-19T18:02:18","date_gmt":"2018-10-19T22:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.9deuce.tv\/blogs\/?p=13822"},"modified":"2018-10-19T18:02:18","modified_gmt":"2018-10-19T22:02:18","slug":"land-of-the-dead-2005","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.9deuce.tv\/blogs\/land-of-the-dead-2005\/","title":{"rendered":"Land of the Dead (2005)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The fourth of the Romero zombie films, it came out 20 years after his previous one, Day of the Dead.\u00a0 Land of the Dead feels different, looks very modern, and has a couple of big names in it like Dennis Hopper and John Leguizamo.\u00a0 Also, Tom Savini makes an appearance, so that’s ALWAYS a plus in my book.<\/p>\n

The story is that in Pittsburgh, the city has 2 walls and an electric fence, plus the rivers.\u00a0 Fiddler’s Green is a beautiful high rise for the\u00a0wealthy while the rest kinda live in the slums area.\u00a0 There is Dead Reckoning, which is this badass armored vehicle that can go outside city walls and destroy whatever is needed.\u00a0 Riley was the designer of Dead Reckoning, and he can control it.\u00a0 Riley is always accompanied by Charlie, who is a little slow but is loyal and a helluva good shot.\u00a0 They save Slack (Asia Argento) at some point, who is in a cage fighting for her life against two zombies.\u00a0 She had upset Phil Fondacaro, who you would know from Seinfeld and Bordello of Blood, among many other things, as he is very short.\u00a0 Paul Kaufman runs Fiddler’s Green and is played by the great Dennis Hopper.\u00a0 He’s\u00a0a rich asshole.\u00a0 Then there is Cholo (John Leguizamo), who has worked with Riley in the past but ends up stealing Dead Reckoning after Kaufman refused Cholo’s request to live in Fiddler’s Green.\u00a0 Cholo and his group gave him a deadline for $5 million or they would blow up Fiddler’s Green.\u00a0 Kaufman hires Riley to reclaim Dead Reckoning.\u00a0 Riley, Charlie, and Slack are joined by Pillsbury, Manotete, and Motown.\u00a0 These names are fabulous.\u00a0 Oh, and there’s one more thing.\u00a0 Big Daddy zombie has somehow become a leader of the zombies and slowly gains an army that follows him to the city to take over.\u00a0 It’s as ridiculous and awesome as it sounds.<\/p>\n

This is all about the struggle of the poor versus the rich.\u00a0 A classic tale, in that regard.\u00a0 I really enjoyed the characters, the story, and the acting.\u00a0 Dennis Hopper is at home with this role.\u00a0 This is also one of Leguizamo’s better roles.\u00a0 He was quite good.\u00a0 Eugene Clarke as Big Daddy Zombie was by far my favorite character, and I do consider him redemption after a lackluster black lead in Day of the Dead.\u00a0 Big Daddy is just a great character.\u00a0 I also want to say that\u00a0 Robert Joy, who plays Charlie, probably was the best actor of the bunch.\u00a0 He shouldn’t have been credited under Asia Argento, but she has the more recognizable name and tits.<\/p>\n

I liked that the story was very simple and easy to follow.\u00a0 Riley was the white knight, Cholo was the grey knight, and Kaufman was the black knight.\u00a0 Cholo was the most complex character, but you totally understand and appreciate his motives.<\/p>\n

The most interesting aspect is the zombie army.\u00a0 They are starting to learn, which is something that they explored in Day of the Dead.\u00a0 I loved how he taught the cheerleader to use a gun.\u00a0 He got the butcher to use his knife, and so on.\u00a0 Plus, how badass was it when they entered the water and then slowly came out?\u00a0 That was the best fucking scene.\u00a0 Also, Tom Savini as a zombie with a machete.\u00a0 So happy.<\/p>\n

I have been meaning to gripe about this before, but why is it that everybody wastes so much ammo in Romero’s movies?\u00a0 The trained guys should know the scarcity and importance of ammo.\u00a0 So why are you wast 6-10 bullets per zombie at times?\u00a0 It drives me nuts.<\/p>\n

Rating: 6.5 – I really liked this one a lot.\u00a0 Yes, more than Dawn.\u00a0 I know, I know.\u00a0 There wasn’t much to dislike here.\u00a0 This was very enjoyable.<\/p>\n

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