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Land of the Dead

I have to disagree with Dave in my rating of this film. He thought it was poo, which is a shame, because this is a good film, sorry Dave, you're wrong, what more can I say?

It doesn't have any big starry actors in it, and the whole thing has that flat 80s straight to video look about it. The script's not brilliant, and some of the characterisation is dodgy. For instance, the romance interest with the Asia Argento character is dumb, it reminded me of the love angle in that shitty Arnie film, Eraser. Incidentally, don't you feel baaad for ever watching Schwarzenegger films, now that he's about to take over the world and become a planetary dictator? You had your chance to stop him by not buying a ticket to see Last Action Hero. Actually, shit, we tried that, and it still didn't work.

But, who cares about the romance interest. Really. This is a z. o. m. b. i. e. movie, k? While it might disappoint fans of the more traditional brainless school of zombie movies, which are essentially paranoiac survivalist wet dreams, this has a lot more to offer. It's the first political zombie movie. Yes. The zombies in this one get organised, dammit. Dead pride.

There are some interesting things in this movie to take away and think about. While most action films could normally have their plots rubber-stamped for nazi-correctness by Goebbels, this is pleasantly different. And there's a scene where zombies eat someone's guts. What more do you want?

posted by Chairman Peyote @ 1:56 PM