When zombies overrun Las Vegas, the US government seals off the city with a wall of shipping crates. Several years later, survivors of the outbreak are barley scratching by. Thus they're understandably intrigued when a business mogul comes to them with a very lucrative proposition: if they sneak into Vegas and recover $200 million of his cash, he'll give them a quarter of the proceeds.
Naturally none of these people expect sneaking into a zombie-infested city to be easy, but they have fifty million reasons to take the risk ... and at least they know what they're getting into, right? ... right?
Army of the Dead first came to my attention off the back of its excellent trailer, and despite my general antipathy toward Zak Snyder films, I was keen to check it out. Snyder's Dawn of the Dead was probably his best film, and I am something of a zombie tragic. And it really is a great trailer.
Unfortunately, it's a great trailer for a bad film. None of Army of the Dead makes a lick of sense, even for a movie where zombies are a real thing. Characters constantly act in ways that are actively detrimental to their own objectives and survival, without even the slightest lick of reason for doing so. Also, the plot rips off Aliens in the laziest and least interesting ways possible.
Naturally none of these people expect sneaking into a zombie-infested city to be easy, but they have fifty million reasons to take the risk ... and at least they know what they're getting into, right? ... right?
Army of the Dead first came to my attention off the back of its excellent trailer, and despite my general antipathy toward Zak Snyder films, I was keen to check it out. Snyder's Dawn of the Dead was probably his best film, and I am something of a zombie tragic. And it really is a great trailer.
Unfortunately, it's a great trailer for a bad film. None of Army of the Dead makes a lick of sense, even for a movie where zombies are a real thing. Characters constantly act in ways that are actively detrimental to their own objectives and survival, without even the slightest lick of reason for doing so. Also, the plot rips off Aliens in the laziest and least interesting ways possible.
Very disappointing, especially for the way it wastes a talented cast.
The trailer is still well worth a watch, though.
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