Land of The Dead is George Romero’s latest installment of his vastly popular Dead series. This one takes place in a dismal world where zombies roam the countryside and humans are relegated to inner cities protected by the army. Life is pretty depressing at this point. The rich live in lavish apartments while the poor live in squalor. For the poor to survive, they have to venture to the parts of town overrun by zombies and recon provisions. A very dangerous trade. All shit breaks loose when the masses of zombies manage to break down the city boundaries and terrorize the civilians inside.

The gore in this movie was top notch. Bodies were torched, ripped, severed, crushed. You name it, it happened. CGI was used minimally, but effectively. Top notch special effects.

The acting was good. There were a couple characters that didn’t need to exist, but it really wasn’t a deterrent. Humor was sprinkled into the story with effective results. The movie flowed well and I never felt myself being bored.

I really enjoyed this movie. I came in a little skeptical. Big budget Hollywood horror as of late hasn't been getting it done for me. I saw the preview of Asia Argento punching this zombie and I just took a depressing sigh. Fear not, that scene is totally justified!

Overall, this was a very solid movie. There were several layered storylines going on and they all meshed perfectly. It ultimately came down to adaptation and survival, whether you were a rich person, poor person, or zombie. I was definitely wanting more when it ended.

It's really hard to judge which of the four of the Dead series is the best. The time lapses in between all of them are extraordinary. NotLD came out in 1968, Dawn in 1978, Day came out in 1985, and Land in 2005. Each one of those came out in a totally different era in Hollywood. I loved them all. My fave is Day of the Dead, but that's a different story. This ranks right up there. I give it 9 out of 10 literal Savini zombies.

I was real anxious to see this movie, and when I finally saw the movie yesterday I was satisfied. Unlike alot of people who were complaining it didn't live up to their expectation I found it great, maybe it was because I just went into the theater expecting a good zombie movie, no high expectations like "Oh man this movie is gonna fucking rock!", just the thought of "If it's done by Romero it HAS to be good." and it was, in so many ways.

The cast was good, I was surprised by Leguizamo's role as one of the soldiers, and everyone else delivered as well, so there is no complaints about acting from me.

All the effects were great, the deaths, the vehicles, the zombies, the explosions, the zombies, the environment, lack of CGI (which is good), and oh yeah, the zombies. Getting to that.

The one thing I love about this movie was the fact that Romero did what no other zombie movie I've seen has done, and that is make us feel sorry for the zombies. He somewhat accomplished this in Day of the Dead with Bub, but there was so much feeling in this. We could feel Big Daddy's pain as he saw all his fellow zombies around him get mowed down by gun fire and saw how they used zombies as target practice, just made me want to yell along with him.

I always had the thought of movies like this, humans living amongst the living dead, and I guess Romero had alot of thoughts about this as well. Everything seemed believable, the rich living in luxury as the less fortunate are forced to sleep in the streets and work as soldiers in different outposts, scavenging for food so the higher power can have their wine and Caviar. And as we progress the movie we see the zombies get smarter and smarter, all with Big Daddy leading them all, I actually rooted for them here and there, which is also something no one does in zombie movies.

All in all this movie was worth the $4.50, and I gladly would've payed more (but there's a limit) to see it. Is it great? Hell yeah. Is it the best one? Eh, it's up there, I'll just leave that to all the hardcore Romero zombie fanatics.

9 out of 10 guys sitting behind us who just kept yelling and exclaiming "Oh shit man!" at every kill.

The zombie menace continues, and as society crumbles, a rich man named Kaufman (played by Dennis Hopper) has invested his money to erect a high-class tower in the middle of a city surrounded on two sides by river and protected by an electric fence guarded by highly armed militia on the third side. The tower, called "Fiddler's Green" is a luxurious safe haven, rich in amenities for the wealthy high class who have the social grace and cash to be able to afford residence.

George A. Romero has done it again, he has taken the human condition, thrown in some zombies and has given us another tale for zombiephiles to covet and hold near and dear. While I agree that Land of the Dead is not the best chapter in the Dead series, it's damn good nonetheless, and solidly earns it's place among the likes of Night, Dawn and Day.

Not surprising to anyone, but the Dead movies are by far my favorite of any genre. I can't even begin to count how many times I've seen each of the movies, but I'm sure if you added all of them up, I'd probably be into quadruple digits. The films all mean so much to me and I think it's because the story and the overall plight of the characters are just so damn intelligent. Plus, the gore is usually over the top and amazingly well done!

The plot in Land once again pits man against man against zombie menace, in that the inhabitants of Fiddler's Green see themselves as being superior to the denizens down below; the denizens who are in fact risking life and limb daily to protect the paumpous and wealthy who are effectively thumbing their noses at the little people who's job it is to protect them.

On the zombie side of the house; The zombies are evolving, learning to somewhat communicate with each other and to use weapons. It's not over the top in this reviewer's opinion and it was a logical progression from what we were seeing from "Bub" in Day of the Dead. It was different from what we're used to seeing in zombie behavior, but I dug it, it worked for me.

Romero always seems to be ahead of the times with his statements on racism, politics and society in general and the goings on in Land are no exception. Full of hordes of SHAMBLING dead corpses, which at first I was worried about, because I'd read that Romero had the balls to use "hypers" in Land. Maybe I'm just ignorant, but I didn't notice any zombies being any more active than in any of Romero's other zombie flicks.

Abundantly filled with extreme and horrifying gore. I was pleasantly surprised at the levels of chunky bloodshed Mr. Romero was allowed to get away with. Plenty of appliance based gore, lots of mechanical zombies, but also an appropriate and well used base of CGI effects as well. The CGI was used in a way so as to "accent" the appliance based gore, not replace it.

One thing is for certain, and that is the EFX gurus have outdone themselves with the zombies in Land. I sat through the first 10 minutes of the film slack-jawed in amazement at how well the "stenches" looked. Absolutely amazing!

So many different digs and images. Anyone notice that the "head" cops uniform was MAJORLY indicative of the Nazi SS uniforms? Hopper's character boldly stating "we don't negotiate with terrorists!" I could go on and on, but just try and pick everything out.

I'm still basking in the glow from having just seen it, and like I said, based on some comments here, and on other horror sites, I was setting myself up for the big fall. I was however massively entertained, and dub Land of the Dead a winner and welcome addtion to the Dead series. Highly recommended!

9.5 out of 10 victims who would be screaming "Ow, my epiglottis" if there wasn't a zombie hand down their throat.