LAND
OF
THE
DEAD
With
Asia
Argento,
Dennis
Hopper,
John
Leguizamo
Directed
by
George
A.
Romero
George
A.
Romero
gave
us
the
best
zombie
trilogy
ever
in
Night
Of
The
Living
Dead,
Dawn
Of
The
Dead
and
Day
Of
The
Dead
(see
below).
For
decades
his
fans
have
been
screaming
for
another
and
finally
it
has
arrived.
This
movie
was
approached
from
Romero's
zombie
universe
perspective,
taking
the
logical
plot
of
how
the
human
race
will
deal
with
an
epidemic
of
living
dead.
Survivors
have
organized
themselves
to
contain
the
zombies
by
fencing
off
parts
of
the
city
with
a
defense
force
keeping
the
"stenches"
(as
they're
called)
out.
It
has
however
created
another
class
structure
where
those
with
the
means
and
breeding
get
to
live
it
up
in
a
luxury
high
rise
called
Fiddler's
Green.
The
rest
have
to
live
in
slums
on
the
ground.
Teams
are
sent
out
to
secure
supplies,
at
the
same
time
thinning
out
the
zombie
population
(ever
so
slightly).
An
armed
panzer
vehicle,
Dead
Reckoning
(owned
by
the
kingpin
of
Fiddler's
Green)
is
instrumental
in
these
operations.
But
the
big
man
(played
by
Dennis
Hopper)
screws
over
Leguizamo's
character
(doing
his
dirty
work),
who
wants
in
at
the
Green
(but
he's
not
the
right
"kind").
He
tries
to
have
him
knocked
off,
but
fails,
resulting
in
the
guy
stealing
Dead
Reckoning
and
threatening
to
blow
up
Fiddler's
Green.
At
the
same
time
the
zombies
are
becoming
more
conscious
about
their
survival
and
led
by
a
gas
attendant
mass
together
and
head
for
the
city,
re-learning
basic
skills
along
the
way
(another
evolutionary
step
further
from
the
Bub
character
in
Day
Of
The
Dead).
As
a
new
species
on
its
own,
they
make
up
the
bottom
of
the
ladder.
Where
Romero
used
a
black
protagonist
in
both
Night
and
Dawn,
here
his
black
hero
is
the
one
leading
the
zombies
-
a
nice
twist.
Besides
Romero's
consumers-run-rampant
analogy
of
previous
flicks,
this
script
is
the
most
social
and
political
thus
far
and
adds
a
very
interesting
dimension
to
the
basic
action
and
horror
that
can
be
delved
from
the
subject.
With
the
single
location
concentration
of
the
early
Living
Dead
movies,
this
film
does
lack
that
intense
dramatic
focus
of
the
previous
installments,
but
make
a
very
cool
addition
to
the
series
with
enough
gore
for
horror
fans,
action
for
those
who
like
it
and
a
bit
of
a
message
beneath
it
all.
Tom
Savini
makes
a
cameo
appearance
as
the
leather
jacket
zombie
from
Dawn
Of
The
Dead,
and
even
if
the
movie
were
useless,
this
would
be
enough
to
get
the
fans
cheering.
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NB.
For
a
rare
chance
to
see
the
original
Night
of
The
Living
Dead
and
Dawn
Of
The
Dead
on
the
big
screen,
check
out
the
first
South
African
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