Sorry, this movie sucks

True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

The movie really just wants to entertain people.

Hollywood 'A' listers Dennis Hopper and John Leguizamo ride George Romero's coat tails with mediocre results in the fourth installment of the Dead series. The plot seems like an afterthought after the first three. Here, an established colony faces life in a zombie infested world. They play the class warfare card throughout- positioning different characters in different social classes and portraying the zombies themselves as the ultimate "have nots" in the new society. So, George Romero and Company have definitely entered the post modern identity politics conflict. Man has become the prime villain again in this one with Dennis Hopper exploiting the masses for his own personal gain.Our zombies are evolving in this one as well, with some starting to show signs of cognitive thought. Interesting idea, but we didn't really have to go there to freshen this up.

George A. Romero finally was able to continue his legendary "living dead" series, 20 years after "Day of the Dead", with this apocalyptic horror / action film. Zombies are now everywhere you look, but in a community dubbed Fiddler's Green, people are protected by the fact that the city is surrounded on three sides by rivers. And zombies haven't learned to swim...yet. The less fortunate are left to fend for themselves while rich people like Kaufman (Dennis Hopper) live in luxurious high rises. Trouble arises when Kaufmans' errand boy Cholo DeMora (John Leguizamo) is not compensated for his services, and becomes disgruntled, stealing a cutting edge vehicle called Dead Reckoning and intending to use its weapons."Land of the Dead" in no way compares to Romeros' original trilogy: "Night", "Dawn", and "Day". Nothing here is destined to become iconic, although Dead Reckoning is itself pretty cool. The action is decent, the violence and makeup effects good (despite the overuse of digital gore), and some of the supporting characters (like Robert Joy's slow witted burn victim Charlie) are interesting or amusing (Leguizamo is great fun). However, Romeros' expected social commentary component may be a little too on the nose and unsubtle here, with the upper class seen as largely villainous and the unruly lower class left out in the cold. Kaufman in particular is pretty one dimensional, but Hopper is good in the role.Simon Baker ('The Mentalist') is a passable hero, but he is very well supported by Leguizamo, Joy, the sultry Asia (daughter of Dario) Argento as a hooker whose fortunes keep changing, and Eugene Clark, who gets the showcase role of "Big Daddy", a zombie with an especially commanding presence who is shown to be able to communicate with and lead others of his kind. Horror / zombie buffs will appreciate the cameos by a select few performers.There's nothing special here, but "Land" does entertain in capable enough fashion.Seven out of 10.

Land of the Dead (2005): Dir: George A. Romero / Cast: Simon Baker, Dennis Hopper, John Leguizamo, Asia Argento, Robert Joy: Sickening horror film symbolizing the downfall of society. The dead are alive but this time they are slowly learning to think for themselves therefore becoming more dangerous. Had they been able to think for themselves, then perhaps they would be involved in a film better than this one. We see victims eaten alive in gory detail by zombies as well as humans executing them. We never learn where these creatures come from and the problem is not so much solved as it is accepted. George Romero directed four of these films including the overrated black and white original Night of the Living Dead. He is skilled at delivering the lifestyles of zombies but fails in creative human characters. Simon Baker as the hero is totally flat. He apparently created a weapon called Dead Reckoning for which he now must retrieve. Dennis Hopper as the rich human tyrant is the best role. He rules the city not realizing that it will all come undone. John Leguizamo is interesting as he develops a scam against Hopper in answer to cheated services. Asia Argento is reduced to a prop. She is first rescued from potential zombie sacrifice. Robert Joy is also cast as one of the guys accompanying Baker for a little zombie safari hunt. Designed as a graphic rush for pointless carnage. Score: 4 / 10

The movie itself is a joke.I have laughed at it like a million times because of the stupidity of the film.But after a time it became annoying.What is more, some characters are incompetent for life...The movie is full of continuity errors too. It's big pile of s*it! No surprise i do not like this kind of movies.I do not like zombie movies at all.However i can watch some but that is not for my liking.If you want to laugh, then this should be your choice to watch something today! However, if you like zombie movies or you just want to have a good time and you like good films, then, THIS IS NOT FOR YOU!As i mentioned that production is a farce. 2/10 Just because i laughed at it a lot.