Land of the Dead is Romero's long-awaited masterpiece, a slyly suspenseful and droll thrill-ride that expounds on both the highbrow and the chewed-off-brow concepts of his previous trilogy, then flippantly dismisses the cheap scare tactics of the control-pad generation's gimmicky genre knockoffs.
Romero easily commands an enormous cast, a plethora of action sequences and a cornucopia of special effects -- some of them very gory -- and creates one darkly dazzling image after another that allows Land of the Dead to emerge without any nudging whatsoever as a bleakly humorous, hard-charging allegory.
Tierra de los Muertos (2005)
Sinopsis:
Un líder mercenario se enfrenta a un camarada rebelde, mientras zombies devoradores de carne amenazan su ciudad.
Opinión:
Hasta el momento, mi favorita de la saga de Zombies de George A. Romero (me falta Diary y Survival of the Dead).
Mejora en muchos aspectos a sus antecesoras, los zombies han evolucionado constantemente y son mas inteligentes. El gore y violencia son más explícitos y hay mucha acción, pero por sobretodo, toneladas de Zombies. Los personajes están ok, tenemos a Asia Argento como Co Protagonista y es la única película donde esta chica me cae bien, por otro lado está Denis Hooper como el antagonista quien a mi juicio hubiese deseado que muriera al principio de la película, no recuerdo el nombre del protagonista, el típico héroe que no impresiona a nadie y finalmente John Leguízamo haciendo de algo parecido a un anti héroe que pese a ser un completo idiota, logra caer bien.
Una vez más se expone de manera implícita mensajes y sátiras sociales, en este caso de la elite de clase alta y la clase baja dejando en claro que ni todo el dinero del mundo ni tu estatus te librará de dejar este mundo, todos nacemos sin nada y nos iremos sin nada.
Valoración:
4.5 de 5
A solid zombie film and one of my personal favourites, even though most say this is probably Romero's worst. I loved the concept and I thought it was clever having a few storylines worked in together, as well as being one of the first film to really focus on some of the zombies themselves. Simon Baker leads a talented cast that all play their parts well, as well as Dennis Hopper doing a great job as the head honcho. Overall a great film and zombie fans should be impressed!
Romero's fourth entry, turns out to be his most conventional as an action thriller--though it's every bit as gory as the others and more clearly class-conscious.
Too bad the plot held no surprises and the acting no revelations. No actor could be said to stand out and the movie never acquires much tension or momentum.
Not the best zombie movie I ever seen. It is ok. It takes a few times of watching it to really get the whole concept of the movie. Could have made the storyline a little better. Hey really all that matters is that theirs a lot of killing zombies and zombie killings happening.
L'histoire ou plutôt le reste zombifié d'histoire est quelque peu décousu, téléphoné et sans grande originalité dans le genre post-apocalyptique mais Land of the Dead sait heureusement à la fois garder le rythme et garder le cap sur l'essentiel : exploser les têtes, démembrer les morts vivants et filmer les vivants se faire bouffer par les morts.
Tant pis si on doit supporter le bellâtre Simon Baker qui nous joue le crétin de samaritain de service, tant pis si Dennis Hooper vieillard vieillissant a l'air sur le point de trépasser à chaque réplique, Asia Argento est là pour faire passer la pillule qu'on se dépêche de gober comme un crapaud au vol de la mouche dans un grand splatch sanguinolent.
La mise en scène est fort correcte et en même temps s'avère toujours aussi dilettante ; elle permet au moins d'apprécier tout ce gore à disposition comme un gros paquet de pop-corn sans se poser de questions... même à propos de ce zomb' qui pense !
Poorly written, dubious acting, sets look to be cobbled together from garage sales and most of all... slow and unengaging. A quick bit of research reveals that George had involvement in over a half-dozen movies in this timeframe which might have something to do with the half-assed execution. So incredibly disappointed in this film. I’ve seen zombie movies likely made on a tenth of the budget that blew this one out of the water.
If you're looking for fun **** this is your zombie movie. If you want decent film-making, stay away. This movie is garbage to anyone expecting anything remotely serious.
Production Company
Universal Pictures,
Atmosphere Entertainment MM,
Romero-Grunwald Productions,
Wild Bunch,
Rangerkim,
Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC),
Exception Wild Bunch