I think that the main disappointment for me with this film is that it doesn't quite accomplish what Romeros previous films did. OK, let's face it - Night of the living dead practically invented the genre, Dawn of the dead told us what it would be like when zombies were about to take over and Day of the dead showed us what the world would be like when they had. So, in my eyes, Land is more or less the same movie as Day - only set in a different environment. And that's a shame. Romero doesn't succeed with this film in altering the story or setting enough to draw me into the movie. You might say I'm a fool to expect that from a zombie-flick, but that's just the thing. From Romeros earlier films I had come to expect not just gore but an involving story with hidden depths. The zombies have evolved, yes. But the story hasn't evolved alongside them. The remake of Dawn of the dead accomplished that, though. Re-Dawn gave us fast, furious and really really scary zombies. In Land they just...wobble around and I find myself thinking - how come they don't have time to mow them down? I mean - c'mon. They're just standing there! Shoot them already! And wouldn't you think that a barricade would be more than a paper-thin little wooden plank? Geez, that's just plain stupid. However, as someone earlier stated, Romero does love his gore and so do I. It's a lot of fun to see new ways of tearing up a human body. I recommend that you go see this movie for what it is. A new experiment in how to splat, splut and sploosh.
Review of Land of the Dead
