Land of the Dead (2005)

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Director:

George A. Romero

Writer (WGA):

George A. Romero (written by)

Release Date:

24 June 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

The dead shall inherit the Earth.

Plot:

The living dead have taken over the world, and the last humans live in a walled city to protect themselves as they come to grips with the situation.

Plot Keywords:

Prostitute Turned Mercenary | Female Nudity | Zombie With Gun | Bodily Dismemberment | Meat Cleaver

Awards:

7 nominations

Cast

Simon Baker	...	Riley
John Leguizamo	...	Cholo
Dennis Hopper	...	Kaufman
Asia Argento	...	Slack
Robert Joy	...	Charlie
Eugene Clark	...	Big Daddy
Joanne Boland	...	Pretty Boy
Tony Nappo	...	Foxy
Jennifer Baxter	...	Number 9
Boyd Banks	...	Butcher
Jasmin Geljo	...	Tambourine Man
Maxwell McCabe-Lokos	...	Mouse
Tony Munch	...	Anchor
Shawn Roberts	...	Mike
Pedro Miguel Arce	...	Pillsbury

Also Known As:

Dead Reckoning (USA) (working title)
George A. Romero's Land of the Dead (USA) (complete title)
Land of the Dead - Le territoire des morts (France)
Terre des morts, La (Canada: French title)
Twilight of the Dead (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for pervasive strong violence and gore, language, brief sexuality and some drug use.

Runtime:

93 min | 97 min (director's cut)

Country:

Canada | France | USA

Language:

English | Spanish | Italian | Polish | French

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

New Zealand:R16 | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Portugal:M/16 | Philippines:R-13 | Taiwan:R-18 | USA:Unrated (director's cut) | Indonesia:Dewasa | Hong Kong:III (director's cut) | Peru:14 | Czech Republic:15 | Malaysia:18SG | Ireland:15A (re-rating on appeal) | Ireland:18 (original rating) | UK:15 | Iceland:16 | Chile:Y7 | France:-12 | Canada:18A | USA:R (certificate #41825) | UK:18 (DVD rating) | Ukraine:(Banned) | Mexico:C | Canada:13+ (Québec) | Australia:MA | Denmark:15 | Italy:VM14 | Netherlands:16 | South Korea:18 | Spain:18 | Finland:K-18 | Norway:15 | Singapore:R21 | Argentina:13 | Brazil:18 | Hong Kong:IIB | Germany:18 | Singapore:M18 (cut) | Japan:PG-12

Filming Locations:

Brampton, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Universal Pictures

Trivia:

Dennis Hopper based his performance as Kaufman on Donald Rumsfeld.

Goofs:

Continuity: Kaufman is seen stopping the pendulum of the clock in his office, and later re-starting it. However, in wide shots the pendulum is clearly still swinging normally in the background.

Quotes:

Cholo: Still workin' for the man. Kaufman send you to kill me, huh?
Riley: Yes.
Cholo: Takes a true friend to stab you right in the front, doesn't it.

Movie Connections:

References Shaun of the Dead (2004)

Soundtrack:

Speak Too Much

Land of the dead indeed.

It's a sad, sad day for film-making in general when such a pile of trite is put on a pedestal.

Have films really become so mediocre that we are hailing rubbish as the new classics? Maybe it's not everyone, I'm being unfair. I can only surmise that those who felt this film to be a) a masterpiece or b) an good film by an stretch of the imagination are just extreme zombie aficionados who would wet their over sized pants upon the mentioning of anything to do with the genre of the walking dead. Romero is their hero after all. To me Night of the Living Dead is a classic; in many ways so is the original Dawn of the dead, but this film is just...well sad. Why? It's like finding out that a great singer songwriter from the seventies as now lost his voice and is unable to perform his own numbers anymore. Romero invented this genre and he should have quit while he still had respect. I had to walk out of this film after an excruciating hour waiting to see if it got better. Sadly I waited 60mins too long.

Someone here mentioned that the acting was great all round. Huh? I don't know where these reviewers are from but I hope that they enjoy their visit to earth. The acting was terrible. The tension, suspense less. And the plot, boring. Only the gore was good (but so what).

Avoid this like the plague!