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George A. Romero's Land of the Dead (2005) Rank 2 Reviews

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Movie critics combined give George A. Romero's Land of the Dead (2005) a score of 2.7844 out of 4
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George A. Romero's Land of the Dead (2005) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Netflix (James Rocchi)Netflix (James Rocchi)
The man who invented the modern zombie film comes back to his roots with this spooky, goopy horror flick about power and survival. ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Netflix (James Rocchi)
George A. Romero's Land of the Dead (2005) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Jam! Movies (Jim Slotek)Jam! Movies (Jim Slotek)
George A. Romero's Land of the Dead (2005) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)
Romero's long-awaited zombie horror flick delivers lashings of gore, violent action sequences and big dollops of heavy-handed satire in equal measure. ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)
George A. Romero's Land of the Dead (2005) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Slasherpool (Fredrik Nordstrom)Slasherpool (Fredrik Nordstrom)
For fans of the original cult series this is a must, but for the mainstream audience, this will probably fail to impress. ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Slasherpool (Fredrik Nordstrom)
George A. Romero's Land of the Dead (2005) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Needcoffee.com (Widgett Walls)Needcoffee.com (Widgett Walls)
At this point, I just want to buy Romero a drink and say, 'Christ, George, what kept you?' ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Needcoffee.com (Widgett Walls)
George A. Romero's Land of the Dead (2005) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Arizona Republic (Bill Muller)Arizona Republic (Bill Muller)
With Land of the Dead , Romero shows he still has the talent to scare us (and gross us out) in creative ways. ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Arizona Republic (Bill Muller)
George A. Romero's Land of the Dead (2005) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Boxoffice Magazine (Tim Cogshell)Boxoffice Magazine (Tim Cogshell)
There is indeed a lot of people-eating, with entrails spilling loosely, in Land of the Dead , but for those paying close attention, there is a good deal more going on. ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Boxoffice Magazine (Tim Cogshell)
George A. Romero's Land of the Dead (2005) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for TV Guide's Movie Guide (Maitland McDonagh)TV Guide's Movie Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
Nearly two decades after George Romero's sadly truncated Day of the Dead (1986) apparently concluded his apocalyptic zombie series, this grim, gory fable proved that there was still life in the dead. ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at TV Guide's Movie Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
George A. Romero's Land of the Dead (2005) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (Ken Hanke)Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (Ken Hanke)
The movie may not bring anything earthshaking to the zombie sub-genre, but as an exercise in intestine-munching horror, it's largely successful. ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (Ken Hanke)
George A. Romero's Land of the Dead (2005) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Jam! Movies (Louis B. Hobson)Jam! Movies (Louis B. Hobson)
Land of the Dead is a banquet of nasty thrills for those who like their horror dashed with allegory and satire, as well as blood, guts and gore. ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Jam! Movies (Louis B. Hobson)
George A. Romero's Land of the Dead (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
Land of the Dead is a perfectly adequate horror romp, but it's hard to imagine anyone remembering it five years from now. ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
George A. Romero's Land of the Dead (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for WaffleMovies.com (Willie Waffle)WaffleMovies.com (Willie Waffle)
it is a thrill to see a horror movie concerned with more than how many cool ways they can gross us out ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at WaffleMovies.com (Willie Waffle)
George A. Romero's Land of the Dead (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for TheMovieBoy.com (Dustin Putman)TheMovieBoy.com (Dustin Putman)
Gritty, dark and unapologetically violent, Land of the Dead is a solid, serious zombie movie. ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at TheMovieBoy.com (Dustin Putman)
George A. Romero's Land of the Dead (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for MovieCrypt.com (Kevin A. Ranson)MovieCrypt.com (Kevin A. Ranson)
George A. Romero's Land of the Dead (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Star-Democrat (Easton, MD) (Greg Maki)Star-Democrat (Easton, MD) (Greg Maki)
Whatever Romero is trying to say this time is buried beneath a barrage of deafening gunfire and explosions. ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Star-Democrat (Easton, MD) (Greg Maki)
George A. Romero's Land of the Dead (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Boston GlobeBoston Globe
The most touching thing about "George A. Romero's Land of the Dead" is how much the post-apocalyptic sets look like the urban ruins from one of John Carpenter's "Escape from . . ." pictures. This is also what's most disappointing about the film. Romero ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Boston Globe
George A. Romero's Land of the Dead (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for The Cinema Source (Ida Ibricevic)The Cinema Source (Ida Ibricevic)
George A. Romero is back! The master of gore and flesh eating zombies has returned to the silver screen. I am for the record a huge gore fan, mainly because it can so rarely be done without the use of latex and animatronics. In Land of the Dead, we see ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at The Cinema Source (Ida Ibricevic)
George A. Romero's Land of the Dead (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Slant MagazineSlant Magazine
n 1968, George A. Romero revolutionized the horror genre with Night of the Living Dead, a brutal and uncompromising depiction of flesh-eating zombies laying siege on a farmhouse. Fueled by the anger of Romero and a creative team fed up with the status ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Slant Magazine
George A. Romero's Land of the Dead (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Entertainment WeeklyEntertainment Weekly
The prospect of a brand-new living-dead picture written and directed by George A. Romero is more than enough to flood your zombie nostalgia receptors, and the nostalgia isn't just for the cannibalistic freakout willies that a Romero movie once ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Entertainment Weekly
George A. Romero's Land of the Dead (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Kansas City Star (Robert W. Butler)Kansas City Star (Robert W. Butler)
George A. Romero's Land of the Dead (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Movie Habit (Marty Mapes)Movie Habit (Marty Mapes)
A worthy installment in Romero's Living Dead series or just another gory zombie movie, depending ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Movie Habit (Marty Mapes)
George A. Romero's Land of the Dead (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for The Independent (Anthony Quinn)The Independent (Anthony Quinn)
When a mobster's son is killed, a hitman is hired from the mainland to exact revenge. This turns out to be Roy (Daniel Wu), no hardened killer but a country boy in search of his missing fiancée. Instead he falls in with a working girl named ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at The Independent (Anthony Quinn)
George A. Romero's Land of the Dead (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Phoebe Flowers)South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Phoebe Flowers)
The acting is sloppy, the story convoluted, the finale anticlimactic. But because this is not just a zombie movie, but one made by the undisputed zombie master, it's easier to forgive the lapses. ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Phoebe Flowers)
George A. Romero's Land of the Dead (2005) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for 7M Pictures (Kevin Carr)7M Pictures (Kevin Carr)
I pity Romero. Instead of a fresh Dead film, we’re given a bizarre mixture of Day of the Dead and Escape from New York - and not in a good way. ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at 7M Pictures (Kevin Carr)
George A. Romero's Land of the Dead (2005) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Las Vegas Weekly (Josh Bell)Las Vegas Weekly (Josh Bell)
For those who've waited 20 years for another expert combination of social satire and zombie action, Land is a serious disappointment. ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Las Vegas Weekly (Josh Bell)
George A. Romero's Land of the Dead (2005) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Cinema Signals (Jules Brenner)Cinema Signals (Jules Brenner)
Romero may have enhanced the scale of his production, but not his iconic status in the zombie-making hierarchy. ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Cinema Signals (Jules Brenner)
George A. Romero's Land of the Dead (2005) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Feo Amante (Kelly Parks)Feo Amante (Kelly Parks)
The movie is gory but DAY OF THE DEAD was gorier. The action is predictable and in general there's nothing special or impressive about this movie. ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Feo Amante (Kelly Parks)
George A. Romero's Land of the Dead (2005) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Film Snobs (Jimmy O)Film Snobs (Jimmy O)
Fellow critics, just because a film purports political views doesn't make them any less non-sensical. ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Film Snobs (Jimmy O)
George A. Romero's Land of the Dead (2005) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Orlando Sentinel (Roger Moore)Orlando Sentinel (Roger Moore)
The metaphor, that a society that doesn't recognize the evil it is doing might be getting its comeuppance, would have been a cool subtext in a better movie. But this 'Dead' doesn't jolt, shock, scare or amuse. It just staggers along -- very, very slowly. ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Orlando Sentinel (Roger Moore)
George A. Romero's Land of the Dead (2005) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Planet Sick-Boy (Jon Popick)Planet Sick-Boy (Jon Popick)
George A. Romero's Land of the Dead (2005) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for Movieman's Guide to the Movies (Chris Gonzalez)Movieman's Guide to the Movies (Chris Gonzalez)
How George A. Romero’s 1978 Dawn of the Dead reached such cult classic status is still one of the greatest mysteries in film history for me. I must admit that Dawn is the only one out of the three aged films that I have seen. I came upon it because a ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Movieman's Guide to the Movies (Chris Gonzalez)
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