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George A. Romero's Land of the Dead (2005) Rank 4 Reviews
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Tail Slate (Michael Sheridan)
eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)
Romero’s satiric cultural slant has never been as finely tuned and elevates just another chapter into something deeper and scarier. ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)
Panorama (Louis-Jérôme Cloutier)
Même si Romero est très loin d’avoir tourné un classique, Land of the Dead fait plaisir à voir et n’est pas en reste de ces prédécesseurs. ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Panorama (Louis-Jérôme Cloutier)
Tail Slate ("The Horror Guru")
Tail Slate (Michael Sheridan)
eFilmCritic.com (David Cornelius)
Far from playing it safe, Romero sees this sequel as an opportunity to challenge the viewer. ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at eFilmCritic.com (David Cornelius)
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio) (Rick Curnutte)
Land of the Dead is probably the best-directed film in Romero's canon. It is a stunningly crafted genre work, a film of potent political import. ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio) (Rick Curnutte)
Premiere Magazine (Aaron Hillis)
The only summer movie that matters this year... Land of the Dead is Romero's long-awaited masterpiece... ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Premiere Magazine (Aaron Hillis)
The Horror Channel ("The Hellboy")
Dread Central (--)
I can't recommend this film enough. ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Dread Central (--)
Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
Okay, so George A Romero's fourth Dead film had problems and is pretty uneven. Whether that's down to studio interference (Universal rushed the film's release date forward several months from a Halloween '05 release to give them more time to work on ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)
Land of the Dead proves the most socially trenchant, irreverent and politically daring of the series, the one with the most food (and gore) for thought. ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)
ToxicUniverse.com (Lucas Stensland)
Los Angeles Times (Kevin Thomas)
George A. Romero's Land of the Dead reveals that Romero remains the master of a genre he reinvented. ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Los Angeles Times (Kevin Thomas)
MovieWeb (Brian Balchack)
Let's get something straight. I haven't personally written a theatrical review here on the site in a long, long time. I think the last theatrical review I did was for Return of the King. My backend duties aside on the site, the main reason I haven't ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at MovieWeb (Brian Balchack)
Dallas Morning News (Chris Vognar)
With all due respect to 28 Days Later and Shaun of the Dead , nobody goes zombie quite like George A. Romero. ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Dallas Morning News (Chris Vognar)
Detroit News (Tom Long)
Land of the Dead is living proof that films still can be inventive, that Hollywood is not the absolute center of the filmmaking universe and that a zombie film still can be scary and smart. ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Detroit News (Tom Long)
Reeling Reviews (Laura Clifford)
...zombies are now the new bottom of the class system, subject to indignities which enrage their leader, Big Daddy (Eugene Clark, a Black man, taking Romero full circle... ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Reeling Reviews (Laura Clifford)
zBoneman Movie Reviews (Kevin Jones & Adam Mast)
What really sets this brilliant independent film maker and horror meister apart from the army of imitators, is his crafty ability to lace his undead works with social commentary. ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at zBoneman Movie Reviews (Kevin Jones & Adam Mast)
The Horror Channel (Don Kaye)
Bangor Daily News (Maine) (Christopher Smith)
The movie deepens the director's vision and moves the story forward with ease, giving new purpose to the zombies Romero conceived in 1968's "Night of the Living Dead." ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Bangor Daily News (Maine) (Christopher Smith)
Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)
Flipside Movie Emporium (Rob Vaux)
As a gorefest, Land of the Dead earns high marks. Romero finds plenty of new ways to let the undead eat their fill, which are clever and horrifying in equal amounts. He also has fun with the weapons and tactics of Riley and his gang, from ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Flipside Movie Emporium (Rob Vaux)
DVDActive (Gabriel Powers)
It’s too bad that a major studio only agreed to invest in Romero’s long awaited forth living dead film after the success of dozens of contemporary - and inferior - imitations, knock-offs, and homages. It’s even more infuriating that ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at DVDActive (Gabriel Powers)
ShowBIZ Data
Ordinarily studios don't even bother showing horror movies to critics in advance of their release. But director George A. Romero, who has become a virtual legend in the film business with such fright films as Night of the Living Dead and Dawn of the ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at ShowBIZ Data
Movies for Guys
In spite of any concessions he made, I have to commend Romero for managing to instill some social satire into this movie. It's not quite as effective as his satire in Dawn of the Dead, but it does work. This time it's all about Classism. In ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Movies for Guys
Killer Movie Reviews (Andrea Chase)
Zombies are intrinsically disturbing yet compelling. Dead, yet walking, stupid, yet lethal, slow, yet relentless. Never mind being unsightly. They are as perfect a fodder for metaphor as the brains of the living are for the zombies themselves, a conceit ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Killer Movie Reviews (Andrea Chase)
DVD Talk (David Walker)
If you're a die hard fan of Romero, you must buy this film. If you're not a die hard fan, in addition to being an idiot, you should at the very least rent it. With not much difference in content between the theatrical and the unrated version, you'll do ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at DVD Talk (David Walker)
Empire Magazine [UK]
It may be a notch down from the high watermarks of the preceding trilogy, but it still covers all the bases of the Living Dead saga: inventive suspense, spiky characters, outrageous horror and wicked satire. Welcome back, George - you've been away too ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Empire Magazine [UK]
MovieWeb (Spooker Washington)
TV Guide Entertainment Network, Movie Guide
One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)
“Land of the Dead” is nothing more than a zombie movie, but it’s a first-class zombie movie--good, ghoulish fun, staged with skill and a nicely twisted sense of humor. If this turns out to be Romero’s final effort in the genre, Pittsburgh’s ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)
Empire Movies (Brendan Cullin)
Chris Jarmick
Movieman's Guide to the Movies (Brian Oliver)
Empire Magazine [UK]
It may be a notch down from the high watermarks of the preceding trilogy, but it still covers all the bases of the Living Dead saga: inventive suspense, spiky characters, outrageous horror and wicked satire. Welcome back, George - you've been away too ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Empire Magazine [UK]
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