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George A. Romero's Land of the Dead (2005) Rank 5 Reviews
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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)
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)
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)
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 (--)
ToxicUniverse.com (Lucas Stensland)
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)
Tail Slate (Michael Sheridan)
Tail Slate (Michael Sheridan)
Tail Slate ("The Horror Guru")
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)
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)
The Horror Channel ("The Hellboy")
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)
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)
TV Guide Entertainment Network, Movie Guide
Chris Jarmick
The Horror Channel (Don Kaye)
Empire Movies (Brendan Cullin)
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)
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
MovieWeb (Spooker Washington)
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)
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]
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)
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
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)
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)
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)
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]
Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)
Movieman's Guide to the Movies (Brian Oliver)
Movieman's Guide to the Movies (Kushmeer Farakhan)
Initially, I had no interest in reviewing Land of the Dead, George A. Romero’s latest zombie epic, let alone reviewing it but something changed my mind. My illustrious fellow reviewer, Chris Gonzalez. Chris is an awesome reviewer and I’ve been a fan of ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Movieman's Guide to the Movies (Kushmeer Farakhan)
Time Out
Respect for the dead isn’t a concept that gets much of an airing in horror movies. Victims of violence are swiftly forgotten, while undead monsters hardly inspire sympathy – unless you’re a Romero ‘walker’, that is, in which case you may well ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Time Out
Future Movies (Paul Greenwood)
George Romero owns the zombie movie. It's as simple as that. He didn't invent it - they've been getting made since the '30s - but, with Night of the Living Dead in 1968, he sure as hell re-invented it, taking violence and gore to unprecedented levels, ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Future Movies (Paul Greenwood)
DVDActive (Benjamin Willcock)
George A. Romero’s Land of the Dead is an above average horror flick wanting to be so much more – or does it? Is this the intended film Romero set out to create when he first put pen to paper, or did it not go entirely according to plan? ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at DVDActive (Benjamin Willcock)
MovieWeb (Gareth Von Kallenbach)
Twenty years after his last installment of the classic "Dead" Zombie genre, Landmark Horror Writer/Director George Romero has returned to the delight of fans worldwide. After years of various horror projects, and remakes of his previous "Dead" films, ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at MovieWeb (Gareth Von Kallenbach)
The King's Room (Paul Perkins)
Zombie movies are a dime a dozen there has been a lot of
them that came out over the year, Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead,
Day of the Dead and many others.
The man who started all the Zombie craziness is George A
Romero who in 1968 ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at The King's Room (Paul Perkins)
The Horror Channel ("Johnny Butane")
filmcritic.com (Keith Breese)
George Romero inhabits a peculiar realm in American cinema. He is both a political provocateur, championing the cause of the common man, and the king of zombie gore, the lowbrow art of human disembowelment, decapitation, and so on.
Land of the Dead is ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at filmcritic.com (Keith Breese)
Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
The first thing you see after the opening credits is a dingy, rusted restaurant sign advertising – what else? – "Eats." The shot, artfully accomplished via a slowly swooping crane, is a note-perfect moment: part wry graveyard chuckle to be sure, but ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
DVD Clinic (J. Andrew Hosack)
The living dead have spread over the world, leaving only a few surviving humans left. Prepare for a head trip, as these humans have taken up residence at the luxurious Fiddler’s Green, where people shop, eat out, and have a jolly good ‘ol time; while ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at DVD Clinic (J. Andrew Hosack)
Empire Movies (Liam Cullin)
eFilmCritic.com (Scott Weinberg)
Land of the Dead works, and at times it works amazingly well -- but it's no classic, and I seriously doubt it will ever be considered as such. ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Scott Weinberg)
Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)
It's really nice to see him with a budget... Romero's gone and made the zombie version of Metropolis . ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)
Journal News (Westchester, NY) (Jack Garner)
With Land of the Dead , Romero has created his personal masterpiece, an incredibly gruesome film, but with thought-provoking concepts and surprising resonance. ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Journal News (Westchester, NY) (Jack Garner)
Mr. Cranky Rates the Movies (Mr. Cranky)
New York Times (Manohla Dargis)
An excellent freakout of a movie. ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at New York Times (Manohla Dargis)
Hero Realm (Stefan Halley)
Chow down, folks – the master has returned. ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Hero Realm (Stefan Halley)
eFilmCritic.com (William Goss)
Romero fulfills the very formula he created and brings the series to a much more satisfying point than where it had been left. ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at eFilmCritic.com (William Goss)
Empire Magazine (--)
JackassCritics.com (Grim Ringler)
IGN Movies (Todd Gilchrist)
A perfectly worthy entry to close, or perhaps resuscitate, cinema's greatest zombie series. ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at IGN Movies (Todd Gilchrist)
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC) (Randy Shulman)
It's extremely clear, from start to finish, that the master is back -- and he's going to show all the Romero-wannabes how to craft a truly great zombie movie. ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Metro Weekly (Washington, DC) (Randy Shulman)
Worcester Telegram & Gazette (Daniel M. Kimmel)
Does the horror maestro, now in his mid-60s, still have what it takes? Oh yes, he does. ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Worcester Telegram & Gazette (Daniel M. Kimmel)
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Fulvue Drive-in
Sci-Fi Movie Page (James O'Ehley)
Village Voice (Michael Atkinson)
Monsters At Play (Lawrence P. Raffel)
Sacramento News & Review (Bob Grimm)
The Boston Phoenix
USA Today (Mike Clark)
It's fairly solid fun without breaking any new ground. ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at USA Today (Mike Clark)
filmfacts (Andreas Edler)
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (Ed Blank)
In the perpetual night of writer-director George A. Romero's cinematically arresting "Land of the Dead," the living and the undead group by social order.
Kaufman (Dennis Hopper) represents the haves. He occupies the top floor of Fiddler's ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (Ed Blank)
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.The BackgroundWith zombie movies such as 28 Days Later, Shaun of the Dead and the Dawn of the Dead ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)
Creative Loafing (Matt Brunson)
It's good, gory fun, even if its satiric jabs at societal mores come across as more heavy-handed than in the past. ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Creative Loafing (Matt Brunson)
Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
Land of the Dead is the fourth installment in a series of zombie films that started with 1968's landmark Night of the Living Dead, which encapsulated so perfectly the country's Vietnam-era fear that we were eating ourselves alive. Each film in the ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (John Beifuss)
Pogo's mournful eureka -- 'We have met the enemy and he is us' --never resonates more clearly than in Romero's work. ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (John Beifuss)
The Movie Insider (John Sylva)
When the lights come up after the quietly potent final shot, you'll swear for a second you've just watched a film about America's growing tendency towards both isolationism and totalitarianism, a trend which suggests a far cry from the melting plot, ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at The Movie Insider (John Sylva)
Moviola (Jorge Avila Andrade)
Su verdadero valor subyace en lo que un genio del cine como Romero tiene que decir respecto de hacia donde nos dirigimos como humanidad. Hoy todos somos zombies. ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Moviola (Jorge Avila Andrade)
Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)
The film also features a cameo appearance by Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright, the writer and director of "Shaun of the Dead," respectively. They appear in the film as a tribute to Romero, whose films inspired theirs. There is a feature on the DVD of "Land ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)
Arrow in the Head ("The Arrow")
The Sydney Morning Herald
SF, Horror and Fantasy Film Review
Land of the Dead is the long-awaited fourth film in George A. Romero's Dead series. George Romero's original trilogy - Night of the Living Dead (1968), Dawn of the Dead (1979) and Day of the Dead (1985) - are all genre classics. Night of the ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at SF, Horror and Fantasy Film Review
Globe and Mail (Brad Wheeler)
Land of the Dead is a horror flick, but not a screamy one -- the booming soundtrack pumps up the drama, and the gore induces squirms, but zombies more titillate than anything. ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Globe and Mail (Brad Wheeler)
Toronto Star (Geoff Pevere)
Land of the Dead not only leaves you wishing Romero and his zombies might come back to feast once more, but that they'd take their time. ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Toronto Star (Geoff Pevere)
Lawrence.com (Eric Melin)
The themes of oppression and greed are tied even more relevantly in 'Land of the Dead' than any of its predecessors. ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Lawrence.com (Eric Melin)
Palo Alto Online (Tyler Hanley)
Eugene A. Clark in George A. Romero's Land of the DeadZombies are on the rise. In 2004, director Zack Snyder's Dawn of the Dead remake brought flesh-eaters back to the limelight and British import Shaun of the Dead offered a hilarious and unique ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Palo Alto Online (Tyler Hanley)
Goatdog's Movies (Michael W. Phillips, Jr.)
I suppose we critics call what Romero has done with this film "returning to form." He's certainly returned to being busy: after a seven-year gap between the disappointing The Dark Half and the unseen-by-me Bruiser, he's got three ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Goatdog's Movies (Michael W. Phillips, Jr.)
Salt Lake Tribune (Sean Means)
A treat for people who like their horror movies brooding, bloody and laced with dark humor. ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Salt Lake Tribune (Sean Means)
Aisle Seat (Mike McGranaghan)
Romero has made a movie that will completely satisfy the Fangoria magazine crowd but, like his previous efforts, also manages to make acute observations about modern society. ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Aisle Seat (Mike McGranaghan)
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Jackie Loohauis)
Romero was savvy enough to turn a $100,000 indie quickie into a classic and he shows he can still make a corpse stagger with his new film, George A. Romero’s Land of the Dead . ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Jackie Loohauis)
MTV (Kurt Loder)
[P]retty swell … George Romero is back and, in this movie, he's better than ever. ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at MTV (Kurt Loder)
Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema (Mark Pfeiffer)
Romero finds creative ways to stage zombies feasting on flesh while tackling...gated communities, war profiteering, and entertainment as a weapon of mass distraction. ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema (Mark Pfeiffer)
Seattle Times (Mark Rahner)
Land does feel less substantial than its predecessors at a scant 92 minutes ... But its novelty and nerve are the work of the master showing those feeding on his body of work how this zombie thing is done. ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Seattle Times (Mark Rahner)
Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)
Those unbitten by the curse of the undead won't have quite as much to chew on, but the film is clever and entertaining enough to keep most anyone amused. ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)
Los Angeles Daily News (Bob Strauss)
Once again, George Romero has made a zombie movie for the times we live in. ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Los Angeles Daily News (Bob Strauss)
New York Post (Kyle Smith)
Romero has given us, as well as the zombies, a lot to chew on. There is as much allegory to his tale as there is blood, and let me tell you, there's no shortage of blood. ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at New York Post (Kyle Smith)
Nolan's Pop Culture Review (Michael A. Smith)
'...a film that is both a great time in the present and a fine tribute to the past.' ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Nolan's Pop Culture Review (Michael A. Smith)
Now Playing Magazine (Brent Simon)
Romero’s script isn’t a thing of grace and beauty, but it achieves a sort of brawny entertainment that works in the moment. ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Now Playing Magazine (Brent Simon)
Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
In a world where the dead are returning to life, the word "trouble" has lost its meaning. --Dennis Hopper in "Land of the Dead"Now this is interesting. In the future world of "George A. ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
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Newsday (Gene Seymour)
Land of the Dead may not be the 'masterpiece' its promoters claim, but it is the work of a master. ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Newsday (Gene Seymour)
Reel.com
One of the most bizarre bonus features I've ever encountered on any DVD is a computer-animated sequence of poorly animated zombies who, of all things, are dancing. ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Reel.com
EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)
This well crafted horor actioner brings up to date the zombie genre that Romero had launched in 1968, with self-conscious humor and more explicit class politics ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)
Detroit Free Press (Terry Lawson)
Land of the Dead is rich with political metaphors and social satire, none of which ever throws us out of the story or slows the breakneck pace. ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Detroit Free Press (Terry Lawson)
Palo Alto Weekly (Tyler Hanley)
Despite being too bloody for its own good, Land is a different breed of walking-dead movie -- one with soul. ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Palo Alto Weekly (Tyler Hanley)
Denver Rocky Mountain News (Robert Denerstein)
Romero obliges those who are less concerned with meaning than with hard-core gore. ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Denver Rocky Mountain News (Robert Denerstein)
Zap2it.com (Dan Fienberg)
A lean, mean 93-minute serving of brain-lust, stylized gore, morbid humor and chatty social commentary. ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Zap2it.com (Dan Fienberg)
The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)
If my description of the plot seems lengthy, that is by design. It feels lengthy in the movie, too -- busy, multi-faceted and almost unnecessary. The time spent setting up the Riley vs. Cholo vs. Kaufman triangle might have been better spent showing ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)
Big Picture Big Sound (Joe Lozito)
There was a lot of talk in 2002 that Danny Boyle was going to "reinvent zombie horror" with the release of "28 Days Later". While the talented Mr. Boyle had indeed endeavored to create a worthy update of the genre, "Later" degenerated into a generic ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Big Picture Big Sound (Joe Lozito)
San Francisco Chronicle (Peter Hartlaub)
Land of the Dead is worth the wait, and dispels any fanboy concerns that the director was gone because he lost his mojo. ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at San Francisco Chronicle (Peter Hartlaub)
Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) (Josh Larsen)
...manages enough of the pathos that has made Romero's zombie movies the paragon of the genre. ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) (Josh Larsen)
St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt (St. Paul))
All of Romero's experimentation comes to fruition in Land , which proves he has not exhausted zombies. ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt (St. Paul))
Philadelphia Inquirer
The zombie king is back. After a 20-year hiatus, George A. Romero, who practically invented his own creepy cinematic genre with 1968's Dawn of the Living Dead and its sequels, returns with his most ingenious and ambitious zombie film yet. ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Philadelphia Inquirer
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Freeze Dried Movies (Brian Juergens)
A refreshing and assured meditation on tolerance that does a darn good job of masquerading as a zombie shoot-em-up. ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Freeze Dried Movies (Brian Juergens)
The Spinning Image (Daniel Auty)
DVD MovieGuide
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allesfilm.com (Julia Puehringer)
The Flick Filosopher (MaryAnn Johanson)
Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Bob Longino)
Land of the Dead doesn't lack for creeps. It's just likely not the kind of complete frightfest that will have you wanting to go back for seconds. ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Bob Longino)
A Guide to Current DVD (Aaron Beierle)
Mutant Reviewers From Hell
RaEL Film Guide
I think it's safe to say George A. Romero's "Land of the Dead" doesn't live up to the previous three zombie films that made him famous--it doesn't have the nightmarish black-and-white verite of the now-classic "Night of the Living Dead;" it recycles to ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at RaEL Film Guide
Chart Magazine
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Sci-Fi Weekly
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
"More than just another zombie movie, a better zombie movie." ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
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There are human mercenaries who work for Kaufman (Dennis Hopper), an egotistical, wealthy man who hires them to keep zombies out (including the lower class starving denizens of the sparsely populated city). Kaufman and the rich live in a tower ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at <Faust668@aol.com>
RopeofSilicon (Brad Brevet)
Cinema Blend
Anyone who has a fetish for blood and knows their horror films has heard of George A. Romero. Appropriately known for his zombie flicks, the writer/director has been working for over forty years and finally landed a film with his name in the title. ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Cinema Blend
Comingsoon.net
"Packed with more heart-pounding and blood-curdling thrills than any theater could show, this special Unrated Director's Cut unleashes the ultimate vision of George A. Romero's latest living-dead shock-fest! Starring Simon Baker, Dennis Hopper and John ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Comingsoon.net
Reel.com
It's all very fitting for the times, but it's just not enough. There are some terrific aspects to Romero's fourth vision of the undead—a knockout sequence where the walkers rise, Apocalypse Now -style, out of the river; a nice performances by the ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Reel.com
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The human population has begun to adjust to living with zombies. Some people are even thriving - Mr. Kaufman (Dennis Hopper) has set up a paradise portion of the city behind fortified walls where all the rich can continue to live a life of luxury ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at The Movie Chicks
CineMe (Daniel Meyer)
ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
In the final analysis, Land of the Dead comes across as generic. Despite being steeped in darkness, it lacks the taut pacing and nerve-jangling suspense of 28 Days Later, and doesn't have the tongue-in-cheek approach evident ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
RopeofSilicon (Brad Brevet)
What to do with a zombie? Do we really have to wonder anymore? Is there anything we haven't seen yet? Well, I guess it doesn't matter. When the zombie genre maker George A. Romero wants to make a zombie movie who is Universal to say no? Unfortunately, ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at RopeofSilicon (Brad Brevet)
ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
George A. Romero may have been the originator of the modern zombie movie, but, at least with Land of the Dead, he hasn't done much to refine it. The zombies are creepier looking than in the past, and the gore is more hard-core, but the story still boils d ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
SPOILERS AHEAD!George A. Romero is averaging about a zombie movie a decade. Night of the Living Dead bowed in 1968, followed by Dawn of the Dead in 1978, Day of the Dead in 1985, and now Land of the Dead. 20 years is a long time to wait for the ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
Bullz-Eye.com
First up are two making-of featurettes (one hosted by John Leguizamo), and a series of very uninteresting deleted scenes, but these are hardly worth your time. The most interesting material can be found in the effect featurettes "Bringing the ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Bullz-Eye.com
CineMe (Daniel Meyer)
Hollywood.com
d+kaz. Intelligent Movie Reviews (Daniel Kasman)
All that survives in George A. Romero’s Land of the Dead—his first film in the famous series in 20 years—is the ingrained social critique that is part and parcel with zombie horror. The land of the title, what the world has turned into since the ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at d+kaz. Intelligent Movie Reviews (Daniel Kasman)
Three Movie Buffs (Patrick Nash)
For violence, gore and fast-paced action Land of the Dead delivers. As social commentary it is far less successful. ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Three Movie Buffs (Patrick Nash)
In Film Australia
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)
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)
Jam! Movies (Jim Slotek)
Romero's real forte is gore, and here he delivers. ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Jam! Movies (Jim Slotek)
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)
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)
filmcritic.com (Keith Breese)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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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)
Boston Herald (James Verniere)
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)
Slant 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
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)
Kansas City Star (Robert W. Butler)
Nope, there's not much here. But it's still good, cheesy fun. ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Kansas City Star (Robert W. Butler)
Dark Horizons (Garth Franklin)
Cinema Source (Ida Ibricevic)
Boston 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
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)
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Entertainment 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
MovieCrypt.com (Kevin A. Ranson)
... expecting more horror and less adventure. ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at MovieCrypt.com (Kevin A. Ranson)
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)
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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)
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)
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)
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)
Planet Sick-Boy (Jon Popick)
A franchise that should be put out of its misery. ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Planet Sick-Boy (Jon Popick)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Minneapolis Star Tribune (Colin Covert)
Further evidence that you can reanimate the dead only so many times. ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Minneapolis Star Tribune (Colin Covert)
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Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
I would like to preface this by saying that I'm a huge fan of Romero's Dead series, including the much-maligned Day of the Dead which succeeds because of its limitations and focus on the characters. With that said, I was highly disappointed by Land of ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
Fantastica Daily (Chuck O'Leary)
Land of the Dead is easily the worst of Romero's four zombie movies, and clearly should have never been made. ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Fantastica Daily (Chuck O'Leary)
Newark Star-Ledger (Lisa Rose)
In George A. Romero's Land of the Dead , it's depressingly evident that the horror pioneer has been surpassed by his imitators. ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Newark Star-Ledger (Lisa Rose)
Providence Journal (Michael Janusonis)
Movieman's Guide to the Movies (Chris Gonzalez)
Eclipse Magazine (Michelle Alexandria)
Awful, horrible, dreadful, and most of all boring! ...read the complete George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie review at Eclipse Magazine (Michelle Alexandria)
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