ARMY OF THE DEAD (Review)

[WillBrink]

Seen one zombie movie, you seen them all, and that is how it feels watching Army Of The Dead and why I watch so few of them. Lots of graphic shots of heads exploding (cuz everyone knows only killing the brain stops zombies in an already dead creature...), standardized and generic plot, mix of generic characters, and of course a dad just trying to make good with his head strong daughter between exploding zombie heads. Good visuals and action scenes, an un dead tiger, and it is The Walking Dead meets Zombie Land kinda feel with Vegas theme, and harmless fun if you are a fan of generic zombie movies. B-

[Alex V]

Watched it on Saturday night.

Sometimes you just need mindless entertainment. I like the zombie leader idea they kinda lifted from I Am Legend.

[rushca01]

I watched it Saturday night and wasn’t expecting much. There were good parts and of course the typical tropes.

I liked the “Area 51” theme at the beginning, I also liked the Alpha leader with the sacrifice to pass through their area, the safe cracker character was funny. Gun play was terrible ...i hate the multiple “click click click” when they’re empty. They never explained why the alphas had a “blue” fluorescent hue inside their brain and eyes. I typically really like Zach Snyder, I’m with Will solid B or B-.

[WillBrink]

Watched it on Saturday night.

Sometimes you just need mindless entertainment. I like the zombie leader idea they kinda lifted from I Am Legend.

Entire movie pretty much lifted from the other thousand zombie movies really. As mindless entertainment with some good visuals, it succeeds. Otherwise, meh for me, but I am not a big fan of the zombie genre anyway.

[Alex V]

I watched it Saturday night and wasn’t expecting much. There were good parts and of course the typical tropes.

I liked the “Area 51” theme at the beginning, I also liked the Alpha leader with the sacrifice to pass through their area, the safe cracker character was funny. Gun play was terrible ...i hate the multiple “click click click” when they’re empty. They never explained why the alphas had a “blue” fluorescent hue inside their brain and eyes. I typically really like Zach Snyder, I’m with Will solid B or B-.

The click click click thing happens all the time, its really annoying. At one point someone in the movie was pointing a glock at the camera, pressed the trigger, gun went click THEN the slide locked back. Like WTF?

The way the movie ended I would imagine there being at least one sequel. Maybe we'll find out in the sequel?

Entire movie pretty much lifted from the other thousand zombie movies really. As mindless entertainment with some good visuals, it succeeds. Otherwise, meh for me, but I am not a big fan of the zombie genre anyway.

Sometimes you just need one of those movies where you can just drink a beer and not have to think.

[WillBrink]

Sometimes you just need one of those movies where you can just drink a beer and not have to think.

As long as they dont totally suck, I am ok with that too.

[Alex V]

As long as they dont totally suck, I am ok with that too.

With all these streaming services making their own content now there are so many crappy movies out there and I watch them all. Why? Because I love crappy movies lol.

Edit: crappy movies that have a theme based in some sort of action or violence.

[robbins290]

Watched it on Saturday night.

Sometimes you just need mindless entertainment. I like the zombie leader idea they kinda lifted from I Am Legend.

Also land of the dead, they had a one kinda of charge directing other zombies. Its a pretty good zombie movie.

[CRAMBONE]

I like the zombie leader idea they kinda lifted from I Am Legend.

Didn’t the old Charlton Heston movie (Omega Man?) have the same idea? The dead or creatures or whatever had a leader?

And yeah I got over Bautista as soon as he made the comments about how he doesn’t need a gun to make him feel like a man.

[JediGuy]

At one point someone in the movie was pointing a glock at the camera, pressed the trigger, gun went click THEN the slide locked back. Like WTF?
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My wife said I imagined that. I feel vindicated.

A friend recommended Saturday morning, so I went into it optimistically that evening. I was soundly disappointed, probably due to my optimism.

C+

Didn’t care about the characters. Liked the Area 51 beginning, though. The montage of escaping Vegas was cool. Bautista does a good job. That blue light has room for explanation... It seemed like they may have been going for a bit of the original I Am Legend short story theme.
It wasn’t the worst movie ever, but I wouldn’t go out of my way to watch another. I guess I usually feel about the same after any Snyder movie.
The ending wasn’t a surprise, but I thought well enough done.