Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4977 in DVD
• Released on: 2005-12-26
• Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
• Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
• Formats: Anamorphic, Director's Cut, PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 93 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
Bolstered by the success of 28 Days Later, Shaun of the Dead, the Resident Evil movies and the hit remake of his own Dawn of the Dead, George A. Romero returns to the horror subgenre he invented with Land of the Dead. The fourth installment in Romero's zombie cycle (and the first since 1985's Day of the Dead) presents a logical progression of events since 1968's horror classic Night of the Living Dead: Zombies (also known as "stenches" for their rotting odor) are the dominant population, and they've begun to show signs of undead intelligence and gathering power. The wealthiest survivors live comfortably in a luxury high-rise within a barricaded safe zone, ignoring the horrors of the outside world while armed scavengers stage raids in the zombie-zone to gather much-needed food and supplies. Simon Baker and John Leguizamo play mercenaries-for-hire; Dennis Hopper is their nefarious boss; and horror favorite Asia Argento (daughter of Suspiria director Dario Argento) plays a former hooker recruited into Baker's scavenger squad. While none of this seems particularly fresh or inspired, Land of the Dead benefits from hints of the social satire that made Romero's earlier zombie films so memorable. Not so much funny as gruesomely peculiar, Romero's plot isn't as inventive as it could've been, but as a big-scale B-movie, Land of the Dead delivers a handful of shocks and horror-celebrity cameos (including gore-masters Tom Savini and Greg Nicotero) that should keep horror buffs happy until the next zombie opus comes along. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

Synopsis
Zombie movies slip in and out of fashion, but it's always a special occasion when the man who helped turn the undead into a worldwide phenomenon decides to add an instalment to his ongoing saga of flesh-eating films. George A. Romero's zombie movies have all appeared in different decades, beginning with Night of the Living Dead in 1968, Dawn of the Dead in '78, and Day of the Dead in '85. Romero skipped the '90s, but a zombie renaissance in the early 21st century (28 Days Later, Shaun of the Dead) finds him back in the directors chair. Often seen as allegories for their times, Romero's films have been connected to societal events such as the consumerism of the '70s (Dawn of the Dead) and the spread of the AIDS virus in the '80s (Day of the Dead). With 2005's Land of the Dead, Romero positions the bulk of his story in a giant skyscraper which houses the last humans left on the planet; although his intentions are foggy this time, Land appears to be Romero's commentary on the post-9/11 political landscape. The zombies only bother crews who venture outside the makeshift city for supplies, but the people are kept sedated by their leader, the irascible Kaufman (Dennis Hopper), who exaggerates their threat. What Kaufman doesn't realise is that the zombies are learning skills they half-remember from their old selves, leading to some impressively blood-soaked scenes of tumult. In an unusual move for Romero, Hopper is joined by name actors such as John Leguizamo and Asia Argento. The film greatly benefits as a result, successfully portraying an atrophied civilisation that has regressed to a primitive state, allowing its undead tormentors to sense that a free lunch may be just around the corner.

Customer Reviews

Zombie Fun
Well what can I say, firstly I am a great Romero fan and enjoy all of his films even if some have dated badly.
It made a nice change for him to obviously have some money for a change, but it doesnt look like much of it was spent on the actors.
Things have moved on since the zombies first appeared and a group of humans have manged to build a city and have some defences against the zombies (although it isnt Manhatten as one reviewer has said).
This is my greatest gripe with the film in that it depicts the rich living inside and the poor outside, whereas I believe that the strongest would survive in a post zombie world.
Anyway enough of that, if you are looking to buy this film then you must love horror films and this is a great gory zombie film. So go buy it and enjoy!

hugely dissapointing
Land of the dead was hugely dissapointing the other films in the series are great i even much prefer children of the living dead this was way too hollywood the action scenes looked fake and the characters were terrible dennis hopper was playing an average character and he was the best one in it, it was good to see tom savini though, the dialogue in the film was terrible, the one eyed character was unbeleivably annoying with his terrible dialogue he kept saying stupid lines like about being freindly to the enemies and kept jibbering and jabbering about sky flowers, saying things likeQuick help paul were running out of sky flowers errrghh how annoying shut up you one eyed sky flower geek and the black zombie he's a complete twit too, George call them characters , out of all the character creators in the world i know you can do better than that

good zombie horror
enjoyable but forgettable george romero zombie which see him continue his dead sga with this entry that works better as a companion piece to dawn of the dead than as a stand alone film.but it is entertaining you get your moneys worth