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  Land of the Dead DVD — Land of the Dead - Land of the Dead movie
George A. Romero, who revolutionized the American horror film in 1968 with the instant classic Night of the Living Dead, returns to his dystopian zombie cycle with this horror thriller.
In Land of the Dead DVD, the zombies whose numbers had been slowly but steadily growing now dominate the streets of most American cities, while urban skyscrapers have been taken over by surviving humans, usually greed-addled opportunists who allow the living to stay in their fortified compounds for a price.
But as the zombie civilization grows, the creatures have begun to slowly evolve, with their dormant thought processes beginning to awaken, and as unrest begins to ferment among the mercenaries and the entrepreneurs who pay them, the ghouls may have found a way to defeat the last stronghold of humanity.
www.landofthedeadmovie.net   (221 words)

  
  Land of the Dead - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Land of the Dead (2005) (earlier script titles: Dusk of the Dead, Dead City, Dead Reckoning) is the fourth in George A. Romero's "Dead Series" started by Night of the Living Dead, which continued with the sequels Dawn of the Dead and Day of the Dead.
Land of the Dead: Road to Fiddler's Green - a first-person shooter based on the film.
Land of the Dead • Diary of the Dead
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Land_of_the_Dead   (2179 words)

  
 Movie Review - Land of the Dead
With Land of the Dead, Romero reminds us that not only is he a master of horror, but he's a great storyteller who just happens to ply his craft in the zombie genre...
Land of the Dead continues Romero's legacy of combining non-stop scares and horror with smart socio-political commentary.
Land of the Dead carries an unmistakably obvious message that taunts and mimics the state of today's society.
www.franksreelreviews.com /reviews/2005/landofdead.htm   (876 words)

  
 Land of the Dead
Night of the Living Dead (1968) is a clear metaphor for the Vietnam era (a revolution in which the new order literally consumes the old) and the original Dawn of the Dead (1978) comments on short-sighted, runaway consumerism.
The biggest flaw is that Land of the Dead is an old-fashioned horror movie, with a ragtag band of misfits - led by Riley (Simon Baker) and Cholo (John Leguizamo) - trying to survive an uprising by suddenly smarter zombies.
But Land of the Dead has neither the unsettling retro feel of 28 Days Later (the tone of which, ironically, is a direct lift from Night of the Living Dead) nor the rock-and-roll energy of the recent Dawn of the Dead remake, which turned the affair into sport.
www.azcentral.com /ent/movies/articles/0624dead0624.html   (674 words)

  
 Land of the Dead movie review, In Film Australia
Land of the Dead, a fascinating late-career addition from the master of movie macabre, takes that train of thought to its next logical point of inquisition as the zombies now begin to refine their collective (emotional and situational) intelligence.
In the darkly-rimmed apocalyptic world of Land of the Dead privileged humans bask in the fruits of capitalism inside an enclosed city regarded as a kind of utopian haven.
When peace inside the walls is threatened Tyrell grumbles that "we don't negotiate with terrorists." In vintage Romero fashion the terrorists he's alluding to are humans and not the zombies; the ultimate threat, as we are reminded throughout this series, is a moral perversion that stems from ourselves.
www.infilm.com.au /reviews/landofthedead.htm   (866 words)

  
 Earth - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
On land, biomes are separated primarily by latitude.
Ocean currents, particularly the spectacular thermohaline circulation which distributes heat energy from the equatorial oceans to the polar regions, are important determinators of climate.
The land-based ecosystem depends upon topsoil and fresh water, and the oceanic ecosystem depends upon dissolved nutrients washed down from the land.
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 land of the dead
The key to George A. Romero's Dead films is that, movie by movie, the flesh-eating zombies become more and more sympathetic -- animalistic, but pure and sincere, compared with corrupt human survivors -- until, in the new fourth entry Land of the Dead, they emerge as something like heroes.
Romero has always used his zombie films as vehicles for social commentary, and here, several years after the dead began to rise and eat the living, the city is separated into two segments: those who are wealthy and white enough to afford a safe skyscraper existence far away from the moaning undead; and everyone else.
His Day of the Dead (1985) was by necessity truncated -- Romero simply didn't have the budget to realize his initial concept -- and it was a bitter and frustrated movie, yet still offered some pleasures.
www.angelfire.com /movies/oc/landofthedead.html   (630 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Land of the Dead (2005): DVD: Dennis Hopper,Simon Baker,Robert Joy,John Leguizamo   (Site not responding. Last check: )
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.
Land of the Dead is a zombie film more about the longer-term aftermath of a worldwide zombie apocalypse.
Land of the Dead is a fun film that most horror and zombie fans should enjoy with lots of gore and a few funny moments.
www.amazon.co.uk /Land-Dead-Dennis-Hopper/dp/B000B83J5E   (2002 words)

  
 new world border » Land of the Dead   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Land of the Dead is an entirely worthwhile film, not just smart by today’s low standards, but smart.
His Dead movies in a way would seem to be a sort of cyclical fulfillment of the life cycle of his city, both emotionally and otherwise.
The zombies in Land of the Dead are learning the ways of the oppressor and they march to the capital to fight for their incomprehensible way of life.
www.newworldborder.com /journal/land-of-the-dead.htm   (2252 words)

  
 Zombie Lore - Land of the Dead [Script]
Protected by walls, rivers and "Dead Reckoning" - a heavily armoured war wagon - the city is divided between the privileged (and increasingly resented) leaders in their fortified skyscrapers above and mob rule in the streets below.
The earlier ideas / rumours that were floating about for Dead IV were that it was called "Dusk of the Dead" and its main idea was to be along the lines that the zombies were gradually decaying into insignificance; to be seen as an uncomfortable inconvenience rather than a threat.
Land of the Dead goes way beyond this though and I have a problem with it.
zombielore.com /index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=43   (1298 words)

  
 Land of the Dead soundtrack - Reinhold Heil & Johnny Klimek
This is the soundtrack to George Romero's fourth instalment in his "Dead" series; Land of the Dead.
Land of the Dead is the acclaimed director George Romero's long-awaited return to the zombie horror genre he invented, beginning with the seminal Night of the Living Dead and continuing with Dawn of the Dead and Day of the Dead.
In Land of the Dead, Romero creates a harrowing vision of a modern-day world where the walking dead roam an uninhabited wasteland and the living try to lead "normal" lives behind the walls of a fortified city.
www.moviegrooves.com /shop/landofthedeadsoundtrack.htm   (281 words)

  
 Land of the Dead (2005): Reviews
George A. Romero shows 'em how it's done in Land of the Dead, resurrecting his legendary franchise with top-flight visuals, terrific genre smarts and tantalizing layers of implication.
Hopper, unsurprisingly, devours scenery like he's already dead and loving it, but for once his penchant for overacting is overshadowed by the real stars of Romero's world: They're dead, they're all messed up, but it's great to finally have them back in town.
Oddly enough, though Land of the Dead is more clever and grand than Romero's early classics, it is not as haunting.
www.metacritic.com /video/titles/landofthedead   (1404 words)

  
 Scifilm -- Reviews, LAND OF THE DEAD (2005) - Unrated Director's Cut
Despite all the pre-release hype over the ‘extreme gore’ that was shot for the movie and either obscured or not used at all, the unrated LAND OF THE DEAD is not that substantially different from the R-rated version.
Almost all of LAND OF THE DEAD’s extras are marred by an overtly goofy tone.
Undead Again: The Making of LAND OF THE DEAD – This twelve minute documentary is basically the same collection of talking heads saying exactly the same things they said about Romero in the pre-release tribute video.
www.scifilm.org /reviews3/landdeaduncut.html   (1479 words)

  
 Land of the Dead. By Michael Sicinski
Land of the Dead does precisely what any good political film should do—it connects “here” and “elsewhere.” It brings the war home.
Land of the Dead is about the need to make clear distinctions and the increasing impossibility of doing so.
Land of the Dead isn’t about private grief: It is about the need to contend with fundamental definitions.
www.cinema-scope.com /cs24/cur_sicinski_dead.htm   (1478 words)

  
 Land of the Dead (2005): Reviews
Land of the Dead is Romero's long-awaited masterpiece, a slyly suspenseful and droll thrill-ride that expounds on both the highbrow and the chewed-off-brow concepts of his previous trilogy, then flippantly dismisses the cheap scare tactics of the control-pad generation's gimmicky genre knockoffs.
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.
Land falls well short of the greatness of Romero’s previous zombie efforts.
www.metacritic.com /film/titles/landofthedead   (1438 words)

  
 Land of the Dead Review   (Site not responding. Last check: )
George A. Romero’s Land of the Dead is the acclaimed director’s long-awaited return to the horror genre he invented, beginning with the seminal Night of the Living Dead and continuing with Dawn of the Dead and Day of the Dead.
Far more interesting in "Land" is its study of the zombies themselves and their sociological changes.
"Land" on the other hand feels more like one of the old shuffling zombies that populates it - your eyes are glued with interest but it barely has a leg to stand on.
www.darkhorizons.com /reviews/landd-n.php   (850 words)

  
 Land of the Dead
Land of the Dead: Road to Fiddler's Green kommt direkt als Budget Titel für knapp 20 € auf die heimische PC Festplatte oder Xbox.
Land of the Dead spielt sich wie ein gängiger Egoshooter- jedoch ohne schiesswütige Gegner.
Land of the Dead ist insgesamt aber eine Mischung, die vom Stil eher an From Dusk till Dawn erinnert.
www.yiya.de /reviews/l/lotd0101.shtml   (3125 words)

  
 Movie Spoiler for the film - LAND OF THE DEAD
The film opens with a recap of the zombie outbreak during the credits, and we are brought to the time setting of today.
Riley built a vehicle that is justly named Dead Reckoning, which is basically a combination of a bus, train, and tank.
While he goes inside and pushes the button to lower the bridge, Dead Reckoning is bombarded with hordes of zombies.
www.themoviespoiler.com /Spoilers/landofthedead.html   (4397 words)

  
 Land of the Dead - Trailer, by George A. Romero
Die Untoten haben mal wieder die Herrschaft über das Land gewonnen und die Menschen sahen sich gezwungen in eine Stadt zurückzuziehen wo sie sich durch elektrische Zäune, Flüße und militärische Stützpunkte vor den Zombies schützen.
Mit “Land of the Dead” gibt es einen weiteren Zombiefilm und gleichzeitig die Fortsetzung der Zombiefilmserie von George A. Romero.
Vergleicht man “Land of the Dead” mit anderen Zombiefilmen aus der Zombiefilmwelle des neuen Jahrhunderts, ist “Land of the Dead” der interessanteste von allen.
www.land-of-the-dead.de   (680 words)

  
 Land Of The Dead - Movie Review
More empty and lifeless than the zombies that overrun its banal B-movie post-apocalypse, "Land of the Dead" may be the return of George A. Romero to the genre he created, but there's little to distinguish this film from the countless gory imitators the writer-director's work has spawned.
But "Land of the Dead" fails to exploit the refreshing plot point any further than is necessary to bring the undead through the city's pathetic ramparts, led by the moaning-groaning influence of a single zombie who has developed a primitive ability to reason.
The best thing I can say about "Land of the Dead" is that it's not aggressively stupid like the "Resident Evil" movies, which represent the genre's big-budget bottom of the barrel.
www.contactmusic.com /new/film.nsf/reviews/landofdead   (602 words)

  
 HorrorLair - Land of the Dead script
The wealthy live in sealed skyscrapers as the poor fend for themselves on the streets.
Protecting them is an enormous tank called Dead Reckoning, controlled by a group of people led by Riley.
But when Riley loses command of the tank to an insane man bent on destroying the city, he must save it from Dead Reckoning as those who walk beyond the walls of the city slowly develop new abilites and become a much greater threat to humankind.
www.horrorlair.com /movies/land_of_the_dead.html   (99 words)

  
 David Herrle reviews LAND OF THE DEAD
And the Dead Heads wouldn't be able to cheer for the cool bikers who so deftly clip zombies left and right as they zoom through the infested outskirts.
And he shows his dead kind that getting across the rivers is imperative over watching the pretty fireworks and lining the streets like sitting ducks for humans' target practice.
CITY of the Dead might have been better, but nobody asked me. The multi-meaningful name, Dead Reckoning, for lethal mobile arsenal and summation of the primary theme, is cool.
www.subtletea.com /landofthedeadreview.htm   (3402 words)

  
 Land of the Dead: Road to Fiddler's Green: Review -- Strategy Informer
Land of the Dead: Road to Fiddler's Green
Land of the Dead: Road to Fiddler's Green provides another one.
Naturally he is a bit perturbed by this development as anyone would be, and realizes that he must kill, kill, kill them all before they tear the living flesh from his body and suck out his brain.
www.strategyinformer.com /pc/landofthedeadroadtofiddlersgreen/review.html   (712 words)

  
 George A. Romero's Land of the Dead
George A. Romero's Land of the Dead (2005)
"Land of the Dead is just a giant excuse to see the walking dead pigging out on human flesh--in all its blood-dripping, bone-crunching, brain-slurping fashion.
"Land of the Dead is worth the wait, and dispels any fanboy concerns that the director was gone because he lost his mojo."
www.rottentomatoes.com /m/land_of_the_dead   (1137 words)

  
 Land of the Dead: Road to Fiddler's Green Hands-On - Xbox News at GameSpot
Posted Sep 13, 2005 10:49 am PT Currently scheduled for release next month, Land of the Dead: Road to Fiddler's Green is a first-person shooter that serves as a prequel to the George A. Romero's Land of the Dead movie.
The only other items that we've come across in Land of the Dead: Road to Fiddler's Green have been keys and bolt cutters used to open locked doors--and, at least in the early levels of the game, they've never been located very far away from the doors in question.
Land of the Dead: Road to Fiddler's Green will feature a number of locales based on those in George A. Romero's Land of the Dead, but so far we've explored only a number of different farm buildings and the cornfields between them.
www.gamespot.com /xbox/action/landofthedeadroadtofiddlersgreen/preview_6133080.html   (1173 words)

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