Army of the Dead Rotten Tomatoes Score Has Arrived
17 years after the debut of
Dawn of the Dead, director Zack Snyder finally makes his return to the zombie genre with Netflix s new heist thriller,
Army of the Dead. Fans have been waiting anxiously to see how Snyder would follow up his time with DC, and what his comeback horror film would look like all these years later. The new film doesn t arrive on Netflix until May 21st, after a one week stint in select theaters, but the review embargo for
Army of the Dead was lifted on Tuesday morning and critics all over the Internet published their thoughts.
Review: With Army of the Dead, Zack Snyder proves there is life after Justice League
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Army of the Dead Review
Army of the Dead Review
May 11, 2021 by:
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Zack Snyder’s come a long way since he made his feature directorial debut with the remake of
Dawn of the Dead. Boasting a script by a then-unknown James Gunn, the movie was a surprise hit, even winning over those who thought a remake of the George A. Romero classic was sacrilege. From there Snyder shot into the stratosphere with
300,
Watchmen, and his dramatic detour into the DCEU. Zombies seemed to be in the rearview mirror for a while until, after a bad experience on
Justice League, Snyder opted to work on something he’d have more creative control over. The result is his big-budget first film for Netflix,
The film currently holds a
68% over on Rotten Tomatoes – but that could change on the hour, every hour as the day goes on. Keep track for yourself right over
The
first reactions are also hitting Titter – and it looks like the movie is a violent, gory, and bloody blast!
Synopsis:
From Zack Snyder (300, Justice League). ARMY OF THE DEAD takes place following a zombie outbreak. One that left Las Vegas in ruins and walled off from the rest of the world. Enter Scott Ward (Dave Bautista). A displaced Vegas local, former zombie war hero. He’s now flipping burgers on the outskirts of the town he now calls home. But then he’s approached by casino boss Bly Tanaka (Hiroyuki Sanada). And he has the ultimate proposition. Break into the zombie-infested quarantine zone to retrieve $200 million sitting in a vault beneath the strip. Before the city is nuked by the government in 32 hours. Driven by the hope that the payoff could help pave the way to a reconciliation with his
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Army Of The Dead. Through his signature style of near-tableau, Snyder depicts the fall of a Las Vegas overrun with ghouls. A Liberace impersonator is devoured by his dancers. A parachuting soldier floats helplessly into a horde, his billowing chute becoming a canvas painted bright red. Dropped bombs engulf the strip in gorgeous plumes of blue and orange. All this carnage is, naturally, set to the ironic tune of an Elvis cover and stamped with hot-pink text, creating a pageant of doomsday excess, a Sin City literally consumed by sinful appetite. It may be the best introductory montage to a Zack S
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