Land Of The Dead Analysis
In my opinion Land of the Dead is the last of good Dead films, as I'm not a fan of the next two installments. Land of the Dead is last film where the undertones of what zombies represent, in the first film disease most notably AIDS, Dawn commercialism... here it's about the wealth gap between the rich and the poor. Also it continues with the ideas left off in Day with Bub and picked up here by the zombie "Big Daddy" played by Eugene Clark, a zombie that not only exhibits intelligence. But also a range of complex emotions and the ability to get the other dead to work together.
Set sometime after Night, I like to think even after the events of Day. But the this film is where the time line starts to get sketchy, a raiding party led by Riley Denbo (Simon Baker) from the survivor outpost Fiddlers Green located in Pittsburg is on supply run to one of the outlying towns to gather supply's. The raid at night as the dead are distracted by fireworks, making the night runs safer then they would be in the day. His second in command though, Cholo (John Leguizamo) is far more reckless and works for the leader of Fiddlers Green, Kaufman …show more content…
The zombies make-up is far more grisly in this installment and moves away from the simple gray skin look.
Where this film really shines is in the cameos, with Tom Savini showing up as zombie Blade his character from Dawn. Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg make appearances as zombies as well, a reference the Shawn of the Dead in which Pegg stared and Wright Directed.
Final thoughts, While not as good as Dawn. Land of the Dead is a very solid entry in the series and is a very good zombie film on its own. It has a quick fun, almost action level pace to it. But never loses sight of what it is, a good zombie film. Which like the others is built on the backs of the characters and not so much the zombies.
Set sometime after Night, I like to think even after the events of Day. But the this film is where the time line starts to get sketchy, a raiding party led by Riley Denbo (Simon Baker) from the survivor outpost Fiddlers Green located in Pittsburg is on supply run to one of the outlying towns to gather supply's. The raid at night as the dead are distracted by fireworks, making the night runs safer then they would be in the day. His second in command though, Cholo (John Leguizamo) is far more reckless and works for the leader of Fiddlers Green, Kaufman …show more content…
The zombies make-up is far more grisly in this installment and moves away from the simple gray skin look.
Where this film really shines is in the cameos, with Tom Savini showing up as zombie Blade his character from Dawn. Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg make appearances as zombies as well, a reference the Shawn of the Dead in which Pegg stared and Wright Directed.
Final thoughts, While not as good as Dawn. Land of the Dead is a very solid entry in the series and is a very good zombie film on its own. It has a quick fun, almost action level pace to it. But never loses sight of what it is, a good zombie film. Which like the others is built on the backs of the characters and not so much the zombies.