Retirement of the Dead
Since the release of "Land of the Dead" in 2005, distance between fans
and critics in the realm of George Romero's ongoing zombie series has grown exponentially; while flawed, the epic scope and stinging commentary of "Land" captured the zeitgeist of a militaristic America reeling from the re-election of George W. Bush and his profit-hungry administration. 2008 saw release of "Diary of the Dead," a found-footage experiment that earned jeers for its artificial, calculated, and sometimes amateurish look and feel, but maintained a sense of urgency and dread in its parallel-universe telling of the first ghoul outbreak. Whatever the current critic/fan consensus may be, my own opinion is that Romero -- despite a stiff technique and frequent rejection of the Hollywood System (in spite of the budgetary detriment to his projects) -- has maintained a surprising consistency in his work (his zombie films are usually nothing less than compelling; his more personal projects meander and confound), where his contemporaries (such as John Carpenter, Tobe Hooper, and Dario Argento) have severely fallen from greatness. Like fine wine, an attribute that worked to the "Dead" films' advantage was the passage of time between episodes; Romero himself has stated in interviews that his intention was to comment on each successive decade (beginning with "Night of the Living Dead" in 1968), with the ensuing anticipation one of the perks of knowing the man was hard at work on his next undead opus. With films like "28 Days Later" and the "Dawn of the Dead" remake opening to respectable box office in the early 2000s, the zombie floodgates split wide open, causing an influx of imitators and wanna-bes; Romero's "Land" fell by the wayside in 2005, but succeeded in spiking interest in the man who started it all. "Diary" followed quickly after, finding its own bone of social commentary/satire to gnaw on, despite the closing gap between films. Now, less than 2 years after "Diary," Romero's saga continues (and possibly concludes) with "Survival of the Dead," a film that contains brief flickers of the director's wit and social commentary, pitted against a whole lot of silliness and low-rent mediocrity. The director eschews satire in favor of a failed genre crossover: like John Carpenter's "Vampires," "Survival" takes a stab at the American Western, but the straightforward, surprise-free story (concering two feuding families on a remote island), and Romero's lack of technical dexterity (scene setups and transitions are as dull as can be) drowns any possible excitement. The sly, subtle humor of his previous films has become anvil-heavy in its overtness, and the characters are drawn with a jaded apathy which doesn't mirror their situation more than their creator's lack of inspiration. Even the once-practical gore effects have become a barrage of CGI, painful in its transparent fakeness. With such an under-realized premise matched with such production-rushed elements, one wonders if "Survival" was nothing more than a cash grab from the get-go.. krsta watch Ghost Dog: The Way Of The Samurai movie
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cool movie.
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the zombies is like the zionist!! haha .
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LOVED IT!!!!!!! probly one of my favorite zombie movies of all time!!!.
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Scaryyyy !.
Bad. Really bad.
This is one of the worst movies I have ever seen. What little plot is
present makes no sense. The characters are ridiculous and the acting is horrible. I have watched a lot of bad movies, but this is one of the few that was bad enough to make me turn it off. Why are the characters concerned about a bunch of cash when the world has ended and it is not worth the paper it is printed on? Why is there an island full of Scottish people right off the coast of the USA? Why would anyone actually want to keep zombies around? Why are the living killing each other left and right and not killing the zombies? How can a zombie ride a horse? Why would a zombie ride a horse? Horrible. Absolutely horrible. Romero should be cast into the Pit of Despair.. |
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