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A loud, glossy zombie-heist mashup with some strong images, a fun premise, and a few crowd-pleasing bits, but it’s weighed down by bloat, uneven tone, and thin character work. If you enjoy Zack Snyder’s maximalist style and don’t mind a long runtime, it can be entertaining; if you want tight horror or a sharp heist… Read more
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Fri · 2h 28m
Director: Zack Snyder
Starring: Dave Bautista, Ella Purnell, Omari Hardwick
Following a zombie outbreak in Las Vegas, a group of mercenaries take the ultimate gamble: venturing into the quarantine zone to pull off the greatest heist ever attempted.
Zack Snyder
Dave Bautista, Ella Purnell, Omari Hardwick
A loud, glossy zombie-heist mashup with some strong images, a fun premise, and a few crowd-pleasing bits, but it’s weighed down by bloat, uneven tone, and thin character work. If you enjoy Zack Snyder’s maximalist style and don’t mind a long runtime, it can be entertaining; if you want tight horror or a sharp heist movie, it’s likely frustrating.
Army of the Dead has a killer pitch: zombies in Las Vegas, a vault job in the quarantine zone, and enough swagger to sell the whole thing as a post-apocalyptic caper. The movie absolutely understands the appeal of its own premise, and when it leans into spectacle, creature design, and the neon-drenched setting, it can be a lot of fun.
The problem is that the film keeps trying to be two or three movies at once. The heist mechanics are loose, the mythology around the undead gets overcomplicated, and the emotional beats are stretched far past their natural lifespan. Snyder’s visual instincts still produce striking frames, but the movie often feels overlong and undercooked at the same time.
What remains is a divisive but watchable piece of genre excess. It’s best approached as a loud, indulgent B-movie dressed up with blockbuster money and operatic seriousness. That combination will either click for you or wear you down fast.
Patrick Willems (3★) · 5077 likes
I’m glad Zack Snyder got back to what he’s good at: making dumb movies that know they’re dumb instead of dumb movies that think they’re really smart
ani (3.5★) · 2615 likes
you guys will never guess which popular 90s irish alt rock hit zack chooses to end this movie with lol
Karsten (2.5★) · 1524 likes
the first 10 minutes of this begs the question “can road head cause a zombie outbreak?”
demi adejuyigbe · 1502 likes
Now this is the kind of Snyder I prefer. The man’s so squarely in his wheelhouse here. Perfectly nutso set-up executed well. Even still, I thought the credits sequence was delightful until it suddenly felt extremely long- which is exactly how I felt about the whole movie! Lotta needless melodrama you coulda cut outta this one! Doesn’t need to be 148 minutes! Sometimes notes are good, Netflix! Caught myself awed at the beautiful framing of a shot and thinking “man… more
Julien Debaker (3.5★) · 1271 likes
And all of that just ‘cause some dude wanted a blowjob
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zombie outbreak, heist gone wrong, quarantine zone, mercenaries, family estrangement, apocalyptic survival, Las Vegas excess, genre mashup
zombie action, heist thriller, apocalyptic, bloody, overlong, stylized, neon noir, mercenaries, blockbuster excess, post-apocalyptic