a
new official trailer for zack snyder's
netflix movie
army of the dead has been released we
got an
extended look at the main characters the
film's plot
and all of the zombified heist action
that was promised by the justice league
director
in this video i'm going to be diving
into what we saw
and giving you my general thoughts on it
i will also leave a
link in the description to the new army
of the dead trailer
if you haven't seen it already but if
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for zack snyder's army of the dead
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so the first full army of the dead
trailer has now arrived
and it offers a more complete picture of
the landscape
that snyder is planning to unleash upon
netflix subscribers
we've learnt recently that the origin of
army of the dead zombie outbreak
will be covered by a prequel and the
trailer
opens with the apocalypse in full swing
fortunately
it seems that the undead in this film
are contained within las vegas
as we learn that the humble lucky boy
diner is going about its business
unaffected but the trailer introduces
dave batista's protagonist scott ward
but not necessarily in the environments
you'd expect
rather than camouflaged and wielding a
gun
the character starts off by going about
his daily business
working at the diner evidently ward was
once a highly skilled operative
carrying out the most dangerous missions
but the trailer opens with the hero
and his team enjoying peaceful
retirement
but of course this doesn't last very
long
scott is visited at his diner by hunter
bly
played by hiroyuki sonata from lost
mortal combat and westworld upon
hunter's arrival
army of the dead's premise begins to
emerge and apparently being a man of
influence and wealth
hunter is offering 50 million dollars to
ward
for one last job after establishing the
basic plots
the trailer takes its time to showcase
zack snyder's gorgeous cinematography
with a helicopter flying over a sunset a
elongated
rural road and a run-down shack
snyder serves as both director and
cinematographer on this film
so it's no surprise to see his trademark
tools in
all its glory here reminiscent in some
way of the dc eu's nightmare sequences
but getting into the army of the dead's
background
and its characters the trailer begins to
show us dave batista's character
experiencing a moment with what appears
to be
a military medal and tears streaming
down his face
whatever significance the item may have
is clearly a painful reminder for the
character
and possibly the reason his team
separated in the first place
despite the blood guts and great action
what stands out to me
is the emphasis on the emotive role for
dave bautista
then many would have assumed from a
zombie flick
scott receives a set of blueprints to a
big
safe and he begins to quickly recruit
his old friends
calling into a warehouse to pick up a
new character
named cruz they share a drink and scott
offers her a place on the las vegas
heist
batista's character refers to all those
people we
saved presumably during their time in
the armed forces
and says the team should do something
for themselves for once
next of the main cast to be revealed is
amari hardwick as
van der rohe and rao castillo's mickey
guzman
with the team rapidly coming together on
gas pouring duty is tig notaro
as marianne alongside kate played by
ella pernell
kate does stand out in the trailer's las
vegas sequences
where the rest of the team are in
various combinations of tactical gear
but pernell's character appears to have
arrived in her
own clothes you can see that snyder is
building a range of characters
that will share great chemistry between
each other and
individual growth making the visceral
action
and shocking moments hit that much
harder with the team more or less
in place scott cruz mickey van der rohe
and marianne line up alongside ludwig to
be briefed by hunter
on the planned heist proudly unveiling a
scale model
of the target hotel it's clear that no
expense has been spared
getting scott's team ready for the
robbery a voiceover from hunter confirms
that there's 200 million dollars in the
vault beneath the strip
and he also specifies a 32-hour window
to get in and out the reason for the
time limit isn't made clear but
these are potentially big details that
we'll find
out in the film following this ludwig is
pressed up against the door of the las
vegas safe
twirling the combination and listening
intently
this scene would suggest that ludwig is
the team's safecracker
explaining why he out of all of the
group
looks most uneasy fighting off the
undead
ludwig's role could be connected to the
german blueprints glimpsed earlier in
the hands of scott
and perhaps he has some connection to
the manufacturer
as we progress though the trailer makes
no secret
that scott's crew will reach their
destination in vegas
as we see a shot of the outside hatch
being blown apart
with explosives revealing the safe
inside
and after some intense work from ludwig
the gang
walk inside a vault filled with piles of
cash
the mission success being revealed in
the trailer
proves that getting the money won't be
the gang's real challenge
in army of the dead and that getting out
alive
will be the real one however i'm sure
that there will be some stressed themes
for the film
with it being a zack snyder project and
this
is something that definitely gets me
excited for the director returning to
the zombie genre
however when we meet the next major
character lily
who isn't present during hunter's
briefing she seems to hold a position of
command
hinting that scott's crew will team up
with another military faction
before the chaos begins this ties into
lily appearing to know more about the
undead zombies than anyone else on the
team
she's likely one of the soldiers
responsible for keeping vegas
and its new residents contained and
speaking of trying to keep them
contained
we do see plenty of zombies the entire
strip is full with them
and strangely one of the undead is
standing perfectly still
upon the crown of the statue of liberty
watching
our heroes enter the blockade of
shipping containers
that surround the infested area lily
explains
how these zombies aren't necessarily
what you'd expect
they're not slow or mindless ones
looking to infect unlucky characters
instead they're fast tough and
intelligent
comprised of alphas who are the leaders
and
shamblers who are the followers more
than anything
else this speech proves the army of the
dead will be a distinctly different
zombie movie
compared to the usual approach zack
snyder might have just created the most
formidable zombies
in cinematic history and one of the more
impressive
action sequences demonstrates this with
dave batista having a knife fight with a
zombie
managing to dodge every single strike he
makes
army of the dead standout moment with
the zombies however
is the dramatic arrival of a zombie
tiger
this is the trailer's second undead
animal after the horse
and demonstrates how the human zombies
are able to command
their animal counterparts even from the
grave
the tiger's cgi is impressive here
considering how difficult it would be to
pull off
and one can only imagine how such a
powerful threat
will be utilized in action sequences
we'll have to see but i'm extremely
excited to see where snyder takes them
and builds out his world
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but that was my brief breakdown of the
new official trailer
for zack snyder's army of the dead i
thought this new footage was a brilliant
showcase of what the film
has to offer including a great balance
of characters
story and zombie action like i said
i'm sure there will be bigger themes at
play when we see the film
but the approach on display here is
something i have to praise
i'm really liking the stylistic approach
alongside the color palettes
that snyder has used to capture this and
i'm intrigued by how the story will
develop
and unfold in the film we'll have to see
if it delivers but everything so
far really does look promising let me
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new trailer for the netflix movie
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think zack snyder's directing approach
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