so
zack snyder's army of the dead releases
on netflix this friday
and i've had a chance to watch the film
early via a screener
it's a film that i think depends on what
you expect from it
and one which in my opinion is a nice
addition to the zombie genre
and snyder's filmography in this video
i'm going to be giving you my
spoiler-free review for army of the dead
giving you my early thoughts and general
reaction
towards the new netflix film as
suggested
i won't be going into spoiler territory
in this review
but my breakdown and video essay coming
in the next week
will go deeper into the film's events
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my review of zack snyder's
army of the dead
so even though zack snyder's army of the
dead
is releasing as a pre-assembled
franchise starter
with a prequel and animated series on
the way
setting up the characters for future
movies isn't the
point it's no spoiler to say that as a
zombie movie
the survival of the cast is tested and
when it comes to zack snyder's latest
film
there's no exception in his newest film
the director has essentially delivered
his suicide squad
and it's a project that i had a lot of
fun with
during the course of its 2 hour and 20
minute running time
when it comes to the brief plot of the
film after an
intro that features a crash with a
military vehicle
a vehicle that carries an alpha zombie
from area 51
things start to turn into the outbreak
we were promised
the zombie happens to have superhuman
powers
and intelligence killing everyone in the
vicinity
then heading to las vegas to begin what
we know would follow
we are then treated to a great set of
opening credits that show the spread of
the outbreak
which leads to las vegas being walled
off by
shipping containers moving into the
start of the main events we are
introduced to scott ward
played by dave bautista a veteran of the
initial zombie war
who now flips burgers for a living
traumatized by a past event
he remains estranged from his daughter
but when the opportunity arises to make
50 million dollars
by boosting a stash of 200 million from
a casino
basement safe he sees a chance at cafes
and providing for his daughter's future
it's time to put a team together
featuring loyal sidekicks a pilot a safe
cracker
a zombie killing youtuber a human
trafficker to get them
in and an obligatory corporate stooge
escorts with his
own secret agenda though the cast lacks
star power
the team make an appealing group tig
notaro
who was digitally inserted after another
actor became massively problematic
particularly sells what ultimately had
to be the illusion of comedy
amari hardwick also acts wonderfully
understated and rao castillo
plays it hilariously tacky as the
vlogger turned mercenary
and to play the stereotypical german
snyder actually hired a real german
mafia schweinhofer even though these
human characters only have about five
minutes of emotional resonance between
them
what drove the movie for me was how the
themes of the zombie genre
and this particular film link into the
relationship between dave bautista
and his daughter without a particular
flashback
and the conclusion to this film it would
have probably been
a different result but snyder does
manage to ground
the characters and build their chemistry
together over the course of the run time
he has made this simultaneously his most
personal
yet fun film to date and the director
seemingly addresses his relationship
with his late daughter
using the characters scott and kate as
analogs to moving results
but when it comes to the dead in this
movie
we follow several new and old rules
though arguably no more classic than the
traditional
shoot to the brain zombie kill we get
alpha mutants that can think and
communicate
coexisting among the shamblers and we
get some teasers for the future of the
franchise
as a character mentions that dried up
walls of corpses
briefly return to life when it rains the
movie never shows us this but
it's great to see how snyder has thought
about the world
and the characters more deeply even in a
zombie film which for the most part
is a lot of fun but the zombies in
general
are one of the standout elements to zack
snyder's new film
and from what happens in the end it
definitely gives me
excitement towards where snyder or
another filmmaker
could take the undead he's added a new
texture
to the zombie mythos the traditional
antagonist roles are usually reserved
for humans
in these types of films but snyder
invents
a big bad that feels fresh and menacing
alongside zombie zeus the zombie queen
and her bigger role in the events of
where this could be going
there's also the zombie tiger spotted in
much of the promotion for the movie
that lives up to expectations all of
these elements help to create tension
for each of the characters in the film
and the ride of army of the dead
is what really keeps the audience along
it changes
up the established rules of the zombie
movie and offers plenty of set
pieces like the shooting scenes in slow
motion which are choreographed
to covers of viva las vegas the end
and an acoustic version of the cranberry
song
zombie snyder's fans and those who like
the zombie genre
will love this movie and i must say i
really enjoyed how the story was built
around the situation
of the heist it is a movie driven by the
situation
and this connects the characters their
backstories
and the emotion between scott and kate
which keeps you
invested until the very end
but that was my spoiler-free review of
zack snyder's army of the dead
what fans most want from a big budget
zombie movie
is that it not pull any punches without
spoiling
i can safely say that this resembles
that remark
zack snyder knows that this time nobody
will complain about neck snapping scenes
and he can go all out in a bloody heist
movie
which has all the fun all the action but
also
good moments of heart again it's the
situation of the outbreak that drives
this film
and the world that zack snyder has built
offers up many avenues that he can take
the franchise
in i'm giving zack snyder's army of the
dead
an 8 out of 10 but let me know down
below what you thought of zack snyder's
new netflix movie
and do you agree with the points that i
have raised in this review
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