Army of the Dead
Cast: Dave Bautista, Ella Purnell
Director: Zack Snyder
You don’t expect anything bland from Zack Snyder. At least not after Justice League: The Snyder Cut. He is quirky, highly stylized and makes sly comments on relevant topics. So it comes as a shock when he decides to follow the death pattern of a zombie apocalypse in Army of the Dead. What happened to the rebellious filmmaker of the Dawn of the Dead and 300!
His techniques look ancient and narrative in Army of the Dead. In fact, it’s the same zombie story we see in every second of such a movie. As usual, he won’t compromise on the length of the film and so it ends in an almost 150 minute excruciating saga that leads nowhere.
The opening sees a military convoy bringing a high-security shipment to Las Vegas, four heavily armored vehicles arrive from one side, and an insanely happy person drives with his raunchy girlfriend from the other. You always know what’s going to happen, but since it was a Snyder movie, I thought there had to be something innovative about it. Not only was I wrong, but I was in for an endless Dave Bautista show reel with machine guns at 500 different angles, and a zombie king growling every 30 seconds.
As an Indian my only solace was watching Huma make Qureshi feel her presence amid the chaos and the really mean story. She plays Geeta who knows her American accent well (well, this is how I felt) and does what she has to do. No complaints there.
Most one-liners fall flat and jokes don’t end up. Basically it’s a hybrid zombie heist where we are totally robbed of the fun. These zombies can totally bore us. Army of the Dead is a weak Zack Snyder film that has dullness written all over it.
Rating: 1.5/5
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