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Army of the Dead

100 Movies of 2021

Army of the Dead

2021

Zack Snyder

Dave Bautista, Ella Purnell, Ana de la Reguera, Theo Rossi ...

4.9

12,534

Action. Sci-Fi Army of the Dead takes place after a zombie outbreak in Las Vegas, where a group of mercenaries take the ultimate gamble, venturing into the quarantine zone to pull off the greatest heist ever attempted.

	Author	Review
United States	David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"[The screenplay] strikes a satisfying balance between accelerated action (...) and quieter character-driven interludes that succeed in making us care about the motley crew tackling the zombie menace"	POS
United States	Alonso Duralde The Wrap	"While it’s the best film Snyder has made since his last 'of the Dead,' it’s also one that continually hints at the more satisfying work it might have been. The director goes all-in on spectacle, but his script is a pair of threes."	POS
United Kingdom	Tim Grierson Screendaily	"[It] rarely delivers on its gonzo premise (...) Even viewers simply seeking turbo-charged zombie carnage may be disappointed by 'Army Of The Dead'"	NEG
United States	Eric Kohn IndieWire	"A ridiculous and gory good time (...) The best part of Zack Snyder’s uneven but largely enjoyable undead epic is the mini-movie rolled into its opening credits, and it’s worth a mini-review of its own"	POS
United States	Bilge Ebiri Vulture	"[The first 15 minutes are] basically perfect. The next hour or so is quite engaging, too (...) And then, it all somehow goes south. Once the zombie killing starts in earnest, 'Army of the Dead' becomes profoundly less interesting and more predictable"	NEU
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"[A] very long, very violent, video-game type horror-thriller (...) a continuous two-and-a-half hour splurge of generic zombie content which itself feels a bit zombie-ish (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United Kingdom	John Nugent Empire	"It’s refreshing to see Snyder reignite his first love with this romp of a genre mash-up, that lets Snyder loose with his most gleeful indulgences, almost as much as his worst excesses (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Rodrigo Perez The Playlist	"If filmmaker Zack Snyder gleans one takeaway from his terrific new zombie thriller, 'Army Of The Dead,' it’s that he should steer completely clear of superhero films for the rest of his career and focus on original features"	POS
United States	A.A. Dowd AV Club	"Snyder has slammed together an ecstatic pop-art genre pastiche, all familiar parts slathered in an appealing blockbuster polish. It’s at once his Aliens, his Ocean’s Eleven, and his Wild Bunch."	POS
United States	Owen Gleiberman Variety	"A stylishly grandiose, muscular but conventional popcorn pageant that’s got something for just about everyone (...) The film gathers momentum, but its first half is too generic, and the whole thing is a little too long."	NEU
United States	Brian Tallerico rogerebert.com	"It’s fun and unpretentious (...) there are moments when its grand insanity just clicks thanks to the set-piece ambition of its filmmaker and the willingness of its cast to go anywhere he leads them (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	Ian Sandwell Digital Spy	"It's a testament to the movie's stronger aspects that, despite the frustrations, you'll absolutely roll the dice on whatever comes next (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Phil de Semlyen Time Out	"A juiced-up zombie flick with barely enough brains to cover a crouton (...) If you’re into what Snyder does, it won’t disappoint (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Justin Chang Los Angeles Times	"Zack Snyder proves there is life after 'Justice League' (...) its streak of sincerity is hard to miss or deny."	POS
Canada	Cynthia Vinney CBR	"A fun piece of escapist entertainment that remains engaging throughout its two-and-a-half-hour runtime (...) Army of the Dead packs in more plotlines than the typical monster flick, and most of them are surprisingly successful"	POS
United States	Chris Evangelista SlashFilm	"There’s a certain fun to be had in Army of the Dead, but it’s the mindless, ugly fun that you wake up the next day regretting. Come to think of it, it’s kind of like a trip to Las Vegas."	NEU
United States	Richard Roeper Chicago Sun-Times	"[It] is essentially a standard-issue zombie movie, albeit an extremely well-executed entry in the genre with some wickedly sharp humor (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	K. Austin Collins Rolling Stone	"Snyder, for his merits, has a familiar playbook. Sometimes it goes completely awry.… Other times it satisfies despite itself. Army of the Dead is, altogether, an example of the latter. But not a strong one (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Johnny Oleksinski New York Post	"Two and a half hours is an eternity for a zombie flick (...) When the massacre starts, the movie gets better. But the methods of murder are, like everything else, awfully self-serious and limited to mostly just plain old guns and knives (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU

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