2005: A politically Charged Summer Movie Season

Considering the political commentary in both the Star Wars film and Spielberg's potent War of the Wrolds, George A. Romero's Land of the Dead fits right in to your local multiplex. As with every Romero zombie film, this is an allegorical film. Instead of spoofing consumerism, or commenting on the dangers of racism or the generation gap, Land takes aim at the current president and the current political climate. The film has too much subtext to be scary as text, the zombies don't scare or shock - but Romero does not disappoint gore fans. It you want to see bodies torn to shreads while mocking W. this is the film for you.

The film doesn't quite compare to 28 Days Later, Shaun of the Dead, or even the remake of Dawn of the Dead, but Those films would not exist without Romero's work in the genre, and Land of the Dead certainly "works" in the ways in is intended to. Seeing a genre master be given a budget worthy of his talent is always nice, and for thatreason alone I'm happy this film exists.