He wasn’t just phoning it in for a paycheck. Speaking of Bautista, his performance was actually quite good. This goes double for Dave Bautista’s character whose wife and potential love interest were also gruesomely killed. Even as a zombie, women can’t escape being killed for undead man pain. The screenshot was too cursed to include in this review. Zombie snakes have physically manifested in my home. And the most cursed thing this film showed me was a crude zombie c-section of an undead fetus from a beheaded zombie woman. This of course means the female characters get the worst of it. This entire movie revolved around gore to the point where is seemed like the plot came second. Talk to your doctor today if your media has symptoms of Made by a Man Disease. Symptoms include excessive gore, unnecessary sex scene, and female characters dying for Man Pain™. Having said that, AotD suffers from chronic condition that sadly there is no cure for… Made by a Man Disease. But I am aware that we lesbians are not the target audience for this film. Now you might be wondering if the movie is at least fun. There are a few shots of her looking badass, but apart from that she spends most of her time apart from the main group. And what’s even more frustrating is how little screen time she actually got. It once again serves as a reminder that the part was originally written for a man. But AotD didn’t give her an opportunity to showcase her trademark humor. The virtual eraser marks are especially visible on a 4K screen.īut what’s frustrating is how the script clearly failed her. During certain group shots, you can absolutely tell she was edited in during post. In a recent interview with Vanity Fair, director Zack Synder admits that it cost “a few million” to erase D’Elia from the film and replace him with Notaro. It’s common knowledge that Notaro stepped in late to replace actor Chris D’Elia after reports of predatory sexual behavior surfaced against him. Did this make AotD the must see zombie flick of the year? The zombies are smarter, faster, and stronger. So how does Army of the Dead fit into all this? They went the same route as movies like Train to Busan, World War Z, and 28 Days Later. And many films focus on survivors dealing with all these stressors. They’re always around, slowly making their way towards you. These monsters are a manifestation of our anxieties. We are afraid that we as humans have already become zombies, just shambling through life already dead but unaware of it. ![]() We fear the collapse of our civilization, that like the bodies of the undead, human morality will decompose in the absence of a society. Many tales featuring the undead prey on our fears. There’s a reason zombie stories have been around since Mesopotamian times.
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