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30 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100The Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenThe Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenThe latest installment could well be Romero's masterpiece. Taking full advantage of state-of-the-art makeup and visual effects, he has a more vivid canvas at his disposal, not to mention two decades worth of pent-up observations about American society.
- 100Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonChicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonRomero's newest is a horror movie for hard-core fans of the gory and the gruesome and a classic genre film for genre aficionados.
- 100The New York TimesManohla DargisThe New York TimesManohla DargisOne of the enormous pleasures of genre filmmaking is watching great directors push against form and predictability, as Mr. Romero does brilliantly in Land of the Dead. One thing is for sure: You won't go home hungry.
- 90VarietyJustin ChangVarietyJustin ChangGeorge A. Romero shows 'em how it's done in Land of the Dead, resurrecting his legendary franchise with top-flight visuals, terrific genre smarts and tantalizing layers of implication.
- 90Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasRomero easily commands an enormous cast, a plethora of action sequences and a cornucopia of special effects -- some of them very gory -- and creates one darkly dazzling image after another that allows Land of the Dead to emerge without any nudging whatsoever as a bleakly humorous, hard-charging allegory.
- 83Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean AxmakerSeattle Post-IntelligencerSean AxmakerThe social commentary isn't subtle, but Romero delivers the goods so effectively that many won't even notice.
- 75Philadelphia InquirerDavid HiltbrandPhiladelphia InquirerDavid HiltbrandOddly enough, though Land of the Dead is more clever and grand than Romero's early classics, it is not as haunting.
- 63ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliIt's not startling or frightening enough.
- 63Miami HeraldRene RodriguezMiami HeraldRene RodriguezA perfectly adequate horror romp, but it's hard to imagine anyone remembering it five years from now.
- 50Washington PostMichael O'SullivanWashington PostMichael O'SullivanLand of the Dead is fairly intense. Intensely gory and violent, that is, as has come to be expected from the genre. It's just not very frightening. Not half as frightening as, say, last year's "Dawn of the Dead."