Army of the Dead – Review and Recap : Streaming on Netflix
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Today we cover Army of the Dead
Here is our Review.
Zack Snyder brings a certain feel and look
to his movies making them unmistakable and
Army of the Dead is no acceptation. This is
not his first rodeo when dealing with Zombies
less we not forget his remake of Dawn of the
Dead. Army of the Dead does not take the one
size fits all approach to Zombies as you will
find some are slow, some are fast, some are
super aggressive, and for Army of the Dead
some of super intelligent. This diversity
allows for scenes to be unique and allows
the story to put the characters into different
situations expanding the possibilities of
interactions. Zombie movies can feel stale
when every interaction is the same as the
last, but Army of the Dead allows us to Sneak,
Run, and Fight not only humans but animals.
This move is a fun time with a dash of humor,
a pinch of fear, and an amazing story line
which creates a Universe full of possibilities
for future movies.
Let’s get into the
A United States military convoy traveling
from Area 51 collides with a car on the highway
outside Las Vegas. The convoy’s cargo, a zombie,
escapes, killing and infecting several soldiers
before heading into the city. There, they
infect most of the city’s population. After
a military intervention fails, the government
quarantines the city.
Six years later, casino owner Bly Tanaka and
his associate Martin approach former Las Vegas
resident and mercenary Scott Ward about a
job to recover $200 million from his casino
vault in Las Vegas before the military deploys
a tactical nuclear strike on the city. Ward
agrees and recruits his former teammates Maria
Cruz and Vanderohe, along with helicopter
pilot Marianne Peters, German safecracker
Ludwig Dieter, and Chicano sharpshooter Mikey
Guzman, who brings along his associate Chambers.
Martin joins the team to give them access
to the casino. Ward’s estranged daughter Kate,
who works at a quarantine camp, directs them
to Lilly, a smuggler familiar with the city,
who also recruits Burt Cummings, an abusive
camp security guard. When Kate learns Lilly
escorted her friend Geeta into Las Vegas,
Kate insists on joining the team over Ward’s
objections.
After an encounter with a zombified tiger
upon entering Las Vegas, Lilly wounds Cummings
and explains that a group of intelligent zombies
known as “Alphas” will allow safe passage
in exchange for a sacrifice. An Alpha female
known as the Queen takes Cummings away to
the Olympus casino, where the Alpha leader
Zeus infects him. Lilly leads the team to
a building full of hibernating, normal zombies.
Ward creates a path through the zombies with
glow sticks. When Chambers accuses Martin
of ulterior motives, he diverts her off the
path, and she wakes the zombies. After she
is surrounded and bitten, Guzman shoots the
gasoline canister on her back, killing her
and the surrounding zombie horde.
Arriving at Bly’s casino, Ward and Kate turn
on the power, Peters prepares a helicopter
on the roof, and Dieter works on the vault.
Martin and Lilly stay outside under the pretense
of keeping watch but instead lure the Queen
into the open. Martin beheads her and takes
her head. Zeus discovers her body and returns
her to the Olympus casino, revealing that
the Queen was pregnant with a zombie fetus.
Enraged, Zeus directs the Alphas to the casino.
A news report reveals the government has brought
forward the nuclear strike, giving the team
approximately 90 minutes. As Dieter opens
the vault, Ward discovers Kate had left to
look for Geeta. As Ward and Cruz are about
to search for her, the Alphas appear and kill
Cruz.
Martin traps the team in the basement, explaining
that Bly cares only about the zombie head,
which can create a zombie army for the government
and is worth more than the money in the vault.
When he steps outside, he discovers Lilly
stole the Queen’s head, and the tiger mauls
him to death. Vanderohe attempts to fight
Zeus but is easily overpowered. Dieter sacrifices
himself to get Vanderohe into the vault safely.
Ward, Lilly, and Guzman make it to the lobby,
where zombies attack them and swarm Guzman,
who detonates his grenades, killing the zombies
at the cost of his own life and destroying
the money he carried. Zeus confronts them
on the roof. Lilly distracts him with the
Queen’s head as Ward and Peters escape. Zeus
fatally impales Lilly, who destroys the head
by dropping it off the roof.
Peters takes Ward to the Olympus casino to
retrieve Kate. Inside, Kate finds Geeta and
kills the infected Cummings. Zeus chases them
onto Peters’ helicopter, and Ward accidentally
shoots Peters, causing the helicopter to fly
haphazardly. Zeus overpowers Ward and bites
him. As the nuke destroys Las Vegas, Zeus
is distracted by the bomb flash, and Ward
kills him. The nuke’s shockwave causes the
helicopter to crash, killing Peters and Geeta.
Kate survives and finds Ward, who gives Kate
money to start a new life before turning into
a zombie. Kate kills him and breaks down in
tears as a rescue helicopter arrives.
Having survived the blast, Vanderohe exits
the vault with the remaining money and later
rents a plane to take him to Mexico City.
On the flight, he discovers that he has been
bitten.
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