Review: With ‘Army of the Dead,’ Zack Snyder proves there is life after ‘Justice League’
LA TimesThe Times is committed to reviewing theatrical film releases during the COVID-19 pandemic. Amid this chewy, gristly spectacle, Snyder’s own tongue remains firmly in cheek: From the brassy accompanying cover of “Viva Las Vegas” to the bright, satirical gloss of the visuals, he’s soliciting more smirks than screams. Snyder’s lean, mean Romero riff launched his career; the gross, engrossing and sometimes weirdly moving “Army of the Dead” clearly means to resurrect it. It’d be overstating the movie’s qualities to call it a return to “Dawn of the Dead” basics for Snyder, given its more elaborate zombie mythology and its inflated budget and running time. In a sharply ambivalent recent essay for the Ringer, the critic Adam Nayman nailed an essential hallmark of Snyder’s work: “Even if we’re all watching the same movie, we won’t be seeing the same things.” While that will likely prove just as true of “Army of the Dead,” its streak of sincerity is hard to miss or deny.
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