Zack Snyder weighs in on Army of The Dead: 'Social commentary is at its heart and at its roots'
FirstpostZack Snyder credited Army of the Dead’s original director, George A Romero with using the undead to tell more than just a scary story The elevator pitch for Zack Snyder’s Army of the Dead would read something Building a wall to contain people, detainment camps, quarantining those suspected of carrying the zombie virus, and political debate are just a few references that play a role in the story. “I felt like to really do the genre correctly, social commentary is at its heart and at its roots,” said Snyder, who directed, co-wrote the screenplay and shot the film. “Romero really took the zombie genre and made great social commentary,” Snyder said. “It’s funny because when we were doing the scene I was saying no one’s ever pointed a temperature gun at me before,” Snyder said.