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The Stone Quarry
Army of the Dead Collection
Survivors take all.
Following a zombie outbreak in Las Vegas, a group of mercenaries take the ultimate gamble: venturing into the quarantine zone to pull off the greatest heist ever attempted.
TwdPepper
Jun 19, 2025 · via TMDB
Disappointed. This movie is entertaining. It is good. Thanks to its big budget, it looks better than 90% of zombie films and has many great ideas. But it fails to take any of these ideas to the next level. The hierarchy of zombies is extremely interesting, and while we do get a sufficient amount of it; I wish this was one of Zack Snyder's epic "Director's Cuts" and it had gotten another hour or so to flesh it out. A handful of characters are also on the edge of greatness. They were awesome, but a little more time to shine could have done them wonders! But at least with these examples: what we got was still really good. My biggest issue is with the awesome action sequences that they tease but never deliver. A character has a favorite weapon—NEVER USES IT! A bunch of dried-up zombies are said to come back to life when it rains—IT NEVER RAINS! Why?! Why would you have these things in the movie if you aren't paying them off? These add to the overall feeling that this is a tame return to the genre for Snyder. His 2004 Dawn of the Dead remake is one of the wildest and scariest zombie films ever made. I have my issues with 'Dawn', but it clearly swung for the fences and accomplished everything it was going for. Army of the Dead doesn't feel this way. I appreciate that it isn't as bleak as 'Dawn', but it has so much less bite. Half of the kills are good, but the other half feel very basic or even happen offscreen!! A father/daughter subplot adds nothing new—and drags down the fun. Not just their relationship, but her entire involvement is seemingly just there to mess up the characters' plan. A tired and frustrating trope. Army of the Dead had all of the ingredients to become a classic. Instead, we settle.
The Movie Mob
Sep 17, 2022 · via TMDB
**What happens when you give Zack Snyder complete creative control? A crazy awesome zombie sci-fi action heist joyride!** Sheer insanity at its ridiculous best! Zack Snyder goes all out with Army of the Dead by throwing as many plot ideas and spin-offs as he can to build his dream movie playground to play in for years at Netflix. Zombies plagues, zombie robots, time travel, multiverse, and who knows what else all flash across the scene and somehow don’t distract from the exciting central story. Dave Bautista leads a crew of expendable mercenaries to break into a vault in the middle of a zombie-filled quarantine zone once known as Las Vegas. The stand-out character in all this is Matthias Schweighöfer‘s Dieter. His comedy and goofiness breathe life into an otherwise wholly gritty film. The nonstop action and gore will satisfy any genre fan. Rather than the typical rescuing of a trapped loved one or VIP, I appreciate the new purpose for battling zombies - money. Zack Snyder goes full throttle, and it definitely pays off! I can wait to see more.
tmdb28039023
Aug 28, 2022 · via TMDB
The only good thing about Zack Snyder's masturbatory exercise Army of the Dead, is that it's comparatively shorter than his version of Justice League – but what movie isn't? An hour and a half short of a four-hour movie is still too long, especially considering that if everything we've seen before were edited out of the film, AotD would be a short feature. True, we may not have seen a heist/zombie apocalypse movie, but we've seen dozens of heists and dozens of zombie apocalypses, and bringing the two genres together only serves to highlight the inconsistencies of each. But, let us start at the beginning. A US military convoy is transporting an unknown cargo from Area 51. The two soldiers in the cab of the truck debate the contents of the box (“the original draft of the Constitution written in the blood of the Founding Fathers… Amelia Earhart, long live ", etc.). Whatever it is, it’s highly inflammable, judging by how the truck instantly turns into a huge ball of fire the moment it makes contact with a considerably smaller vehicle. Actually it is some kind of superhuman zombie that kills a bunch of soldiers and infects two of them. This entire scenario could easily have unfolded without the arbitrary and random explosion; the gigantic fireball is here solely because Snyder is such an impatient director that, in a 140-minute film, he can't wait even five minutes before blowing something to bits – the cinematic equivalent of premature ejaculation. On the other hand, Snyder takes his time on plot points that we all know by heart. Hero is offered a job. Hero turns down job. Hero changes his mind and takes the job. Hero assembles team. And so on and so forth. So as to leave no cliché unused, the hero also has an estranged daughter, Kate (Ella Purnell); this, however, deserves some more attention. Kate works in a quarantine camp for zombies, which is nothing short of a logic-defying concept. It is first established that the zombie bite takes immediate effect, transforming the victim into another zombie – and one does not quarantine a zombie; one shoots a zombie in the head and moves on. Now, it has always been a habit of zombie movies to play fast and loose, depending on the requirements of the script, with the time it takes for a bite to kick in, but two wrongs don’t make a right. All things considered, AotD is a rip-off that makes it a point of ripping off bad ideas – which might be all right if it were a parody, but the movie is too bloated and excessive to ever be able to take itself lightly.
sporkproductions
Aug 13, 2021 · via TMDB
Zach Snyder is a director I have an incredible amount of respect for. He has a truly original vision, he makes films unlike anyone else, and he seems to relish being a bit of an outsider who somehow gets to make whatever he wants. Sort of like this generation's version of 90's/00's Robert Rodriguez. Yet, try as I might I just can't seem to actually enjoy his films. I won't bother going into it because personally I'd prefer not enjoying a wacky Zach Snyder film then being mildly entertained by most mainstream fluff that seem crafted by algorithms. If you like Snyder's films this one will most likely be a real joy. If you don't this one won't win you over. Either way, I hope he gets to keep making his manic fever dreams because we need more films with authentic voices.
Rene
Jul 8, 2021 · via TMDB
Army of the DEAD typical zombie action movie, but its not the best that's out there. Movie starts off abit boring and then goes into hyper drive midway then slows down at the end. it was abit unbalanced but that's just my opinion.
Kamurai
Jun 19, 2021 · via TMDB
Great watch, would watch again, and can recommend. Probably the worst part of this is a trend I'm noticing from some movies I've been seeing recently where they show you what could be a better movie, in the movie. While this starts with a "patient zero" style opening, they then skip past the movie I want to see to the last possible story from the opening event. This movie does do a lot though, and has a lot of moving parts at any given time. Batista is amazing, and everyone sort of gets lost around him, I can't tell if that's because he's a giant or if the movie wants it that way: the cast all does a fantastic job in their roles. The movie does a couple things that I don't typically enjoy in movies: smart zombies, obvious traitors, and secret motivations. It's like if SHIELD was in "I am Legend" and Black Widow kept tripping everyone else to get a rare Pokemon card. That said, they show a fantastic amount of detail and complexity to a society that is barely explored, adding a wonderful flavor to the story.
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Dave Bautista
Scott Ward
Ella Purnell
Kate Ward
Omari Hardwick
Vanderohe
Ana de la Reguera
Maria Cruz
Theo Rossi
Burt Cummings
Matthias Schweighöfer
Ludwig Dieter
Nora Arnezeder
Lilly / The Coyote
Hiroyuki Sanada
Bly Tanaka
Garret Dillahunt
Martin
Tig Notaro
Marianne Peters
Raúl Castillo
Mikey Guzman
Huma Qureshi
Geeta
Samantha Win
Chambers
Richard Cetrone
Zeus
Michael Cassidy
Sgt. Kelly
Steve Corona
Groom (Mr. Hillman)
Chelsea Edmundson
Bride (Mrs. Hillman)
Zach Rose
Corp. Bissell
Ryan Watson
High Roller
Sabine Varnes
Zombie Showgirl
Mónica López Aleman
Zombie Showgirl
Kelly Phelan
Zombie Showgirl
Danielle Burgio
Soccer Mom
Jessica Harbeck
Zombie Elvis
Joshua Caleb Horton
Man in Car
Wayne Dalglish
Dalgliesh
Casey Messer
News Anchor #1
Donna Brazile
Female Pundit
Sean Spicer
Male Pundit
Colby Lemmo
Laura Ward
Marisilda Garcia
Anita
Carolyn Wickwire
Elderly Woman
Daisy Davis
Refugee Woman #1
Lora Martinez-Cunningham
Refugee Woman #2
Athena Perample
Alpha Queen
Albert Valladares
Alpha General
Alexander Ward
Vault Shambler
Jordyn Aurora Aquino
Young Woman
Sarah Minnich
Jessica (Air Hostess)
Fred Tatasciore
Zombie Vocal
Gordon Tarpley
Strange Shambler
Alexander Alayon Jr.
Cholo Gangster (uncredited)
Julie Berghoff
Production Design
Jay Oliva
Storyboard Artist
Zack Snyder
Camera Operator
Zack Snyder
Director of Photography
Clay Enos
Still Photographer
Melissa Yonkey
Key Hair Stylist
Clinton Wayne
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Matt Akey
Executive Visual Effects Producer
Damon Caro
Stunt Coordinator
Wayne Dalglish
Stunt Coordinator
Jefferson Cox
Stunt Double
Mallory Thompson
Stunt Double
Natalie Padilla
Stunt Double
Rob de Groot
Stunt Double
Tim Rigby
Stunt Double
Vanessa Zamarripa
Stunt Double
Marilyn Giacomazzi
Stunt Driver
Athena Perample
Stunts
Jessica Harbeck
Stunts
Mónica López Aleman
Stunts
Amy Sturdivant
Utility Stunts
Billy D. Lucas
Utility Stunts
CJ Stuart
Utility Stunts
Corrina Roshea Bobb
Utility Stunts
Dane Farwell
Utility Stunts
Ed Duran
Utility Stunts
Hannah Betts
Utility Stunts
Jessie Graff
Utility Stunts
Keith Jardine
Utility Stunts
Kelly Phelan
Utility Stunts
Leah Hopkins
Utility Stunts
Matt Leonard
Utility Stunts
Michael Runyard
Utility Stunts
Ryan Ryusaki
Utility Stunts
Sabine Varnes
Utility Stunts
Sala Baker
Utility Stunts
Samantha Win
Utility Stunts
Seth Duhame
Utility Stunts
Shahaub Roudbari
Utility Stunts
Zack Snyder
Director
Gabriela Gomez
Script Supervisor
Damon Caro
Second Unit Director
Dody Dorn
Editor
John Papsidera
Casting
Deborah Snyder
Producer
Wesley Coller
Producer
Zack Snyder
Producer
Chris Navarro
ADR Mixer
Tom Holkenborg
Original Music Composer
David Werntz
Sound Effects Designer
Michael A. Martinez
Digital Compositor
Bobby Tucker
Visual Effects Producer
Joao Sita
Visual Effects Supervisor
Marcus Taormina
Visual Effects Supervisor
Mark LeDoux
Visual Effects Supervisor
Steve Dinozzi
Visual Effects Supervisor
Joby Harold
Screenplay
Shay Hatten
Screenplay
Zack Snyder
Screenplay
Zack Snyder
Story
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