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Army of the Dead

Survivors take all.

2021 148 min ★ 6.2 (4,512) Released
Action Crime Horror

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.

Original title
Army of the Dead
Language
EN
Country
US
Budget
$90,000,000
Revenue
$190,700,000
Reviews & Ratings 6
TwdPepper

TwdPepper

Jun 19, 2025 · via TMDB

★ 7.0

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

The Movie Mob

Sep 17, 2022 · via TMDB

★ 7.0

**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.

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tmdb28039023

Aug 28, 2022 · via TMDB

★ 1.0

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.

S

sporkproductions

Aug 13, 2021 · via TMDB

★ 4.0

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

Rene

Jul 8, 2021 · via TMDB

★ 6.0

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

Kamurai

Jun 19, 2021 · via TMDB

★ 8.0

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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Keywords 21
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Cast 42
Dave Bautista

Dave Bautista

Scott Ward

Ella Purnell

Ella Purnell

Kate Ward

Omari Hardwick

Omari Hardwick

Vanderohe

Ana de la Reguera

Ana de la Reguera

Maria Cruz

Theo Rossi

Theo Rossi

Burt Cummings

Matthias Schweighöfer

Matthias Schweighöfer

Ludwig Dieter

Nora Arnezeder

Nora Arnezeder

Lilly / The Coyote

Hiroyuki Sanada

Hiroyuki Sanada

Bly Tanaka

Garret Dillahunt

Garret Dillahunt

Martin

Tig Notaro

Tig Notaro

Marianne Peters

Raúl Castillo

Raúl Castillo

Mikey Guzman

Huma Qureshi

Huma Qureshi

Geeta

Samantha Win

Samantha Win

Chambers

Richard Cetrone

Richard Cetrone

Zeus

Michael Cassidy

Michael Cassidy

Sgt. Kelly

Steve Corona

Steve Corona

Groom (Mr. Hillman)

Chelsea Edmundson

Chelsea Edmundson

Bride (Mrs. Hillman)

Zach Rose

Zach Rose

Corp. Bissell

Ryan Watson

Ryan Watson

High Roller

Sabine Varnes

Sabine Varnes

Zombie Showgirl

Mónica López Aleman

Mónica López Aleman

Zombie Showgirl

Kelly Phelan

Kelly Phelan

Zombie Showgirl

Danielle Burgio

Danielle Burgio

Soccer Mom

Jessica Harbeck

Jessica Harbeck

Zombie Elvis

Joshua Caleb Horton

Joshua Caleb Horton

Man in Car

Wayne Dalglish

Wayne Dalglish

Dalgliesh

Casey Messer

Casey Messer

News Anchor #1

Donna Brazile

Donna Brazile

Female Pundit

Sean Spicer

Sean Spicer

Male Pundit

Colby Lemmo

Colby Lemmo

Laura Ward

Marisilda Garcia

Marisilda Garcia

Anita

Carolyn Wickwire

Carolyn Wickwire

Elderly Woman

Daisy Davis

Daisy Davis

Refugee Woman #1

Lora Martinez-Cunningham

Lora Martinez-Cunningham

Refugee Woman #2

Athena Perample

Athena Perample

Alpha Queen

Albert Valladares

Albert Valladares

Alpha General

Alexander Ward

Alexander Ward

Vault Shambler

Jordyn Aurora Aquino

Jordyn Aurora Aquino

Young Woman

Sarah Minnich

Sarah Minnich

Jessica (Air Hostess)

Fred Tatasciore

Fred Tatasciore

Zombie Vocal

Gordon Tarpley

Gordon Tarpley

Strange Shambler

Alexander Alayon Jr.

Alexander Alayon Jr.

Cholo Gangster (uncredited)

Crew 60
Julie Berghoff

Julie Berghoff

Production Design

Jay Oliva

Jay Oliva

Storyboard Artist

Zack Snyder

Zack Snyder

Camera Operator

Zack Snyder

Zack Snyder

Director of Photography

Clay Enos

Clay Enos

Still Photographer

Melissa Yonkey

Melissa Yonkey

Key Hair Stylist

Clinton Wayne

Clinton Wayne

Special Effects Makeup Artist

Matt Akey

Matt Akey

Executive Visual Effects Producer

Damon Caro

Damon Caro

Stunt Coordinator

Wayne Dalglish

Wayne Dalglish

Stunt Coordinator

Jefferson Cox

Jefferson Cox

Stunt Double

Mallory Thompson

Mallory Thompson

Stunt Double

Natalie Padilla

Natalie Padilla

Stunt Double

Rob de Groot

Rob de Groot

Stunt Double

Tim Rigby

Tim Rigby

Stunt Double

Vanessa Zamarripa

Vanessa Zamarripa

Stunt Double

Marilyn Giacomazzi

Marilyn Giacomazzi

Stunt Driver

Athena Perample

Athena Perample

Stunts

Jessica Harbeck

Jessica Harbeck

Stunts

Mónica López Aleman

Mónica López Aleman

Stunts

Amy Sturdivant

Amy Sturdivant

Utility Stunts

Billy D. Lucas

Billy D. Lucas

Utility Stunts

CJ Stuart

CJ Stuart

Utility Stunts

Corrina Roshea Bobb

Corrina Roshea Bobb

Utility Stunts

Dane Farwell

Dane Farwell

Utility Stunts

Ed Duran

Ed Duran

Utility Stunts

Hannah Betts

Hannah Betts

Utility Stunts

Jessie Graff

Jessie Graff

Utility Stunts

Keith Jardine

Keith Jardine

Utility Stunts

Kelly Phelan

Kelly Phelan

Utility Stunts

Leah Hopkins

Leah Hopkins

Utility Stunts

Matt Leonard

Matt Leonard

Utility Stunts

Michael Runyard

Michael Runyard

Utility Stunts

Ryan Ryusaki

Ryan Ryusaki

Utility Stunts

Sabine Varnes

Sabine Varnes

Utility Stunts

Sala Baker

Sala Baker

Utility Stunts

Samantha Win

Samantha Win

Utility Stunts

Seth Duhame

Seth Duhame

Utility Stunts

Shahaub Roudbari

Shahaub Roudbari

Utility Stunts

Zack Snyder

Zack Snyder

Director

Gabriela Gomez

Gabriela Gomez

Script Supervisor

Damon Caro

Damon Caro

Second Unit Director

Dody Dorn

Dody Dorn

Editor

John Papsidera

John Papsidera

Casting

Deborah Snyder

Deborah Snyder

Producer

Wesley Coller

Wesley Coller

Producer

Zack Snyder

Zack Snyder

Producer

Chris Navarro

Chris Navarro

ADR Mixer

Tom Holkenborg

Tom Holkenborg

Original Music Composer

David Werntz

David Werntz

Sound Effects Designer

Michael A. Martinez

Michael A. Martinez

Digital Compositor

Bobby Tucker

Bobby Tucker

Visual Effects Producer

Joao Sita

Joao Sita

Visual Effects Supervisor

Marcus Taormina

Marcus Taormina

Visual Effects Supervisor

Mark LeDoux

Mark LeDoux

Visual Effects Supervisor

Steve Dinozzi

Steve Dinozzi

Visual Effects Supervisor

Joby Harold

Joby Harold

Screenplay

Shay Hatten

Shay Hatten

Screenplay

Zack Snyder

Zack Snyder

Screenplay

Zack Snyder

Zack Snyder

Story

Gallery 200
Videos 2
Similar Movies 146
US Release Dates 2

May 14, 2021

R Theatrical (Limited)

May 21, 2021

Netflix

R Digital

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