PRAISE: The Walking Dead, Zombieland, Dawn of the Dead....can Zack Snyder infuse some new blood into a decades old genre?
In this story that happens after a zombie outbreak in Las Vegas, a group of mercenaries takes the ultimate gamble by venturing into the quarantine zone for the greatest heist ever.
Snyder does introduce a few new things and actually had one idea I had hoped he had done more with.
The film knows it has a blank check from Netflix and a 2 and a half hour plus running time and that's a good and bad thing. The movie does its best to develop the characters in the film with that time.
The cast including Dave Bautista,Ella Purnell,Omari Hardwick,Ana de la Reguera,Theo Rossi
Matthias Schweighöfer,Nora Arnezeder,Hiroyuki Sanada,and Tig Notarodoes are enthusiastic enough to fill the shoes of the colorful characters.
I am impressed by the some last minute CGI work that had to be inserted into the film.
There are some great kills and visuals and writer's Zack Snyder,Shay Hattenand and Joby Harold pile on perilous predicaments that are fun and involving.I was amused by the glimpses Snyder gave of how crazier the movie could have been.
PROBLEMS: It doesn't take long for the movie to go down predictable paths and create a huge plot hole by introducing a certain story thread.The film asked me to suspend disbelief several times especially for a couple of situations that happen near the end of the film.
The film runs out of steam here and there and it's as if the urgency in the plot is forgotten several times.
Scale of 1-10 a 7½
