Army
of the Dead
Came
out; 2021
Time;
2 hour 28 minute
Watched
on; Netflix
Rating;
R for strong bloody violence, gore and language throughout, some
sexual content and brief nudity/graphic nudity
IMDB
Rating; 5.9/10
Caution;
Spoiler Alert
Staring;
Dave
Bautista as Scott Ward
Ella
Purnell as Kate Ward
Omari
Hardwick as Vanderohe
Ana
de la Reguera as Maria Cruz
Theo
Rossi as Burt Cummings
Matthias
Schweighofer as Dieter
Nora
Arnezeder as Lilly (The Coyate)
Hiroyuki
Sanada as Bly Tanaka
Garret
Dillahunt as Martin
Tig
Notaro as Marianne Peters
Raul
Castillo as Mikey Guzman
Huma
Qurreshi as Geeta
Samantha
Win as Chambers
Richard
Cetrone as Zeus
Michael
Cassidy as Sgt. Kelly
Athena
Perample as Alpha Queen
Albert
Valladares as Alpha General
Storyline;
With
the abandoned, walled city of Las Vegas overrun with zombies, after a
disastrous government fault, the billionaire casino magnate, Bly
Tanaka, realises that he has left something in Sin City: $200 million
to be more precise. For the time being, his mountains of cash are
safe behind his impenetrable casino vault; however, the US President
plans to nuke the entire city in less than 96 hours. Now, Tanaka is
willing to pay $50 million to the decorated former mercenary, Scott
Ward, and his hand-picked team to retrieve the money before the bomb
obliterates the city. Indeed, this is a life-changing offer Scott
cannot refuse; nevertheless, the rules have changed, and the horde of
the walking undead seems to be more organised than they might have
expected. But, time is running out. Can they return from Vegas in one
piece and rich?
Thoughts;
This movie
really kept me watching. It was long but it was action packed. The
beginning was so good! It showed the how, most movies just don't do
that. The only thing I was confused about was the quarantine zone,
why were those people still there and not moved out?
It was
clear from the beginning that the “Head of security” wasn't there
just to make sure everything went well, that he had another agenda.
I got mad
at this movie though, I yell when people stop and don't move quick
enough and let bad things happen to them, seriously. I also didn't
like how this movie ended. We got to see some of what happened next
but not the entire thing, it just ended. Ugh I hate that so much!
Plot
Summary; CAUTION; Major Spoiler Alert
A
U.S. military convoy transporting a shipment from Area 51 collides
with a car on the highway, unleashing a zombie. It kills a number of
soldiers while infecting two others. The zombies head to Las Vegas,
infecting most of the city's population. After a failed military
intervention, the government quarantines the city.
Casino
owner Bly Tanaka (Hiroyuki Sanada) and his associate Martin (Garret
Dillahunt) approach former mercenary Scott Ward (Dave Bautista) about
a job to recover $200 million from his casino vault before the
military destroys the city with a tactical nuclear strike. Ward
agrees and recruits his former teammates Maria Cruz and Vanderohe,
along with helicopter pilot Marianne Peters (Tig Notaro), German
safecracker Ludwig Dieter, and Chicano sharpshooter Mikey Guzman, who
brings along his associate Chambers. Martin joins the team to observe
them. Ward's estranged daughter Kate (Ella Purnell), who works at a
quarantine camp, directs them to Lily (Nora Arnezeder), a smuggler
familiar with the city. Lily recruits Burt Cummings (Theo Rossi), a
camp security guard. When Kate learns Lily escorted her friend Geeta
(Huma Qureshi) into Vegas, Kate insists on joining the team over
Ward's objections.
After a tense encounter with a zombie-tiger
named Valentine upon entering Vegas, Lily wounds Cummings, and
explains that a more intelligent group of zombies known as Alphas are
willing to allow safe passage in exchange for a sacrifice. An Alpha
female known as the Queen takes Cummings away to the Olympus casino,
where the Alpha leader Zeus infects him. Lily leads the team to a
building full of hibernating, normal zombies. Ward creates a path
through the zombies with glow sticks. When Chambers accuses Martin of
ulterior motives, he diverts her off the path, and she wakes the
zombies. As she is overpowered, Guzman shoots her gas tank, blowing
her and the zombies up.
At Bly's casino, Ward and Kate turn on
the power, Peters prepares a helicopter on the roof and Dieter works
on the vault. Martin and Lily stay outside under the pretense of
keeping watch, but instead lure the Queen into the open. Martin
beheads her and takes her head. Zeus discovers her body and returns
her to the Olympus casino, revealing that the Queen was pregnant with
a zombie fetus. Enraged, Zeus directs the Alphas to Bly's casino. A
news report reveals the government has rushed the nuclear strike,
giving the team approximately one hour. As Dieter opens the vault,
Ward discovers Kate had left to look for Geeta. As Ward and Cruz are
about to look for her, the elevator opens and Alphas kill
Cruz.
Martin traps the team in the basement, explaining that
Bly cares only about the zombie head, which can create a zombie army
for the government. When he steps outside, he discovers Lily stole
the Queen's head, and Valentine mauls him to death. Vanderohe
attempts to fight Zeus but is easily overpowered. Dieter appears to
sacrifice himself to get Vanderohe in the vault safely. Ward, Lily,
and Guzman make it to the lobby where zombies attack them and swarm
Guzman. Guzman detonates his grenades, killing the zombies and
destroying the money he carried. Zeus confronts them on the roof.
Lily distracts him with the Queen's head as Ward and Peters escape.
Zeus impales Lily, but she destroys the Queen's head before
dying.
Ward asks Peters to take him to the Olympus casino to
retrieve Kate. There, Kate finds Geeta and kills Cummings. Zeus
corners them, but Ward subdues him with a grenade launcher. Geeta,
Kate, and Ward reach the roof but find it empty. Thinking Peters has
deserted them, she reappears just as Zeus reaches the roof. All three
jump aboard the helicopter, as does Zeus. Zeus overpowers Ward and
bites him. Kate hits Zeus before Ward shoots and kills him. The nuke
destroys the city and the shockwave causes the helicopter to crash,
killing Peters and Geeta. Kate survives and finds Ward, who gives
Kate money to start a new life before turning into a zombie. Kate
kills him and cries as a rescue helicopter arrives.
Vanderohe
exits the vault with the remaining money. He drives to Utah, where he
rents a private plane to take him to Mexico City. On the flight, he
feels sick and discovers that he has been bitten.
