Romero’s Land Of The Dead: Unrated FanCut

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Unfortunately this was the start of Romero's downfall. He sold out to the big studios with this awful mess. I think the edit does it's best, but it's truly Romero's fault and everyone else who worked on the project whose to blame for this, not the fan-editor who has tried here to salvage what is left.

So, the zombies are rightly dumbed down, the leading macho black zombie is given a lesser part, the zombie shotgun scenes are removed, which probably was for the best. I think there may have been POV zombie shots, which were taken out too and I think much for the better. The mall scenes of the butchery of the middle class seem a bit brief here, but there may not have been much to play with on that front. The jump scares are minimal too and I think that improves the film massively as Romero never did zombie films for jump scares in the first place. The zombies were just part of the bigger narrative and were always supposed to be secondary, it's just a shame Romero failed to make much of an narrative here as zombies alone cannot make a good Romero film.

Lastly, I feel sorry for the fan-editor that there was simply nothing else that could have been done with that abrupt and dismal ending. Romero is completely to blame for that. It really is terrible. It's just one of the those films that leaves you with "what was the point in making that?" and it's the ending which makes the whole film feel much worse as it's simply hasn't been made well altogether. I feel the same with Romero's final project "The Living Dead", a novel that starts well, but you are quickly left disillusioned, disconnected and disinterested with the whole narrative towards the end. Still, we have "The Dead Trilogy" and we have everything to thank Romero for making those classic horror films.

Overall I couldn't tell where half the cuts were made so the fan-editor did a brilliant job in making it seamless. The audio and visual quality were both fine. A job well done.

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Review by boon23 — July 7, 2008 @ 11:59 am

Romero’s Land Of The Dead: Unrated FanCut by Mollo / a review by boon23

prologue:
I have to confess I was really suspicious, how this fanedit would turn out, or if it would at all be interesting to watch. On the one hand I was a bit disappointed by Mollo’s last fanedit, because I could not adapt to his vision (Bourne dead?), which kind of spoiled the overall entertainment for me, and on the other hand LAND OF THE DEAD was as an original an incredibly big disappointment to me, which I as a faneditor myself did not really consider salvageable. So, in a bit of spare time, I just started watching this on my PC, did not even want to burn the DVD for now, and was blown away.

The edit:
Awesome! I finally watched a true zombie movie and in my opinion a great one. It did not have any real social criticism or whatever people love to interpret into these kind of movies, although those scenes were there, but felt (and wonderfully felt that way) like they were mocking the more intellectual takes. This was a true horror movie, an apocalyptic end of the world scenario and it had a constant flow to it, which I really enjoyed. The evolution of the zombies, one of the major concerns I had with the original, is there, but subtle, not so superficially in your face. This continues what was started in DAY OF THE DEAD (although this movie was not used in the additional scenes from what I recall). The beginning montage worked great and I enjoyed a lot how well THE TRUMAN show and V FOR VENDETTA fit into that. The use of snippets from other movies was fantastic and added a lot to the overall atmosphere. DAWN OF THE DEAD, DAWN OF DEAD 2003, DIARY OF THE DEAD, they all had their appearance and were masterfully inserted. There were still quite soem campy scenes, but they never felt out of place and IMO opinion add to a zombie movie. And the gore: was incredibly much and really disgusting. I loved it. The ending worked great this way and even the credits montage was cool (although again incredibly long and a bit stuttering, when the original credits were scrolling). Let me say from the depth of my heart: thank you, Mollo, for this wonderful movie, you have made from this turd.
editing: 5 of 5,
entertainment: 5 of 5

Image quality:
The image quality was (although a low bitrate was used) very good. Sharp and crisp picture, action scenes were still sharp. The different video sources were masterfully inserted. Some of the TV scenes look a bit artificial, because of the static frame. This was a lot of work and it shows.
video quality: 5 of 5

Audio quality:
There are some minor audio gaps and the audio comes in pcm wave stereo instead of surround sound. Still: wonderful work, great adjustment of audio levels for the various sources that were used, great adding of additional or different score. Great audio for the credits!!!
audio: 5 of 5

The DVD:
The main menu and scene selection menus are all animated, although a bit monotone, as the same short scene gets repeated all the time. Still they look very good. Audio on the menus is also very well chosen. The fanedit comes with a nice deleted scene montage with beautiful intermissions. Cover art is also there. Great.
DVD: 5 of 5

resulting in a (and again hold your breath, because I am doing this VERY rarely)5 of 5 overall rating from me.
A masterpiece of fanediting. Highly recommended. BUT beware: it is a zombie movie and definitely not for the faint of heart.
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Zombie movies are my favourite movies but unfortunately I never really liked Land of the Dead, so I'm glad for Mollo's much needed edit that actually makes this movie enjoyable and turns it into a true zombie movie. I enjoyed the way the opening was put together showing what happened during the outbreak and how it played out. The flow, story and changed elements all improve this movie, the ending was also better then the original having no civilians survive the zombie attack makes it more dark compared to the original and even the credits montage was pretty cool. This will be my go to version from now on as this edit excels in all aspects and I would definitely recommend to anyone that wants a more enjoyable and improved version of the original.
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I always liked Land of the Dead, but I'm glad for Mollo's alternate edition. The movie feels more to the point and I enjoyed seeing it without the sentient Zombie plotline.

The quality varies in the segments with added footage, especially in the new prologue. I loved the way that opening was put together but I couldn't help but notice how different every shot looked. Otherwise the editing was great throughout.

If you're a Romero fan, I recommend this edit.

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Review by ThrowgnCpr — August 29, 2008 @ 1:42 pm

Well done. Some major turd-polishing on this one. I can now stand to watch what was once a horrible movie. I recommend this to anyone who is looking for a nice zombie flick. Thanks mollo.

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