Land of the Dead (USA / Canada, 2004)

If George Romero has a preference in filmmaking, that would be zombie movies. His 1968 black & white zombie classic, Day of the Living Dead, earned him worldwide reputation. In this remake, we get to see Romero’s latest interpretation of a world full of zombies, where the few humans left try to survive. New social classes have emerged. The rich live in the tallest building of the city (I believe it’s Chicago) the poor live in the slums around this building, protected from the zombies only by electric wire fences and the military. One ex-military wants a condo in the building. His request is refused by the building authorities. He then seeks revenge by stealing a bus-tank with war missiles. In the meantime, zombies learn how to use weapons, and soon enough a war between “normal” humans and the “stenches” (as they call the zombies) ensues. There are heaps of gore scenes: zombies eating human bodies a plenty, all in the spirit of the 80’s slasher films.