A franchise is already brewing, with a prequel film Army of Thieves directed and led by Matthias Schweighöfer, and prequel anime series Army of the Dead: Lost Vegas, which will also see Snyder direct some episodes.Īnd naturally, Army of the Dead leaves room for a sequel as well. Netflix, ever hungrier for buzzy names and new worlds, lapped it up in early 2019. everything he has made since 2006's overly-stylised epic action film 300 had been there - Army of the Dead fell through into development hell as the studio passed on the idea, much like it has with Snyder's DC universe project.

Originally set up in 2007 at Snyder's long-term home Warner Bros. Army of the Dead almost didn't get made though. It's a Snyder trademark at this point, but it's still disappointing to see that he has no interest in changing his voice or visual style.īut Snyder keeps getting money to make his movies. And though there's neon oozing out of its posters, Army of the Dead is drab, dull and devoid of any fun. Army of the Dead earns its 18+ rating with copious amounts of blood, gore and human entrails - Snyder loves a hard-R rating - but it's all gratuitous, and the movie is empty outside of it. Army of the Dead runs for about 138 minutes minus the credits (that's a lot), with Snyder once again showing that he's unable to trim his films down to size, on the back of a four-hour Justice League in March. Army of the Dead, Zack Snyder's new zombie heist thriller - out Friday, May 21 on Netflix - fails to deliver on every aspect of that description, except that it's unmistakably a Snyder film.

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