It was decent. There were plot holes galore, but with a movie like this, I'm not going to worry much about it. Like many Snyder movies, it went way too long, it probably could have been 30 minutes shorter. I paused the movie to go pee, thinking it was close to being over and there was still an hour left. Scenes were drawn out more than they needed to be, like the awful Viva Las Vegas montage in the beginning that just kept on going. The Oceans 11 meets the Zombie Apocalypse was a pretty cool idea, though the characters weren't nearly as interesting. It's probably Snyder's best movie since 300, but that's not saying much.

It was ridiculous and to say there were plot holes would be a massive understatement. There were also cinematography and script continuity issues, and a few terrible acting performances. Having said all of that, I still enjoyed it enough to not feel like I wasted time.

The thing that bothered me the most was excising the friend who needed rescuing from the entire finale scene. I actually went back to see what the hell happened with her, and it was just a terrible job of directing in that regard.

As for a lot of the questions on this thread, it may help to know that a zombieverse is being planned with a few prequels already set to go. So some of those open questions (ex. the lights in the sky at the beginning, robot zombies ) may get answered/explored further. There is also talk about a sequel but I don't know if that is confirmed. Could easily see it be about another outbreak in Mexico city from Vanderho

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It was ridiculous and to say there were plot holes would be a massive understatement. There were also cinematography and script continuity issues, and a few terrible acting performances. Having said all of that, I still enjoyed it enough to not feel like I wasted time.

The thing that bothered me the most was excising the friend who needed rescuing from the entire finale scene. I actually went back to see what the hell happened with her, and it was just a terrible job of directing in that regard.

As for a lot of the questions on this thread, it may help to know that a zombieverse is being planned with a few prequels already set to go. So some of those open questions (ex. the lights in the sky at the beginning, robot zombies ) may get answered/explored further. There is also talk about a sequel but I don't know if that is confirmed. Could easily see it be about another outbreak in Mexico city from Vanderho

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So, on your first spoiler that was my question in my post. What happened there?

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It was ridiculous and to say there were plot holes would be a massive understatement. There were also cinematography and script continuity issues, and a few terrible acting performances. Having said all of that, I still enjoyed it enough to not feel like I wasted time.

The thing that bothered me the most was excising the friend who needed rescuing from the entire finale scene. I actually went back to see what the hell happened with her, and it was just a terrible job of directing in that regard.

As for a lot of the questions on this thread, it may help to know that a zombieverse is being planned with a few prequels already set to go. So some of those open questions (ex. the lights in the sky at the beginning, robot zombies ) may get answered/explored further. There is also talk about a sequel but I don't know if that is confirmed. Could easily see it be about another outbreak in Mexico city from Vanderho

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So, on your first spoiler that was my question in my post. What happened there?

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Short answer is they completely bungled the directing and/or editing. When the helicopter shows up, she gets into the passenger seat up front. That's the last we see of her, save for one splitsecond shot of her face in the helicopter. They just completely ignore her presence through that whole last action scene. Then after the crash, they only show the pilot's body when the daughter looks into the wreckage - they never show the friend's body. Based upon the daughter's reaction, we must assume either (1) the friend is also dead from the crash and they just don't show the body, or (2) the friend entered another portal and all memory of her has been erased from the other characters.

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Thanks. That was very confusing.

Ward mentions the money is for her kids so I'm pretty sure she still existed.

But yeah, not at least showing her at the end there was a big miss.

EDIT: Smileys break the spoiler tag.

Not sure if this was covered elsewhere, but there's a prequel film planned called Army of Thieves, starring and directed by Matthias Schweighfer (Dieter the safecracker) as well as an anime series. Both coming on Netflix later this year.

What's Next for 'Army of the Dead': 'Italian Job'-Esque Prequel, an Anime Series, and Maybe a Sequel

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Netflix is really starting to suck

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I thoroughly enjoyed the new season of Love, Death, and Robots. There have been some other shows/movies that I can't name off of the top of my head, but some of these bigger projects have missed in a big way.

As far as this movie goes, I enjoyed the mindlessness of it and I knew what I was getting into...But...

Ultimately, this movie was about nothing and the entire reason they sent a team in just didn't make sense. Why not find the coyote and have her take the security guy in so he can saw a head off. Why go through all the trouble of hiring a team, telling them to steal money, and then worry about them getting out?

Also...

Why was there a refugee camp right outside of Las Vegas? Why would the government put a bunch of unarmed civilians just outside of a large mass of zombies? Also, why would they need to check their temperatures?


Finally...

They should have turned the 10-15 minute montage of Vegas falling into the actual movie. I would have loved watching that. Hopefully that's what the prequel is. I will watch the rest of the media in this universe as the premise is interesting.

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Netflix is really starting to suck

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I thoroughly enjoyed the new season of Love, Death, and Robots. There have been some other shows/movies that I can't name off of the top of my head, but some of these bigger projects have missed in a big way.

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I did as well. Most of the feedback on the board seemed to be disappointment, but I definitely enjoyed them all. My only disappointment was that there were so few 'episodes' this season.

And yeah, all of the big movies they have been releasing lately have seemed completely forgettable to downright awful. Feels like Netflix movies are the new "Straight to DVD"

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Also...

Why was there a refugee camp right outside of Las Vegas? Why would the government put a bunch of unarmed civilians just outside of a large mass of zombies? Also, why would they need to check their temperatures?

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Temp check was kind of obvious I thought, when infected a person's body temperature drops so it's a check to see if an individual looks to be trending in a bad direction.

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Why was there a refugee camp right outside of Las Vegas? Why would the government put a bunch of unarmed civilians just outside of a large mass of zombies? Also, why would they need to check their temperatures?

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Temp check was kind of obvious I thought, when infected a person's body temperature drops so it's a check to see if an individual looks to be trending in a bad direction.

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Right, but folks turned so fast, it didn't make sense to me. Granted, there wasn't much consistency on that through the movie so I suppose I can remove that question. Still seemed wildly inconsistent and nothing more than a chance to show the sleeze ball cop harassing the women

So what's with the blue eyes/blue mist?

That was not explained right?

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So what's with the blue eyes/blue mist?

That was not explained right?

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Nope. Intentionally left open and unresolved, including the zombie robots

Didn't see or notice the zombie robots....

Scene?

Yeah, zombie robots??

When they are making a break from the vault to the elevator (to access the roof) and shooting all of the zombies on the casino floor, there are a couple that take headshots and appear to be robots. Why? Because.

So maybe it's more appropriate to say "Robot Zombies" instead.

Army of the Dead: Some of the Zombies Are Actually Robots (comicbook.com)

Ya, just read that.

I didn't notice that they appeared metalic etc. I thought the blue mist was just their blood/brains, some of their eyes were blue, I guess that's the thing?

The other zombies eyes are not blue.

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are a couple that take headshots and appear to be robots. Why? Because.

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I saw that, but thought that was just ****ty CGI...

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I saw that, but thought that was just ****ty CGI...

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It wouldn't be surprising. There is a dead pixel throughout the movie. Never seen something like that before. I assume it was an issue with the camera they used and no one caught it in post.

That's cool.

My brother is an extra in "Date Night" (Steve Carrel and Tina Fey), similar experience. Has some lines actually as he is holding some shopping bags and walking in the street and talking on the phone.

Thats pretty cool! Fun to see people we know in stuff...as long as it doesn't go to their heads.

I was entertained!!!

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There is also talk about a sequel but I don't know if that is confirmed. Could easily see it be about another outbreak in Mexico city from Vanderho

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Could just as easily have a sequel where the Coyote lady becomes a new zombie queen who was bit by the Alpha before she died. Then she survives the nuke for who knows what reason, and ultimately evolves due to all the nuke radiation.

At least, I wouldn't be surprised by something that ridiculous.

EDIT: *Wouldn't be surprised.