‘Army of the Dead’ review: Zack Snyder’s zombie fest is fast, furious and fun

Netflix horror-thriller delivers an overdose of explosions, decapitations, gouts of blood and even a zombie tiger to ensure an enjoyable popcorn outing

There are certain things you expect in a Zack Snyder film: slo-mo shots, gouts of gore that splatter the frames crimson, remixes of songs of a certain vintage and loads of style. Army of the Dead delivers all this in spades. Snyder, who made his feature debut with a successful reimagining of George A. Romero’s iconic Dawn of the Dead (1978) in 2004, returns to zombies to deliver a thrilling heist/zombie/post-apocalyptic/estranged father-daughter reunion tale. That is the size and scope of the Synder buffet. To up the danger quotient in Dawn of the Dead, Snyder made the zombies move quickly, instead of their usual mindless shuffle. In Army of the Dead, Snyder has created a sentient zombie, which might offend the purists (including yours truly), but then he has also given us Valentine, a zombie tiger, which goes a fair way in forgiving the liberties taken with the canon.