Dress up and play pretend

kosmasp

George Romero - you may know him as the master of zombie movies. Maybe that is not what you call him (maybe Fulci is your master), maybe you don't know him at all. Whatever the case, this is a ... showcase that he could do more. And while he has shown it in other instances, it is imperative to remind people of that from time to time.

So if you are into play pretend - well watching movies in general should mean you are into it. So some things in the movie may not have aged as good as others, but the overall theme of the movie and what it tries to convey story wise still live on and work more than nicely. We dive into a microcosm ... a world that we may not be entirely familiar with (though there have been so many fares since then, whom apparently took some of the ideas depicted here) ... but at least some of us would love to live in that world.

Now casting wise, there are quite a few (Romero) familiar faces here, from some of his other movies. But we also get Ed Harris in one of his first major roles. The intensity, the screen presence ... everything is there. And while it is fantastic to see, I'm also a bit sad that Romero never seemed to have the chance to work with big time actors. Just because it would change the perception some have of his work, not that the ones he worked with were bad in what they did and some still do.

So no horror in that sense, but still a lot of action, but even more fantasy and a community of people that may have their differences but still are strong together - with one to rule them all

score 8/10

kosmasp 16 August 2020

Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw6000225/