#Zombie highway 2 metacritic series#
In the 2010s, Romero was dissatisfied with his series ending with Diary of the Dead and Survival of the Dead. Taking place shortly after the events of Diary of the Dead, the film follows the actions of former Colonel and current Sergeant "Nicotine" Crockett (Alan van Sprang), who, after a failed raid, deserts his post with Kenny (Eric Woolfe), Francisco (Stefano Colacitti) and Tomboy (Athena Karkanis) and finds the existence of an island run by two families. The two exceptions are Tom Savini's character of Blades who becomes a zombie in Dawn of the Dead who would be seen again years later in Land of the Dead and the military officer ( Alan van Sprang) who robs the main characters in Diary of the Dead and goes on to become a protagonist in Survival of the Dead. Romero does not consider any of his Dead films sequels since none of the major characters or story continue from one film to the next. Each takes place in a world worsened since its previous appearance, the number of zombies ever increasing and the living perpetually endangered, but with each entry being a standalone film that is not directly continuing global events from the previous.
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The films portray how different people react to the same phenomenon, ranging from citizens to police to army officials and to citizens again.
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The fifth film does not continue the depiction of progress, but shows events at the very beginning of a zombie outbreak, similar to the first film.
#Zombie highway 2 metacritic movie#
This is exemplified by the fact that each movie is set within the era it is filmed, with Land of the Dead being set in modern times with current (as of 2005) technology such as game consoles, flatscreen televisions, and cell phones. This situation advances with each film, showing the world in a worsening state, but each film is independent of its predecessor. The films are not produced as direct follow-ups from one another and their only continuation is the theme of the epidemic of the living dead. Labeled " Trilogy of the Dead" until Land of the Dead, each film is laden with social commentary on topics ranging from racism to consumerism. Romero went on to direct five additional Dead films, while Russo branched into literary territory, writing Return of the Living Dead, which was later loosely adapted into a film of the same name and would have its own franchise, and Escape of the Living Dead. After Night of the Living Dead 's initial success, the two creators split in disagreement regarding where the series should head, and since the film was in the public domain, each were able to do what they liked with the continuity of their projects.