Splatterdammerung

Army of the Dead's McGuffins rack up the horror from a vault of millions to military supremacy to (spoiler/sequel alert) Mexico City – what happens in Vegas does not stay in Vegas. Chekhov's gun is a cement cutter and the zombie hordes are self-organising, in a nod to John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars. The feel is more Carpenter than anyone else, although there's plenty in there. 'Suspicious Minds' on the soundtrack is a lovely joke for a warm-brains-chomping zombie movie, when you think about it. The scope is biblical, but Old Testament. The cast is one of the better-looking this side of Black Panther. Can we talk about Zack Snyder the Director of Photography? The shallow depth of field is ravishing. Sure, movies are running out of stuff – everyone's being clever calling this zombie movie a zombie movie, geddit – but this dead flesh is a feast for the eyes.