History Film / LandOfTheDead

* BaldBlackLeaderGuy: Big Daddy!

* FingerlessGloves: Worn by several characters throughout the film.

%%* TheBigGuy: Pillsbury. And how.

%%* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Kaufman.

%%* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Pillsbury]].

* ItCanThink: The zombies are shown to have somehow become sentient enough to form a coherent group and fight against the human survivors. Big Daddy in particular becomes smart enough to do things like set fires, use an assault rifle (and even teach others how to use weapons as well), and utilizes his undead nature to teach zombies to cross a river without worrying about drowning. [[spoiler: The ending also seems to imply that Big Daddy and his followers are smart enough to ignore humans who aren't an immediate threat.]]

** Or Mouse for that matter. He's out on his own with absolutely no idea what might be near him and what does he do? He rolls around on his skateboard (not exactly the most practical vehicle when having to get away) while blasting heavy metal into his ears (because that will help him notice zombies).

--> '''Kaufman''': "''You have no right. No right''".

* AttractiveZombie: "Number 9"...somewhat.

* BigFun: The heroes are accompanied by several of Kaufman's soldiers, one of which is a fat Samoan named Pillsbury. He's just there as comic relief, basically.

* MonsterClown: Randomly shows up when killing Mouse.

* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler: Cholo]], declining a MercyKill, quipping that he's always wanted to see how the other half lives.

%%* BaseOnWheels: A very small-scale example is the Dead Reckoning.

* ItCanThink: The zombies are shown to have somehow become sentient enough to form a coherent group and fight against the human survivors. Big Daddy in particular becomes smart enough to do things like set fires and even fire an assault rifle. [[spoiler: The ending also seems to imply that Big Daddy and his followers are smart enough to ignore humans who aren't an immediate threat.]]

** Slack also does this to Manolete and Motown, two of Kaufman's officers! She shoots Manolete after he was bitten by a zombie and Motown later in the head while she's being bitten to spare her either being eaten alive or reviving as a zombie.

* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Chihuahua gets shot in the chest by Riley, but his only complaint is that his purple suit is now ruined.

** Slack also does this to Motown, one of Kaufman's officers, shooting her in the head while she's being bitten to spare her either being eaten alive or reviving as a zombie.

* CoolGun: Big Daddy picks up a Steyr AUG and figures out how to shoot it. Charlie uses a WWII-era M1 carbine. Slack picks up an HK [=G-36K=] from the armory, which indicates that Germany's firearms industry is still alive, well, and exporting long after the zombie apocalypse.

* DeathFromAbove: After Kaufman refuses Cholo entry into the more affluent areas of Fiddler's Green, the latter steals the Dead Reckoning and threatens to lob rockets at the town unless Kaufman gives him a lot of money. Kaufman instead sends Riley and some others to either talk him out of it, or kill him.

* EatTheRich: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]]. George A. Romero's zombie flicks tend to have an underlying social message, and in the case of this film, it concerns how the wealthy poorly treat the lower classes. When the flesh-eating undead horde siege the Fiddler's Green colony, although both rich and poor die in the onslaught, the more intelligent zombies' main targets are the upper-class establishment(Aka "the ones living in the big shiny tower at the horizon"). Once they're wiped out the zombies withdraw, and the class system ceases to exist. It's revealed afterward that ''the majority'' of Fiddler's Green other residents have survived the zombie attack.

* EvilVsEvil: Continuing with the recurring theme of the series that [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters humans are more of a threat to themselves than the Zombies,]] we have Kaufman, a racist, elitist CorruptCorporateExecutive, vs Cholo, a former lackey of Kaufman who steals the cities strongest means of defense, the Dead Reckoning and threatens to turn its heavy firepower on them (and by proxy, devastate the city and its economy and certainly kill many bystanders in the process) all because Kaufman refused to allow him into the more prosperous parts of Fiddler's Green.

** Pretty much everybody when outside of Fiddler's Green. You'd think that, years after the zombie invasion, people would have gotten more skilled at fighting them, even if only through sheer selection pressure. People still spray small-caliber rounds in the general direction of zombies that are only stopped by head shots, fail to properly clear out infested buildings, [[LetsSplitUpGang split up the gang]] etc.

* UndyingLoyalty: Charlie has towards Riley and Foxy towards Cholo to the point of [[spoiler:being willing to join in returning to Fiddler's Green despite knowing that Cholo will become a zombie after being bit]]. For their parts Riley and Cholo return this with Riley including Charlie in his plan to leave Fiddler's Green behind him, and Cholo [[spoiler:encouraging Foxy to leave him behind and find his own path.]]

** During the initial supply run at the beginning of the movie Dead Reckoning has two more crewmembers than later when the vehicle is stolen by Cholo, two men who were operating machine guns at the sides.

* ConflictingLoyalty: Cholo's companions (particularly Pretty Boy, ''Dead Reckoning's'' driver) seem to like Riley, and while they go along with his plan to extort Kaufman, [[EveryoneHasStandards display reluctance at the idea of actually going through with his threats to destroy Fiddler's Green]].

** Some of the residents of Fiddler's Green, such as the soldiers last seen saying that they're falling back on the radio.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: some of the residents of Fiddler's Green, such as the soldiers last seen saying that they're falling back on the radio.

* RapeAsBackstory: Slack makes clear that she was forced into prostitution and that she has other careres in mind.

* UndyingLoyalty: Charlie has towards Riley and Foxy towards Cholo to the point of [[spoiler:being willing to join in returning to Fiddler's Green despite knowing that Cholo will become a zombie after being bit.]] For their parts Riley and Cholo return this with Riley including Charlie in his plan to leave Fiddler's Green behind him, and Cholo [[spoiler:encouraging Foxy to leave him behind and find his own path.]]

''Land of the Dead'' (2005) is the fourth movie in the ''Film/LivingDeadSeries'' written and directed by Creator/GeorgeARomero and starring Creator/DennisHopper, Simon Baker, Creator/JohnLeguizamo, Creator/AsiaArgento, and Eugene Clark.