Army Of The Dead 2: What Zack Snyder Can Learn From World War Z
As Army of the Dead 2, recently titled Planet of the Dead, waits for production to begin, Zack Snyder has a chance to improve his formula by drawing inspiration from the zombie movie World War Z. Army of the Dead was released in 2021 to generally favorable reception. The film is fun, stylish, and features an array of impressive visual effects. Taking even the slightest look at its plot, however, reveals the areas where Army of the Dead 2 can improve upon its predecessor.
World War Z was another exciting but flawed zombie movie. The Brad Pitt action-horror adventure was released in 2013 to a response that was surprisingly similar to Army of the Dead's more recent reception. While World War Z strived for a riveting real-world narrative, the signs of its troubled production and frequent rewrites overshadowed most of its major story beats. Brad Pitt was expected to return in a sequel until rumors in 2019 teased the probable cancellation of World War Z 2. With or without that sequel, the strengths of World War Z could still be applied to the future of the zombie genre, most notably in Snyder's Planet of the Dead.
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If Zack Snyder wants to avoid retreading the mistakes made by Army of the Dead, he should look to World War Z's most impressive feats before taking Planet of the Dead from script to screen. World War Z excelled first and foremost in its scope. From South Korea to Jerusalem, the film provided a glimpse of the world at large as it was terrorized by the zombie virus. Army of the Dead, reasonably, kept its focus on just one city. In a sequel dubbed Planet of the Dead, that narrow focus won't be enough. If Army of the Dead 2 is going
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