Zack Snyder is unquestionably an impressive visual storyteller. He has a definitive style, a sharp eye when it comes to shot composition, and flair to spare composing exciting action set pieces. He has a talent for constructing memorable sequences, and is unburned by scope – as best exemplified by his best movie to date, 2009’s Watchmen. All of those skills are fully on display in his latest movie, the zombie-filled action/heist flick Army Of The Dead, but the problem is that they are all elements stacked on a nothing foundation that quickly lets the whole thing fall apart into a pile of clichés and over-indulgence.
