High-stakes horror

Zombies have taken over Las Vegas in a thrilling new action film

- CAREN CLARK, STEVEN PERKINS.

NEW HORROR

Army of the Dead From Friday 21 May, Netflix

It’s The Walking Dead meets Ocean’s Eleven in Netflix’s entertaining new horror film Army of the Dead, which sees a group of mercenaries break into a zombie-infested Las Vegas casino to retrieve millions of dollars locked in a vault.

The one-off drama is set in the aftermath of a plague that has been released from Nevada’s secretive Area 51 military base. After a bloody war, the US government has managed to contain the outbreak by building a wall around Vegas, which has been taken over by the terrifying undead.

However, casino boss Bly Tanaka (Hiroyuki Sanada) is desperate to retrieve $200 million in cash from a near-impenetrable underground safe before the city is nuked by the government in 32 hours.

RELUCTANT HERO

To carry out the mission, Tanaka turns to Scott Ward (