This one, Land of the Dead, has received some criticism for its content. Unfortunately, this film did not experience the wildly popular frenzy that NOLD experienced. In this film, civilians must live in a gated community to protect themselves from zombie attacks. To get out and access the outside world to do what is necessary, they light fireworks and walk away. The bright flashes and noise distract all the zombies as they rush in the direction of the fireworks. Civilians simply walk out the back door and go about their business. This allegory may be more difficult to grasp than the previous one. The zombies in this film represent American citizens. They have the ability to control and force change, but are easily distracted by media-sponsored issues (fireworks). In reality the fireworks are set off by civilians to distract the zombies. This scenario represents the American government and its actions. It is known that Romero was very anti-Bush, releasing this film during his second term. All in all, Romero accuses the American government of doing things to distract citizens so that they can get out of the place where they are supposed to stay and do what they want. Americans had a hard time processing what Romero was trying to say with this. This was a much harder pill for people to swallow than the theme of racial equality promoted by Romero in his first film. Romero has not received much support in his public criticism of his country