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Dawn Of The Dead (2004)
Directed by Zack Snyder
Stars: Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Jake Weber, Mekhi Pfifer
Dawn is a very good updating of the George Romero classic from 1978. The setup is essentially the same: the Earth is plagued with legions of flesh-eating zombies, and a group of people hole up in a shopping mall to escape them, at least for a while. This time around the zombies are not a bunch of slow-moving stumblebums, but fast-moving badasses who are very hungry.
Zack Snyder's kinetic direction makes this a lot of fun, and pretty damn scary. The problems I had with it were too many extraneous characters, which watered down some of the character development, and their interactions. I could have done very well without the security guards, but the addition of Andy, another refugee on the roof of a neighboring building was inspired and added a lot to the film. The rescue sequence was gut-wrenching. The method of escape from the mall also added a lot more tension and action than the first movie.
The opening and closing sequences were both excellent as well. I was really surprised at how many people got up and left the theater when the credits started to roll. Those suckers missed a lot.
Dawn Of The Dead (2004)
Directed by Zack Snyder
Stars: Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Jake Weber, Mekhi Pfifer
Dawn is a very good updating of the George Romero classic from 1978. The setup is essentially the same: the Earth is plagued with legions of flesh-eating zombies, and a group of people hole up in a shopping mall to escape them, at least for a while. This time around the zombies are not a bunch of slow-moving stumblebums, but fast-moving badasses who are very hungry.
Zack Snyder's kinetic direction makes this a lot of fun, and pretty damn scary. The problems I had with it were too many extraneous characters, which watered down some of the character development, and their interactions. I could have done very well without the security guards, but the addition of Andy, another refugee on the roof of a neighboring building was inspired and added a lot to the film. The rescue sequence was gut-wrenching. The method of escape from the mall also added a lot more tension and action than the first movie.
The opening and closing sequences were both excellent as well. I was really surprised at how many people got up and left the theater when the credits started to roll. Those suckers missed a lot.