2004
Rated R
Directed by Zack Snyder
Written by James Gunn
Starring Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Jake Weber, Mekhi Phifer and Kevin Zegers
I've never really been a fan of horror movies. It's not because I'm afraid of being scared, it's just that I'm not scared easily so I think that most horror movies are a waste of time. Some exceptions off the top of my head are: The Exorcist, Poltergeist, The Ring, 28 Days Later, and this.
The 2004 movie Dawn of the Dead is a remake of the 1978 George Romero classic. I've never seen the original, so I can't compare, but I know that there are several differences. The zombies in Romero's version were slow-moving but the zombies (or "reanimates," as they're referred to) in the remake are strong, fast and violent (similar to the "infectants" in 28 Days Later). The remake has a larger cast than the original, which many purists complained caused a lack of character development but I didn't mind. The original took place in Pittsburgh where the remake takes place near Milwaukee.
A young nurse (Polley), a grizzled cop (Rhames), an electronic salesman (Weber) and several others take refuge in an abandoned shopping mall when an epidemic begins to turn everyone into flesh-eating, rage filled zombies. The plot is simple, really: a bunch of strangers escape violent zombies, hide in a mall (which the zombies surround), decide to escape, plan their escape, and attempt their escape.
No, it's not going to win any Oscars, but this is an intense, violent, funny, scary and mindblowing movie. If zombies ripping people's flesh off with their teeth or getting their heads getting blown off with a shotgun makes you queasy, stay away. This movie is GORY as all get-out.
But it's highly entertaining. I promise.
Erickson Beamon
Oh, and some trivia for y'all: the screenwriter, James Gunn, is the husband of Jenna Fisher, who plays Pam on "The Office."
1Was this the one with the zombie clown that bit that dude's arm off, or the one where they're on the roof taking turns popping zombie celebrity lookalikes?
2The celebrity zombie lookalike one. That scene was hilarious. "Burt Reynolds... tell him to get Burt Reynolds!"
3I thought this was a good remake. I was entertained and I thought it had some rather scary scenes.
4Fast zombies freak me out. At least if they're slow you can nail them with a baseball bat. I think that and a machete would be my weapons of choice if I had to fight zombies.
5I love this film! The Burt Reynolds look alike scene was to die for; it really got me laughing. I have never found this film scary; in fact it made me laugh(for good reasons though, not because it's a bad film.) The fact that the zombies were Fast not Slow and were some-what smart, was a cleaver idea. Every has the idea that a zombie = a slow moving,no intelligence, living dead creature. The guy (i think it's webber) that I like in here now stars on Medium as Allison's hubby; Now Medium scarys the you-know-what out of me!lol. I find shows like that insanely scary; I don't find zombies frightful however the paranormal stuff is horrible...(chills.)
6I ADMIRE KEVIN ZEGERS SO I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT
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