One of my favorite horror films.

Rating: 9/10 (20 August 2006)

I know it's very rare that a near all-around decent film comes out of this genre. Especially from it's sub genre (zombies). Almost from the start this film had a lot of decent fright sequences and especially gore. One of the beginning scenes where the little girl bites Anna (Sarah)'s husband still actually freaks me out a bit. I was actually a little surprised when I first watched this film. I've learned; after watching several horror films, to lower my standards a bit when judging them. They almost always have less drama, character development, and lower-grade acting then other movies. However, this is one movie that hits above average when it comes to horror films. It is a bit overly-gory sometimes, and the characters don't really have a whole lot of background or personality. Most of them simply get picked off after having a few scenes each. That was actually the main flaw I saw in this movie. Even the main characters have little development, other than being people that came to a city mall during the zombie crisis.
The ending was rather interesting however. I mean the ending that continued even into the credits. It also seems to warrant a sequel as it's unsure if the last 4 characters survived or not.. I think I can safely say that this is one remake that at least lives up to, if not surpasses; the original. Making the zombies fast moving and slightly more intelligent than previous zombie movies was a good move in my opinion. It sort of reminded me of 28 Days Later in that aspect. The zombies are more frightening when they can actually catch someone on the run (and even keep up with moving cars!). Blood runs rampant in this movie, so it's definitely not for the weak of heart. It still remains to be one of my favorite horror movies, and an overall top-tier horror movie in my opinion.