This movie while not as good as the original...it's damn good

Rating: 9/10 (27 March 2004)

This movie totally exceeded my expectations.I loved the original by George Romero and was hoping that they wouldn't trash this movie.I work at a theatre so I went to see it at an employee sneak peek and I tell you what.When the end came...the real one after the end credits...I was really happy that the new generation of directors and hollywood didn't screw what I consider to be the premeir zombie film.
Now the new one is not much similar to the old one minus the fact that it takes place for a majority inside a shopping mall...but these new elements that the director brought in made it great.First of all I have never been a fan of fast zombies but in this film they pulled it off great.This movie would've not been nearly as good if they hadn't had a fast zombie to fight with.The action in this movie is great.There is alot of action in it and they have just enough to keep it in the horror genre.Everything was done really well in this movie...now on to the bad stuff...
The movie had too many characters.It wasn't that they were bad but you didn't really need that many people...it took away from that "we're all alone" feeling.Next on the list...exposition...I wanted there to be more of a background...how did this start...where did it originate from...but the plot throughout the film was really well done.But i tell you it would've been alot better with maybe 15 more minutes in the film for exposition.Another element while appreciated that I didn't like was the comedy.You have to have a little bit but they tried to turn plenty of it into a comedy...too many one liners.
Overall I give this film a B+ on an all movie scale and an A on the horror scale.It was a great horror film and a good movie all around.I recommend this to Dawn of the Dead fans as well as new comers to the genre.