Rewarding remake but has some flaws overall

Rating: 8/10 (13 September 2012)

After finding the world overrun by a zombie apocalypse, a group of survivors try to barricade themselves inside a gigantic mall with others as they hold out hope of being rescued before succumbing to the growing undead outside.
This is a bit troubling but is overall plenty worthwhile. Frankly, as a remake this one here succeeds quite nicely with some rather gruesome-looking zombie make-up and gore-gags, fantastic action scenes that are utterly thrilling which include the final escape attempt from the mall inside the barricaded truck while trying to fend off the unreal swarms around them, numerous quality thwarted escape attempts inside the parking garage and a few funny gags spread throughout when dealing with the zombie horde outside, not to mention the utterly thrilling and breath-taking opening set-up that still manages to shock and entertain at the same time. There's still some problems here, from unrealistic character stupidity to throw themselves into danger, a complete lack of common knowledge or intelligence displayed, a dearth of zombie action in the middle for useless moments to pile up as they live their lives, and then comes the running zombie debacle that really permeates this one and moreover is the key to getting through to this one, as such a massive flaw against the main characters themselves is enough to knock this one down enough for some to despise it, as well as its standing as a remake in the first place. It's still got enough to entertain, but there's some flaws to be found.
Rated R Graphic Violence, Graphic Language, Brief Nudity, a short sex scene, and animals in peril.