Not Bad!

Rating: 8/10 (6 April 2004)

Probably the best remake of a horror film ever to grace the big screen. Loved the beginning, I even got the sense they did actually try to start off from the remake of Night of the Living Dead over ten years ago here.
Obviously this is a remake of the original but it isn't. 'What?' you must be thinking. It has the same concepts using the Mall etc, but it does have the right to be its own film. There are a lot of new characters, new stories and it is not an exact remake of the original. After the first three minutes of the film its mainly all out action with a slow 15-20 minutes in the middle where they added a little humour which I enjoyed. The Burt Reynolds part was brilliant. Thought they could have done more with the baby. They could have at least had the little blighter bite somebody. There are a lot of positives here for the hardcore horror fans. We have a decent enough script, decent acting, decent zombies and a lot of gore factor. The chainsaw parts are very good. Go into watching the film expecting a lot of fun and thats what you will get back in return. No real scary bits to mention unless you are pregnant.
8/10