This movie was garbage. Crap.

Rating: 2/10 (13 September 2006)

Wow, if there is ever a case for a movie which is completely pointless, useless, and a waste of everyone's time, it's King Kong 2005. Oh wait, wrong review. it's also 2004's "Dawn of the Dead." The new "Dawn" sucked on so many levels. It's yet another reason why most remakes should not be made. Poor direction, horrible script, bad actors, lame music...and this was supposed to be a remake of one of the greatest horror films ever made? It's like a joke.
First of all, this wasn't scary at all. Horror means scary. You are supposed to be scared at a horror film. Nope. There was not a single instance in this film that was scary at all, none. Wasn't this the director's first film? Where'd they pick him up, eating lunch on 3rd street outside of NYU with all the other pretentious no-talents who attend there? Or did he save someone's life or something and being the director was his payback? Wow, the direction sucked.
Second, the actors all sucked. The main black guy cop was a laugh riot. Trying to look tough, spurting out those badass lines...he was hysterical! So were the others for the most part, but he was the champ here.
God, where to go from here...the music was a joke. The zombies all sucked. Running zombies suck. They looked OK here and there, but the running helps take away from the "doomed" atmosphere that was sorely lacking. I never felt there was the "doom" that the world was being taken over by the dead. Showing a million computer generated zombies doesn't do that, good film-making and direction does. So the zombies weren't scary, they were often pretty funny. The zombie baby was especially hilarious. So was the fat one chasing the blond in the mall.
OK, let me be positive for a sec. There were only two whole good shots in the film - the little girl in the shadows in the house near the start, and one shot of the Russian woman as she's dead. That's it.
Wow! It's a sex scene! Completely unneeded and out of place. Like most of the scenes probably.
Some may say you can't compare this to the original. Why? Of course you can, it's the remake! The original is a classic because it had it all - great direction, scary atmosphere, decent soundtrack that added to the film, decent acting - unlike the new film which was poor on every level.
What garbage. A complete waste of everyone's time. It really makes you wonder who is making these films these days and where they are learning their "talent" and craft. But hey. I'll end this on a positive note. I will say this about the film - as horrible as it was, it was better than "28 Days." Read my review on that "great one" when you get a chance.
Nah, let's end this on a negative note, because crap like this movie deserves it. "Dawn of the Dead" 2004 sucked. Big time. Sucked.