Great modern day horror flick. The original 'Dawn' is of course better. But this one delivers a great plot like the original.

Rating: 10/10 (19 March 2004)

I saw this movie with my mother and my sister at 6:45 Eastern Time. I'm a die hard fan of Romero's 'Dead" Trilogy and am still very skeptical about this movie. However, it's one of the best horror films in years along with titles like 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre', 'The Ring', and for longtime fans of horror movies 'Freddy vs. Jason'. I might add that 'Jason X' was one of the worst in years. But it feels good that they're bringing back the classics and not ruining them as we've seen in years past.

The opening scene of the 2004 re-make of 'Dawn' is a great way to get your audience involved with a movie. The gore, the athlete fast zombies, and some disturbing images are a good way to get this movie going. The make-up was outstanding and the 'twitching' zombies were pretty cool. Seeing Ken Foree, Scott Reiniger, and Tom Savini in the movie were a thrill of its own. However, they only had 20 seconds each in the film. I believe they should have been involved a little bit more in the movie.

The acting overall was great. Ving Rhames delivers a kick-ass performance. More characters were in this movie to make it seen on many different point of views. The gore is alright but the DVD should give us some guts getting teared out of a biker. Oh, no only that graphic could be on the original 'Dawn'. But this movie is great on a different level and is guaranteed to be worth seeing once, twice, or a few times. I think it was better than 28 Days Later. 'Dead' fans already started running to the theater. ** 3/4 out of 4.