My top vote for "Best in Genre"

Rating: 10/10 (16 February 2005)

I must confess that when beginning to view this film I expected more gratuitous bloodshed and slow-moving, emotionless zombies......Oh contraire, indeed! What sets "Dawn....2004" apart from ALL OTHER such films (including NOTD and the original DOTD) is just that.....the speed with which the condition leading to zombi-ism spreads and the "zeal" of the zombies is without precedent. Acting is 1st class and editing is phenomenal. One thing that sticks in my mind RE the plot is how the dorky lead Mall Security cop starts out as a frightened tool, and in the end turns out to be the top hero of the day, making possible the "escape into the sunset" of the remainder of the surviving party.......I particularly like that sort of character development......It puts the "value" in "redeeming social value" that we do so crave in films of this genre!
In closing, this is not only a MUST SEE, it is a MUST HAVE IN YOUR DVD COLLECTION!