28 Dawns later.

Rating: 10/10 (4 January 2006)

Ah another big-budget Hollywood remake.Another Turd to Flush.When they announced a remake to the Classic 79 Dawn.A lot of horror fans were furious.I suspect it was to be a by the numbers job.At least until Boyle's overrated 28 days later scored.Universal with dollars signs in they're eyes called Original producer Richard Rubinstein and had him throw out the walkers.Bringing in the Runners.And faster than you can say...CA-CHING,went into production.
I went in with the worst Expectations.But was blown away.The New Dawn is totally outstanding.From its hyper-kinetic beginning, showing of the Apocalypse,to the gloom & doom Johnny Cash Intro,to the hordes of Running,(not walking)Rotting, flesh-hungry Dead.
We get the survivors; Nurse, Cop,Dad,Kid,Redneck,Homeosexual,dog etc. Usual Suspects in the bunch.The movie flows very Nice.Its never Boring. Some good action scenes.Some nice bits of black comedy.For the most part.But never engages as well as the gripping first 15 minutes and bogs down.The ending is so-so.And the tacked on post-credits ending smells of studio meddling.Some of the characters act without reason at times.
Acting is top-notch.Sarah Polley,Ving Rhames,Jake Webber being the standouts.Familiar faces populate the new Dawn also.And pretty much everyone involved does a great job.It always nice to see Lindy Booth back on the big Screen.
The Zombies are very well done here.These are not the stragglers we are used to.The sound and Look totally intimidating.Very scary and lean and mean.I just cannot get past why they had to have them run.It kind of takes away from the movie.
First time director Zack Synder hits a home-run with the bases loaded his first time out.The movie looks great.He was the best man for the job.Some Hack would have screwed it up.Michael bay anyone? But they should have called it something else because it has little to do with the original Dawn.But it is great a zombie flick.