A similar but somewhat different movie from the original.

Rating: Null/10 (13 May 2004)

Dawn of the Dead 2004 easily becomes one of the best dead movie I've seen after Resident Evil. I was expecting the same storyline with computer generated zombies when I read about the plans to remake it. However, I was surprised to see that the movie itself, though derived from the 1978 classic, presents a different storyline than the original and that makes the movie fresh and new.
I've seen the original Dawn of the Dead and I loved it so much that I've seen it 14 times (nine times when I was between 12 to 17 years old, five times between 30 and 34). The lumbering mass of living dead consuming and terrorizing people is a horrific 'what if' scenario that gives me goosebumps whenever I think of it. However, there is still a question of whether the slow moving mass of living dead could really bring down civilization? People are smart, and people adapts. So even though living dead exists, the people will find a way to bring them down first.
Which brings us back to Dawn of the Dead 2004. These zombies are fast! Strong and very vicious! DOTD 2004 presents a realistic view of the real zombies taking over the world. Though the directors did not include an explanation of how the zombies came about and if it is triggered by a virus or whatsoever, they did present an overview of the city where society is falling down fast.
The actors aren't too bad either. There were more characters here than the original and though only a few of them were given more screen time, the rest did well by becoming zombies or zombie food themselves. One I will notably mention is the fat dying woman who became a zombie in a few minutes. She has no lines, but the way she died and opened her mouth is so grotesque. You have to see it to believe it. But see it, is a must for this movie gets a 9 out of 10 from me. I shook my head when I first read that they will do a remake of Dawn of the Dead, but now I'm glad that they did for this movie presents a fresh new view from the original. A true horror, suspense movie that I haven't seen from sometime.
Note: When you watch this movie, please take note of the scene when they were all on the top of the mall and were waving to a passing helicopter. The helicopter did not stop. Why? Because the helicopter is carrying the characters from the original Dawn of the Dead on their way to Monroe Mall. And you thought the director trashed the original story huh?