Nice Film, But Falls Still At Some Points

Rating: 7/10 (31 May 2004)

I went into this film skeptical, judging from the content and quality of past "zombie movies", but this film surpassed my expectations at most times, but at times, it fell short of those same expectations.
The film has a nice soundtrack and overall, the sounds period. The music leaves you wondering what's going to be at the next corner, but most of the time it is nothing, leaving you wondering when something WILL happen, and you never know when so it just jumps out at you.
I had an epiphany tonight. I thought that all remakes of "B-flicks" had to have cheesy blood and skin effects. I was wrong here. The blood and gore is done near perfectly, the blood and wounds realistic and you feel how bad it would be if those events were taking place on you.
There is no long "set-up" for it, but we jump right into an interesting story that doesn't have many stale points. At times, the story does get kind of lame like a "B-flick", which is slow and overdone, but that doesn't prevent this movie from giving you the zombie goodness that you want.
One argument that I have with this film is that we never become enlightened on the origin of the zombies. It would of been nice if we could of at least known the reason the zombies were appearing. Maybe if they would of remade "Night Of the Living Dead" first that disappointment would not be in existence.
Overall, a nice movie, but has its bad parts, like any film. The acting isn't stale and stiff, and the actors fit into the characters perfectly. I'd recommend this movie for any zombie-movie-junkie, but if you're easily queased, don't see this unless you expect to cover your eyes a lot of the time.
John Hughes (with the assistance of Cory Darenzo)