imperfect but makes good on its promise

Rating: Null/10 (22 March 2004)

In this remake, a nurse wakes up one morning to find her once peaceful town in complete anarchy and overrun by people who've inexplicably transformed into bloodthirsty zombies. Soon she and a group of survivors, including a hardened police officer, a young man and his pregnant wife, and a callous security guard, must band together inside the town mall to try and survive. Pretty good for a remake, but the film has its ups and downs; fans of blood and gore will certainly get their money's worth, and the script certainly has a warped since of humor, but the story and characters are never fully fleshed out, and the dialogue is often clunky. Still, it delivers big for genre fans. **½