Resident Evil, eat your heart out

Rating: 9/10 (21 March 2004)

I'm not normally a big horror fan, as a majority of the "horrors" that I've seen have, at best, only one good jump-inducing scene, with a few cheap obligatory "shock" moments that rely more on surprise than horror to scare you.
Dawn of the Dead is intense. Really intense. Intense intense intense... the pacing of the action beautifully creates the feeling that everyone is just hanging on for their lives, and breaks are few and far between. About mid-way through the action slacks for about 10 minutes, and I felt myself welcoming the mental break almost as much as the characters themselves.

This is a fun movie... make sure to see it with a group of friends, and don't get up to go to the restroom. And unlike most other zombie movies, the zombies are actually pretty scary... I've heard a few complain about the idea of a fast zombie, but the slow, shambling zombies of resident evil look absolutely lame in comparison to these fast, screaming unfortunates.

This is horror at it's purest- the crap's been cut, the action is inense, and nothing is sacred. Wow.