Bloody Good Remake!!!

Rating: 9/10 (19 June 2013)

Normally I'm stand-offish towards remakes. Usually it seems when filmmakers decide to remake a classic, what they're really saying is "The original sucks in some way. So now I'll do it better." And 9 times out of 10, the remake is worse. Filmmakers of a good remake however say "The original is excellent and we're not going to mess with it. Let's set it to one side. Now here's our version!" In many ways, a good remake is an alternate story. DAWN OF THE DEAD is an example of a remake that is done very well. Taking the same basic concept as Romero's 1978 classic, director Zack Snyder and his team create their own frightening zombie film.The story: For nurse Ana (played wonderfully by Sarah Polley) her rough day at the hospital is finally winding down. All she wants to do is go home and fall into the arms of her husband. On her ride home, kids are playing, birds are chirping, music is blaring out of her radio. Just another normal day comes to an end... Next morning, in one of the best scary scenes in recent cinema history, she's attacked and must flee her home. Shortly afterward, she meets up with Kenneth (Ving Rhames) along with several other survivors. With nowhere else to go, they head to the enormous Crossroads Mall. And the rest of the story involves their struggle to survive in a zombie-infested world. There are so many individual scenes and gory special effects that I wouldn't think of revealing them all. Everything from the witty, sarcastic dialogue to the fleshed-out characters work together. Does it improve on the original? No, the original is still the best. However, it does make a wonderful companion piece. So if you want to have a double feature, go ahead and watch them both. Also, if you're not satisfied with the "happy ending", stay through the end credits!