**SPOLIERS** Why remake Dawn of the Dead?

Rating: Null/10 (23 March 2004)

Zombies on the loose once more, what is new? This remake fails to capture anything remotely close to the original, which makes me wonder why Bart Gunn (screenplay writer 2004) decided to call this movie Dawn of the Dead. The only thing kept from the original was the fact that these survivors were at a mall.
The original movie is far from a perfect horror movie, and to this reviewer, the original is more of a comedy than true horror. (Are there any true horror movies anyway? I think not). However, if one is to remake a movie, one should keep at least half (or more) of the ideas in it. Also, do not kid yourself, this is a remake. Most will say it is merely based on the original but anything based or remade is the work of the writer envisioning what he would do with the original if he had the chance.
In this version, there are no characters from the original, no use of the helicopter, no infestation of zombies in the mall, the characters did not live at the mall for a while, and the best part of the original was the biker fight scenes. There is so much more I can gripe about but I'll save it.
This remake definitely failed to achieve anything. This is one of the worst remakes ever, if not the worst. If you plan to see this movie for it's original counterpart, avoid at all cost. This movie gets three out of ten stars.
However, this movie is not horrible. The one thing needed to enjoy this movie, (to a point of seven out of ten stars), is to call it something other than Dawn of the Dead. Call it "Panic in Wisconsin" instead. If you go see this movie with another title in mind you might like it.
But it truly is a horrible remake.