Congratulations Zack Snyder

Rating: 9/10 (10 July 2004)

I grew up on George A Romero's films in the 70's, so imagine my horror when it was announced that one of my all time faves Dawn of the Dead was going to get a 21st century makeover.
Since I've been pretty well bored with so-called American horror films over the last decade or so (Session 9, Blair Witch being two rare exceptional exceptions), I went to the cinema last week in Krakow, Poland, not expecting much.
100 mins or so later I came out, my heart pumping, pulses racing. This is NOT a remake, more like an upgrade, fast, furious and fun to boot.
Congratulations Zack Snyder and all involved, nice to see a modern horror film with attitude, and I loved all the in-jokes for fans of the original (store Gaylen Ross etc).
I look forward to seeing this film again and again...just like the original