Good but not as good as the original.

Rating: 5/10 (27 March 2004)

Good but not so good remake to the original fright flick lacks the brains of its predecessor and does not have its heart. Sarah Polley and Ving Rhames do well with their roles but the film really does not go anywhere with the time it has, and it lacks the bravado of the original film's climax. My hats off to the director for keeping the body count high but shame on him for not getting too involved with his cast of characters, who in the original had some personality. George Romero's original had a sense of real dread and a nightmarish view on human conflict but this movie is more popcorn than a real meal. Some genuine scares here and there but nothing else in terms of real human emotion. Which is a shame because that what makes the original such a classic in modern horror.