Worthwhile to see

Rating: 9/10 (18 August 2004)

It had a really good start. Very terrifying. The tense was nevertheless palpable all throughout the movie. Characters were also very fine, no overplaying. There wasn't much text, but I didn't miss it - all the explanations. The drama, that was between the characters, was enough and well-played, unlike most American movies in my opinion. There was also not much time to pause and think very long during the movie, about what is going to happen to all these people on the roof. Everything went on smoothly and quickly, although in between I somehow seemed to miss some of the development, for example when did they decide to escape through the underground garage in the mall.
The attempt failed, regarding some addition to the dead army. In conclusion I wish I hadn't seen the ending subtitles of the movie:) , then I wouldn't of known, what was going to happen to them on that island. I would have gone to bed, knowing the survivors lived through the tragedy, that fell upon human kind ("when hell is full, dead walk the ground"), although that would have made Dawn of the Dead just another usual "happy-ending story". Then again, I stress, this is definitely not some usual "bad-ending story" too! Every movie has to have an ending of some kind. I liked the music. It's hardly likely they survived on that island. But of course it's everyone's imagination..