It's a keeper vs a twitcher.

Rating: 10/10 (9 July 2005)

It's a solid zombie movie but with a twist: a cast you can actually care when they end up munched. All of the characters are much deeper than more or less any horror film I've seen. You actually feel sorry for Anna being an overworked nurse, Kenneth is just trying to get to his brother, Michael is just trying to stay alive, and Mekhi Phifer's character is just trying to become the husband and father he never had. Jack the playboy, is the group a$%^*&e and plays it perfectly.
Don't get me wrong, there are things that wouldn't make a lot of sense in real life. Like why would a police officer have the shotgun from his cruiser but not his sidearm for which he'd doubtlessly have 50 or more rounds of ammo? Why not find every possible weapon and use them to kill as many zombies as possible? A gas pump that works without electricity? Minor things with minimal impact on the movie but just don't make sense either.
All in all, I enjoy watching this flick frequently and just ordered the DVD of the original as well as the original "Night of the Living Dead" A little known fact about "Night of the Living Dead" is that the TV reporter (Bill Cardille) in the film actually did work for WIIC in Pittsburgh as the host for the Saturday late night horror double feature.