Great remake

Rating: 10/10 (20 March 2004)

As a fan of the original Romero films and the genre in general, I was somewhat apprehensive to see what this film would do with the material. Fortunately, the result was an onslaught of gore, awesome looking modern-day `fast' zombies, well honed homage to the past, and snippets of originality from the writer/director that make this a truly excellent addition to the zombie film collection! While House of the Dead (last year) had its good moments (and its bad as well), Dawn exhibited quality filmmaking all the way through. I really enjoyed the energy, visual effects (gore) and cinematography, and the characters in this movie. So many horror movies these days forget that characters are as important as the rest of the action. Not here. If you are a zombie fan, and you enjoyed 28 Days and/or the original Living Dead movies, you really should see this movie on the big screen. There are some really great suspense sconces that we could never have imagined back in the 1970s. Enjoy!