The end of the world romero style

Rating: 10/10 (28 July 2011)

As for zombie movies go, dawn of the dead 2004 is really on top of its game. MOst disaster movies will have a tremendous amount of action to keep you entertained, but dawn of the dead explores where other movies stop. In this movie, we clearly see people fighting to survive against a never ending army, becoming stranded in a shopping mall and society collapses. They hear no news, they are surrounded by death and this entire outbreak and they have to deal with each other.
One good aspect out of this movie was the fact when they arrived at the mall and got in, the head security guard quickly was NOT going to allow them to stay and then insisted on locking them up. He seemed like a bully and was quick to pull out his gun and threaten people, and was definitely not your favorite character, but he quickly improved as the movie went on, and he was out there to survive. On the other hand there were "passive" and nonviolent people in this movie who were less adept at handling these situations. At the same time, there were lowlifes they had to deal with (a snotty worthless survivor who always talked trash to everyone and then became NO help when everyone counted on him). Then there was a nurse, and a few normal people who were just trying to survive and they were the real survivors. One survivor had an infected wife and became irrational and tried to keep her at the mall depsite the danger.
The general message was that the people who are quick to action and stay strong survive and those who wimp out die. However, the deeper message was that the people eventually decided to leave the mall (freaking out about being trapped there), and they go through the town only to find that they are the ONLY survivors and that the roads are virtually unpasassible and ultimately resulting in their demise.
At the end of the movie it seems to be NO clear answer and ALL of the place is infected and its basically the end of the world as there seem to be NO survivors and the entire population and all armies have succombed.