I actually WANT a sequel...

Rating: 9/10 (14 January 2008)

I am a big, big, big zombie fanatic. I have a lot of and have seen a lot of zombie movies. I have not been a fan of the remakes though. I watched the remake of "Night of the Living Dead" and was greatly disappointed. Reasons being that they changed to much of the story. For example, (SPOILER!!) no one made it out of the house alive in the original, but in the remake Barbra is the gun toting bada** at the end of the movie. That chick was in a coma for almost the entire movie in the original. Anyway, back to what I was saying, remakes normally suck because to much is changed around and the original idea is lost. The new "Dawn of the Dead" keeps the original idea of the movie and builds off of it instead of changing it. Yes, the beginning was different, but it was a quick lead up to the mall. People goto the mall, people live in the mall, people leave the mall. That was the idea. A group of people trying to survive the worst thing possible and trying not to kill each other in the process. I do have to admit, of all the zombie flicks I have seen I prefer to see the running, faster type zombies because before that I always just thought "just run through them". When Ana's husband started chasing the car, I will never forget the reaction of the other people in the theater when I first saw it. Some were gasping and others were laughing. We had never seen a zombie run like that before. There is a much more action in the remake that keeps things going. I know that the remake of "Day of the Dead" is about to be out soon, and I am hoping that lightning will strike twice with this series. I would love to see another action packed thrill ride like I did with "Dawn". Lets just hope they build on the idea and not destroy it.