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Rating: Null/10 (21 March 2004)

Although I believe there were definitely enough laughs in this one to justify the price of admission, it is quite obvious that it won't ever become the classic the original is. The original featured a great plot, great characters and actors who played them, portrayed social commentary on humans and humanity in desperate situations and a zombie whose head gets sliced up by a helicopter blade. This version has absolutely none of that and that's a disappointment right off the bat. It seems Universal just wanted a more politically correct cast and characters with less shock value than the original. The cinematography was a bit irritating too. Fast camera swings, vague images of zombies really detracted from it. On the other hand this version, unlike the original, had one character providing comic relief which was quite good and provided much needed laughs we all came to expect from these "Dead" movies originally done by George Romero. All in all, the original version was a very well made movie that was not in best taste for most audiences so it developed a hardcore cult following. This version seems to be geared at selling tickets to the 18 - 22 crowd and, therefore, lacks depth. The ending was a bit strange too. Worth seeing once if you're a fan of the original trilogy. It will be interesting to see how it resonates with the new audience it was designed for.