Zombirific! Well done.

Rating: 10/10 (19 March 2004)

Like many, I found myself anxious about the news that Dawn was being remade. I wasn't particularly worried about the choice of director or screenwriter (like some outspoken folks). I was more concerned with the "uber-stupid-teenification" that seems to haunt most of the decent ideas that surface in cinema nowadays - particularly in horror films.
That said, there were a couple instances in the new Dawn that I could've lived without. But they were easily forgotten amidst the ruthless spectacle of these very determined survivors in a shopping mall.
Romero fans and newcomers alike should be pleased. The violence is huge, but the gore wasn't over the top as I had expected it would be. It was simply very well done.
And for all of you people who are upset over the running zombies, just get over it already. I'm a big fan of the original movies. But the bottom line is this: lumbering, staggering, slow-moving zombies just aren't scary anymore folks. They scare your grandma, but not us anymore. It's been almost 30 years. We have to be ... "re-shocked" into believing in the bleak, almost unbearable truth that anyone alive during the Dawn of the Dead apocalypse...is in deep doodoo.
As a huge fan of the genre, I give it 10 outta 10. Hopefully we'll see more of it soon.