When there is no more room in Hell, the dead will sprint the Earth. - Spoilers

Rating: 7/10 (22 March 2004)

I do not understand the idea of remaking good movies. I think I'll re-paint the Mona Lisa. Why not remake bad movies? Just think, a big budget remake of Plan Nine from Outer Space. Then again, if you wash and polish a piece of crap, it's still going to be a piece of crap. Ignoring the fact that it is a remake, the new Dawn of the Dead is a good movie. I would call it a gore filled action movie as opposed to a horror movie. It was not scary at all. 28 Days Later is more of an actual 'horror movie.' Not many modern horror movies are actually scary any more. They have become so post-modern that it is almost impossible to have unique scares anymore. The good thing about this movie is that it does not take it self seriously. James Gunn set out to write a balls to the wall zombie movie and that is exactly what he did. It is obvious that he is a student of Lloyd Kaufmann. The zombie baby scene is something right out of the Troma Universe. It is obvious that Gunn is a big horror movie fan. He knows all of the elements to throw into the mix, like the a*****e you hope gets killed, the comedic yet gruesome death scene, the 'getting and plan and preparing to kick ass scene,' and countless others. He is the perfect person to write a 'horror' movie.
I can do without the MTV style of editing in movies these days. Dawn of the Dead is full of that and it gets annoying and confusing to a degree. The cinematography was great though. It had that kind of grainy look that any horror movie should have. The picture also seemed to stay clear and focused while the camera was rapidly moving around too. The new Dawn of the Dead is a treat for any zombie fan. The whole argument that the zombies move too fast is just silly. There are no rules for zombies because they DON'T EXIST, so film makers can have them do whatever they want them to do. I think they are creepier when they are slow moving and lurking around, but who cares.
The remake ignores the capitalist and consumer oriented society metaphors because they were already explored in the original. That would have been crossing the line of remaking into just ripping off ideas. Have fun and go see the remake. I'm sure Mr. Romero will forgive you.