Unnecessary

Rating: 5/10 (20 March 2004)

Pointless.
Senseless.
Unnecessary.
Is it boring? Hm, not really. Is it fun? Phihh, not really. It's passable zombie mayhem, better than RESIDENT EVIL [though that's not saying much] but it's insultingly shallow, & refuses to deal with ANY of the possible implications of its apocalyptic plot [not only in terms of ideas, since this is not *that* kind of film, but also in terms of plot points, characters, attitude or anything].

It's too shy & restrained even to be sick in the vein of Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake= they're playing everything for SAFE here, & manage to remain lame even with a couple of nice flesh-rending & chainsaw-wielding scenes. Even in this regard the new DAWN doesn't offer any inventiveness: we've seen all of these many times before, & it's only the production values of the make-up effects that make this worth your while.

It's a product of its times, & sad times indeed these are if this kind of zombie film is to 'represent' them.
Watchable it is. Worth watching? Barely.
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