Top-Notch Zombie Movie

Rating: 9/10 (4 February 2003)

Regardless of what anyone says about this film, I enjoyed it. It had me jumping out of my seat and held my attention with ease. The acting was a little shaky and the dialogue wooden but the action set-pieces were great. If I had one criticism for the film is that it wasn't gory enough - for Zombie movies to fill their potential, you have to show them to be at their most frightening, which involves feeding and just generally gory stuff they get up to a la Romero, In Resident Evil you don't really see the zombies feed - they are just there to be shot.
Paul Anderson does a more than good attempt at a world-renowned game, but with a bigger budget and a better script, it could of been up there with the likes of "Night of the Living Dead". So Im hoping with the sequel he can put right all the little niggles in it.
9/10