DAWN OF THE DEAD for TV

Rating: Null/10 (16 March 2002)

Eagerly waiting for this movie to be released I found it quite unsatisfying when I finally saw it. The creepy atmosphere and the well done action sequences can't help over the conglomerated plot made of two big chunks from DAWN OF THE DEAD and THE LIVING DEAD AT MANCHESTER MORGUE, a dash of ALIENS, and seasoned with several John Carpenter movies. But who thinks to find the gore and sometimes brilliant fiction of these splatter, horror and action classics in this movie will be disappointed. Apart from a scene which seemingly was inspired by the movie THE CUBE there is not much splatter in it. The one shot in the head you see at the end of the movie is probably topped every day on TV. All characters are written very plain and bloodless. Milla Jovovich and Michelle Rodriguez do their best to add some attraction to them. But they are clearly outshone by the action and CGI effects. I don't say that is an entirely bad movie. It only seems to be trimmed for TV or computer games. It is fast paced, has two nice actresses and in some moments it really gives you the creeps. Therefore it is entertaining.