Zombie gore and British Humor, Humour...

Rating: 9/10 (2 October 2004)

Firstly, there was hardly any way I wouldn't have liked this film. I love zombie movies. I love gore. The only problem with this movie I had was that it could have used more gore and cannibalism. But then again, I'm a zombie, shall we say, connoisseur, and I expect a lot of gore. This movie follows ecstatically the road well paved by George Romero and Peter Jackson's "Dead" (Night of the Living, Dawn of, Day of) and Dead-Alive respectively. Plus, with commercial approval from George Romero, Peter Jackson, AND Sam Raimi, hell, how could you go wrong?? I would've wasted money on Alien Vs. Predator if those three had approved of it publicly (although I would have to question their sanity).
While there wasn't enough gore for me, there seemed to be plenty for the average movie-goer judging from the reaction of the audience around me. But again, I enjoy Zombie (Zombi 2 in Italia), Dawn of the Dead (both versions), Day of the Dead, and Dead-Alive--and good luck topping the gore of those films and getting away with an R rating.
But to all you Zombie fans, you will, as can be expected, enjoy noticing several obvious (and not-so-obvious) references to past Zombie works--mostly Romero's masterpieces. Right down to individual character lines to tiny portions of music.
It's also a great movie for a first date with a teeny-boppery ditz girl. No really. It is. She'll be all over you afterwards.
(sucker!!)
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