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Year: 2004
Rating: R
Running Time: 1 hour, 41 minutes
A nurse wakes up to find that the zombie apocalypse has begun. She flees to the local mall in search of shelter, along with other survivors who come from all walks of life.
"Dawn
of the Dead" is directed by Zack Snyder in his feature film directorial
debut. The screenplay is written by James Gunn, adapted from the 1978
film of the same name, which was written and directed by George A.
Romero. The film begins focused on a nurse named Ana, played by Sarah
Polley, who, after a long shift, heads home spends some time with her family and wakes up to the shock of a full-scale zombie outbreak. She
flees for her life, eventually meeting up with many other survivors
before fleeing to the mall to hole up in the hopes of being rescued.
Joining her as the other survivors are Ving Rhames, Jake Weber, Mekhi
Phifer, Inna Korobkina, Ty Burrell, Michael Kelly, Kevin Zegers, and Michael Barry.
In
many ways, this remake is similar to the original 1978 version of "Dawn
of the Dead." In other ways, it is drastically different. In this more
modern take, the indictments of American consumerism aren't quite as
apparent as they are in the original, but who needs subtextual political
messages when you have fast-paced, vicious zombies roaming the Earth in
droves? The undead here more like those seen in "28 Days Later" as
opposed to the slow-moving, lumbering zombies of the classics created by
Romero and mimicked in film and shows like "The Walking Dead." This
change certainly adds a lot of intensity to the story because people
can't just take their time to get to their destinations, and instead,
have to haul ass to avoid being torn apart by these beings. Actively
aggressive zombies like the ones seen here become extremely dangerous in one-on-one encounters, so imagine how dangerous and insane it must be when they are found in massive groups hungry by the
hundreds or thousands.
The story here is
extremely simple as Snyder doesn't spend a whole lot of time flushing
out characters. Rather, he opts for standard archetypes without multiple layers, and that's not necessarily a bad thing. Of course, people
don't really watch zombie apocalypse films for the massive character
development, They watch for bloody zombie carnage, which Snyder happily
offers up in spades. He goes to some dark, unsettling places not
typically addressed in other zombie incarnations that will make you scream like a
baby, and offsets these instances with some levity in the form of comic relief.
Overall, what "Dawn of the Dead" lacks
in solid narrative and deep characters, it makes up for with pure, unabashed
entertainment, awesome and sometimes cheesy one-liners, and carnage up
the wazoo. This is a solid debut for Snyder.
My Rating: 7.5/10
BigJ's Rating: 7/10
IMDB's Rating: 7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 75%
Do we recommend this movie: Sure, why not?
BigJ's Rating: 7/10
IMDB's Rating: 7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 75%
Do we recommend this movie: Sure, why not?
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