Dawn of the Dead [2004] (DVD)

George A. Romero's 1978 horror classic 'Dawn of the Dead' is without doubt one of my favourite films of all time, when it was announced then that there was to be a remake I was absolutely dreading its release. I instantly dismissed it and decided that ultimately it would not be up to very much at all. As it turns out I was wrong and the 'Dawn of the Dead' remake is in fact fantastic, better than the original in some ways even. Slow zombies have been replaced with super fast, highly powerful flesh munching machines and for that reason it is all the more scary. The social satire element has been lessened, but the film itself is a punchier and in ways more powerful offering ...  Read the complete review

Remakes. Everyone hates them, right? Not this one. It is one of the finest remakes made, especially of such a classic. The story is simple; world gets taken over by zombies, some survivors take over mall. Everyone knows it. The best thing about it is how they have their zombies. They modernise it but not so your left with computer made crap. They look realistic and make the movie just as scary as the original. You see in depth characters and feel a genuine sense of fear watching this movie. There are slight changes but not enough to ruin it, just enough to make it interesting. We first see a "Zombie" in the form of a little girl who walks into her parents room. ...  Read the complete review

Introduction ------------ Having revived the zombie movie with Night of the Living Dead (referred to as Night from now on), George A Romero returned to the subject with 1978’s Dawn of the Dead. Taking place simultaneous with (or just shortly after) the events shown in Night, Dawn sees two members of a Philadelphia SWAT team and a TV news helicopter man and producer girlfriend flee the increasing chaos and hole up in a shopping mall. The Characters --------------- As with Night, Romero concentrates on just a few main characters. There’s Stephen (David Emge) and Peter (Ken Foree) – members of a SWAT team who become disillusioned trying to ...  Read the complete review

Introduction ---------------- Dawn of the Dead is a remake of George A Romero’s classic 1978 zombie film of the same name. When I heard news of the remake, my initial reaction (as with most remakes) was “Why?”. It seemed both unnecessary and unwanted. Needless to say, when it was released, like the sucker I am, I still went to see it. So, is it worthy of the undoubted master of the zombie flick, or is it a putrid pile of fetid flesh that even the hungriest zombie would turn his nose up at? Dawn (1978) Vs. Dawn (2004) -------------------------------------- OK, first off, I am not going to compare the 2004 version with Romero’s original here, ...  Read the complete review

When young nurse Ana finishes work for the day, she's pretty tired. She's so tired she doesn't notice the sudden increase of patients being admitted to the hospital. She doesn't notice the fact that the ambulance drivers are far busier than they would normally be and she doesn't listen to the special announcement on the radio before she switches to her regular easy listening channel. When she gets home, there is an eerie calm about the neighbourhood but after sharing a shower with her husband, she gets into bed and drifts into a peaceful sleep. At 6:25 her husband is woken by the sound of the bedroom door slowly opening. As he opens his sleepy eyes, he makes ...  Read the complete review