Dawn of the Dead
So I never saw the original, so I don't have that to go on. But I must say, I liked this movie. I was in the mood for a solid zombie film, and I got that and more. To best describe this movie, think something along the lines of 28 Days Later mixed with...well something that makes it better. You still have the end of the world feeling, and the group of people trying to survive, and the horde of flesh eating zombies, and all that. But you also have so much more. Rather than the group of 3 or 4 people, we have a whole collection stuck in a mall, with their own society forming. Also rather than having a 2-hour nonstop zombie fest, the movie is slipt into a terrifying beginning, a social construction middle, and a zombie fest escape plan ending. With so much happening and so many characters to bring us all in, the movie does a great job of not only scaring us, but also entertaining. Hey, maybe I'm looking too deep into a zombie thriller, maybe not. In either case the movie still succeeds majorly as a zombie thriller alone. The zombies are frightening, realistically dead looking, and extremely well done. And opposed to most main stream hollywood films I see, I also liked the ending. All in all, a great movie.
RATING: Worth a Full Price Ticket, Worth a Purchase