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I love horror movies. I generally do not care for zombie flicks. I had never seen this movie before, so I decided to buy it. I did enjoy it. I surprised myself. Romero's movies are a little strange, and "out there" to me, but I really like his movie, "Bruiser." "Dawn Of The Dead" was very entertaining, and the pace was kept up, even with the slow zombies dredging along. This was a long movie, at one hundred and twenty seven minutes, but the time flew by. There seemed to be a lot of action in the movie, by filming in the mall, and using a helicopter. The mall held most of the scenes of violence between the zombies, and the undead. The heroes in the movie did not all prevail, so there was some tension, between rooting for the good guys, and the bad guys, the zombies. Some of the violent killing scenes were believable, with the gore, and the torture. I would recommend this movie, even if you don't care for zombie movies. It is an old movie, so some of it is dated in the hair styles and clothing of that period, but it didn't retract from the film. There was definitely more action in this movie, than there was in "Night Of The Living Dead." I'm glad I bought it, and gave it a chance.Read full review
THIS REMAKE IS BETTER THAN THE FIRST ONE AND I LOVED THE FIRST ONE!!! The cast is excellent (especially for a movie like this). Ving Rhames, Jake Weber (love him), Sarah Polley, Mekhi Pfeifer and others whose names I don't know yet, were all great! The zombies are faster and that makes the danger more real. the story has been revamped and brought up to date and there are some really satisfying emotional moments here. The "what could have been" love story is a nice touch and the loss of some of our favorite characters is hard to take. I really liked the transformation of the security guard as we go through the movie, and I apologize for not knowing the actors name because he was really good! Stay through the credits, it's essential!!! Most remakes are a bad idea, and since this was my favorite of the zombie movies made by Romero, I was not sure about it, but this is a movie that both my kids and I like, and that is rare because they like their horror movies a lot bloodier and soulless than I do. Plus, any time you can actually get good acting in a horror film, it's a beautiful thing.Read full review
Being an huge fan of the zombie horror genre this purchase is a no brainer. Of course Romero is the godfather of this realm and its easy to understand why he has had such a long running career in this one facet of film. Following the kingpin of all zombie movies, "night of the living dead", this film picks right back up with the zombie epidemic ailing a frantic society. Implicit in the film is that the problem is now much more widespread, reaching into the major cities, as opposed to the rural settings of the first film. For its age, 1978, its a remarkable job that the filmakers pulled off. The gore and make-up, though compared to modern day films is anciently unrealistic, is quite impressive. Even with the passage of so much time this film still manages to disturb, chill and disgust. Romero isn't the king for no reason. For those fanatics of the zombie genre this is a must see/have film. Upon watching one can see where modern zombie flicks drew so much of their inspiration, very nostalgic.Read full review
Since this review is something like the 64th customer review for George Romero's classic on eBay , I hope these thoughts further the reader's insight. I am in my 60's and have seen a lot of movies. I'm partial to films that offer thought-provoking content without being either pedantic or just whacking at norms and traditions because that is the fashion. Romero used a construct in this story that has stuck with me as a life-lesson for well over 30 years. When the 4 living determine to possess the mall, they must discover a way to co-exist with the zombies already roaming aimlessly within. They determine that the best way to 'live' among the walking dead, is to erect a series of cardboard corridors within. On the one side of the maze, the zombies would be routed to go where the living wanted them to be. On the other side, the living carved out the desirable areas of the mall they wanted for themselves. The unthinking zombies might have easily punched through the cardboard, which would immediately give them access to warm flesh they could immediately consume, but their thoughtless conformity was preventing them. The life-lessons struck me like a bolt then and remain fresh more than a quarter century later. As with any genius-level art, there are layers within layers of metaphor to ponder. Breathtaking! It is a masterpiece that transcends genre, and offers content for the horror fan as well as for those who are not. The remake was crude, superficial and vacuous. This is the version to have, and this edition is the one to own.Read full review
George A. Romero's biggest fans will want to shoot me in the head for this review, but --- the remake of DAWN OF THE DEAD is much, much better. I see what Romero was trying to do with the original --- criticize our materialistic, racist, classist society --- and on that level it succeeds. Blatant symbolism abounds. We see the poor, mostly black and Latino residents of a housing project turn zombie; they are easily shot by the authorities, most of them while lying on the ground. Four people hole up in a shopping mall, and successfully fortify it against the zombies. Months pass as they live safe, sheltered lives with all the material goods they need, while half-naked zombies shuffle around in the parking lot. The survivors are not being attacked, but they begin to feel like prisoners. Ultimately it is other humans (a motorcycle gang) that break into the mall, trash it, and leave the doors wide open so the zombies can get in...OK, George, we get it! Humans have the wrong priorities and turn on each other. Enough with the social commentary; I want to see a horror movie! We finally see some carnage when the zombies shuffle into the mall, but they're more pathetic than scary, as most of the carnage consists of the motorcycle gang throwing pies at the zombies and shooting their brains out. The zombies only get in a few decent bites. Another problem I have is the heroine of this movie (and I use the term heroine loosely). Gaylen Ross LOOKS rather like Sarah Polley in the remake, but there the resemblence ends. When a zombie collides with her boyfriend, knocking the hammer out of his hand, and zombie and boyfriend grapple on the ground, what does Ross do? She doesn't hit the zombie with the hammer. She doesn't hand the hammer to her boyfriend. She doesn't run. She doesn't stand there and scream. She stands there with a rather blank expression. She seems more mildly annoyed than frozen in fear. And no wonder; these zombies aren't exactly terrifying. The zombies move very slowly. So does the plot.Read full review
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