Review: Dawn of the Dead (2004)

Dawn of the Dead is a true success story. It was somewhat highly acclaimed, it gained a decent fansbase, and it set Zack Snyder up for his smash hit 300. Honestly, its one of the only good zombie movies (along with 28 Days Later) in many (many) years.


Dawn of the Dead is not a perfect movie, or even close, but its one that you can sit back and just watch. It never gets too intense because many moviegoers want an enjoyable horror movie. It has a lot of humor, sometimes badly mixed in with the scary scenes. Honestly, its okay to mix horror and comedy at the same time, but it has to be dark, black humor, or just good ol' campy fun, but thats not the kind of comedy used in this film.

It is based of George A. Romero's film, but its a lot different. Its not a political or social allegory, its just a simple, fun to watch zombie flick (though it is really beautiful). The fight scenes and zombies themselves are amazing, but once or twice its a little fake (nuclear explosion from propane tank?). My hat goes off to Zack Snyder for making a watchable, way above par forumulaic zombie romp.