Dawn of the Dead
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A group of survivors take refuge in a shopping mall after the world is taken over by aggressive, flesh-eating zombies.
What critics thought
Snyder's remake earned broadly positive notices as a lean, visceral horror film that largely honors its source while carving out its own identity — though critics diverged sharply on whether abandoning Romero's satirical bite was a loss or a liberation. The opening sequence was nearly universally singled out for praise, while character development and the film's relationship to its own meaning sparked the most disagreement.
“Dawn of the Dead joins The Ring and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre as an update that both honors its source and emerges as an effective horror film in its own right”
Michael Gingold·Fangoria
“the filmmakers' commitment to genre fundamentals”
Manohla Dargis·Los Angeles Times
“feels like the product of the PlayStation era”
Wesley Morris·Boston Globe
“[t]he flesh-eaters are picked off like video-game targets”
Elvis Mitchell·The New York Times
“it's inevitable that most of them end up as one-dimensional throw-aways whose sole purpose is to increase the body count”
James Berardinelli·ReelViews
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Action, Horror
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Dawn of the Dead
A group of survivors take refuge in a shopping mall after the world is taken over by aggressive, flesh-eating zombies.
What critics thought
Snyder's remake earned broadly positive notices as a lean, visceral horror film that largely honors its source while carving out its own identity — though critics diverged sharply on whether abandoning Romero's satirical bite was a loss or a liberation. The opening sequence was nearly universally singled out for praise, while character development and the film's relationship to its own meaning sparked the most disagreement.
“Dawn of the Dead joins The Ring and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre as an update that both honors its source and emerges as an effective horror film in its own right”
Michael Gingold·Fangoria
“the filmmakers' commitment to genre fundamentals”
Manohla Dargis·Los Angeles Times
“feels like the product of the PlayStation era”
Wesley Morris·Boston Globe
“[t]he flesh-eaters are picked off like video-game targets”
Elvis Mitchell·The New York Times
“it's inevitable that most of them end up as one-dimensional throw-aways whose sole purpose is to increase the body count”
James Berardinelli·ReelViews
Genres
Action, Horror
Cast & Crew
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