Dawn of the Dead (2004) Critic Reviews
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Based upon 13 Critic Reviews- Highest Rated
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The eventual video game is bound to be a lot more fun -- and less slowed down by bad dialogue -- than this "Dead." Read the full review
The movie has many of the elements that made the first "Dawn" so darkly entertaining. Read the full review
Calling this version of Dawn of the Dead a remake is applying a misnomer. It's more of a re-imagination. Read the full review
Don't leave before the final frame -- if you're still breathing. Read the full review
Good zombie fun, the remake of George A. Romero's Dawn of the Dead is the best proof in ages that cannibalizing old material sometimes works fiendishly well. Read the full review
Yes, it's essentially a remake of a sequel, albeit a sequel that happens to be one of the greatest horror movies ever made, but it more than surpasses the original.Read the full review
When there's a whole mess of zombie killing to be done, who cares about reflective writing or that time-wasting element of suspense? Read the full review
It's silly, witty and good-natured, not scary so much as icky, and not horrifying or horrible but consistently amusing.Read the full review
Overall, this Dead is zippier than 1995's retake on "Village of the Damned" and somewhat less junky than the recent remake of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre." Read the full review
My only complaint is that its plot flatlines compared to the 1979 version, which was trickier, wittier and smarter. Romero was not above finding parallels between zombies and mall shoppers.Read the full review
