Dawn of the Dead

The remake of Dawn of the Dead is made by Zack Snyder, who is a sometimes good director and sometimes superfluous in his deliveries. This film starts well, it has it's own tinge of humor and grossness as a quite appealing Sara Polley flees from her zombie husband. She, and a group of others take refuge in a shopping mall. They barricade the doors and spend their days stealing from the shops, shooting celebrity zombies from the roof, and planning eventual escape. We get a lot of pretty stupid shit in the middle though, like when a bitten pregnant woman has a zombie baby. It's admittedly pretty fun in the middle, and a lot of the killings are more entertaining than usual because these zombies can run (contrary to the classic zombie). Eventually the group makes a sort of super bus to take them out and to an island (where they feel they'll be safe). And as the film goes from the great first scene to average to boring, the film becomes disappointing. And then the sadism comes out as practically every character dies. And then the film does something unforgivable. It finishes in the credits. We see them go off in the boat to happiness, and then the credits start and everyone dies. Real appealing. Real smart... Dawn of the Dead is an essentially unnecessary and forgettable, especially cruel film with nothing to it. It's on supercharge but not all the better for it. We've really just seen it all before. Yawn.
Dawn of the Dead: ✰✰