Don't leave before the final frame -- if you're still breathing.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Michael O'Sullivan
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 Full Review »
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Washington Post: Desson Thomson
The movie has many of the elements that made the first "Dawn" so darkly entertaining.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Manohla Dargis
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 Full Review »
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ReelViews: James Berardinelli
Calling this version of Dawn of the Dead a remake is applying a misnomer. It's more of a re-imagination.Read Full Review »
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Philadelphia Inquirer: David Hiltbrand
This film plays out like one of those trigger-happy video games -- it's all cranial splatter. Word to the squeamish: Dawn of the Dead merits a very hard R rating. The depictions of violence are exceedingly graphic.Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
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 Full Review »
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USA Today: Mike Clark
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 Full Review »
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Village Voice: Michael Atkinson
It is, like most, an unnecessary remake, but the new, digitally boosted Dawn of the Dead brings it on with a 10-minute overture that might be the most upsetting tin-can apocalypse modern movies have ever seen.Read Full Review »
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Boston Globe: Wesley Morris
The movie is weak on attempts at survivalist philosophy (anyone bit by a zombie is likely to become one). Even the religious overtones feel tinny and unpronounced.Read Full Review »
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