great remake, at least to me.... I thought this was a great remake, I think it was more exciting than the original, although the original is somewhat sacred to some folks, more or less. I thought they REALLY improved the opening scene! It was MUCH more exciting that way! And the entire movie was thrilling, or so I thought anyway. It did need some good old flesh-chomping scenes, tho. I still totally enjoyed it!! Definitely worth watching.
completely silly! Who would give the green light to this?
It is a total remake of the 1968 classic. The only difference is that there is a slight revamp to reflect modern times.
Since it mirrors the original then it deserves what the biggest complaint hsould be of it...it pales in comparison to the original. This was really weird to remake this movie.
"Dawn of the Dead" was cool b/c it had a new, fresh spin to the story. This has no scares, no atmosphere, no innovations and no riveting performances.
Skip this oneSavini's remake of Romero's classic is good. Tom Savini gives his motion picture directing debut with Night of the Living Dead, a 1990 remake that tries to add some more gore, but is ultimately hindered by the MPAA's strict R policy, which has lightened up since, considering films like DOTD 2004 is much more grisly than this one, which cuts away after a half second of gore to satisfy the MPAA. Would have given this four stars had Savini created an unrated director's cut.
Still, he stays true to Romero's classic, adding color and a few new concepts here and there, like a strong heroine rather than Barbara being a squeamish little mouse like in Romero's original.
The zombies look good, but this could use more gore and guts for zombie fans to feast on. Nonetheless, a solid, though somewhat repeated entry into the zombie genre. The original still rules, but this is a nice compliment worth noting.
