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	MPAA Rating:	R IMDB
	Category:	Zombies
	Overall:	7/10
	Scary/Suspense:	4/10
	Gore/Yuck:	7/10
	Story:	7/10
	SFX:	7/10
	Acting:	5/10

Quick Synopsis:

A traffic reporter and his news-station-executive girlfriend team up with two Philadelphia SWAT members in an attempt to flee the city overrun with zombies.  They escape in an news helicopter and eventually find refuge in an abandoned mall in Monroeville, just west of the city.  The group works together to secure their new living arrangements from the lumbering dead, but soon a band of very much alive raiders-on-motorcycles turns their world upside down.

The Bad:

• The acting was pretty weak, even for a horror movie.
• Roger acted too much like an idiot.
• Stephen was also an idiot.

The Good:

• The movie did a good job of building up and tearing down the feeling of safety for the characters.
• The special effects are pretty cool, even for 2010 standards.  I love the shots with zombies taking big bites out of their victims.
• There is a lot of creative ideas throughout this movie involving things people could actually do.

Final Thoughts:

A great zombie movie.   This has a VERY different feel than the 2004 remake.  This movie inspired game levels in the Left 4 Dead video games.  It was fascinating to watch the characters try to secure their needs just like a real person would.   Not many movies would go into this kind of depth nowadays.

Tags: Dawn of the Dead, George A. Romero, Zombies