A close examination of brotherhood on the battlefield.
Entertaining, but not much to recommend to people not fans of the genre.
This straight-to-video remake of George Romero's Day of the Dead is an oddity among B-movie horror films in that it has more than one recognizable Hollywood actor, looks like it has a decent budget and has pretty good direction and visual effects. The only real downside is the lackluster writing. Still, most zombie movie aficionados will most likely be pleased by this offering provided they make a few concessions.
The tie-in to Romero's Day of the Dead is very loose here. Most of the story takes place topside instead of underground and it focuses more on the zombie action rather than the human interaction. In this version, a small town has been quarantined by the U.S. military and the townsfolk are suffering from some kind of virus. Those infected turn into flesh-eating zombies and it's up to a few survivors to get the hell out of dodge. Fans of Bub, the learning zombie from the original, may be disappointed to find Bud, the loving zombie here, but at least it's something.
This film gets the franchise back on course, but not completely gracefully.
If the audience is familiar with the stories, it will be wonderful to see them come alive, especially in the hands of a fellow fan.
Fun for everyone, just not at the same time or for the same reasons.
A powerhouse of youthful and exuberant energy where the jokes are non-stop and family life is non-conventional.
While the film is prototypical, it’s still engaging to the very end because of the strength of its cast, especially Gibson’s performance.
Audiences will be too distracted trying to understand the film to enjoy it.
Sometimes shocking, but consistently funny is comedy the Irish way!