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USA
1978 Directed by George A. Romero. Starring: David Emge, Ken
Foree, Scott H. Reiniger, Gaylen Ross.
Incredibly
awesome and astounding good. The definitive zombie film, and
the best horror film I´ve seen. And there will probably not
be any better, because they don´t make horror films like this
anymore. This is the second installment in Romero´s living
dead trilogy, and it´s on account of this film I rank him
as the best director in the genre. I was totally blown away
when I first saw "Dawn of the Dead". Romero made consciously
the effects incredibly rough, and he used the special effect
master Tom Savini to shock the public. Blood and violence
is so repugnant in real life, and he wanted to show that on
film too.
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The
nightmarish plot is about a world populated by zombies, who
only becomes more and more, and four individuals struggling
for survival. When the four protagonists begins to finish
up gas, are they land their chopper on the roof at a big zombie
occupied shopping-mall. Their intensions was to stay there,
with the use of food and weapon. But a motorcycle-gang will
also have a piece of the cake. When they breaking into the
shopping-mall, all hell´s breaking loose, and the zombies
are welling in all over the place. I really feel for the characters,
and want them to stay alive. But nothing last forever...
Despite
I have given "Dawn of the Dead" a five in rating, isn´t it
completely flawless. I didn´t like all the comedy elements
with zombies in the shopping-mall, and sometimes they looked
completely harmless. It took away the tension a little. I
loved the music in the beginning, but after a while, in the
shopping-mall, it turned out to be weak. The special effects
could been made better (zombies with blue faces and pink blood).
Now you maybe wondering why I gave "Dawn of the Dead" such
a high rating? Well, when it is at its best, it stands in
a class of its own. Romero really know how to scare the hell
out of people, but he proves here that he also controls other
domains within the screen. And even if it´s very long (140
minutes, director´s cut version) is it contains no dull moments.
It´s non-stop action all the time.
Kent
Palgren
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