Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.

Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good

Brennan Camacho Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.

Marva-nova Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

classicsoncall I'm probably not the best judge of films like this because I just don't care about zombie flicks. There's something iconic about the original "Night of the Living Dead" that couldn't be duplicated in this sequel; part of it could be the use of iconic black and white in filming NOTLD, part of it could simply be the attempt at exploiting a formula that worked in the past. There was hardly even a story here, as it was all about four people trapped in a shopping mall knocking off the undead, and doing a poor job of it in many cases. I couldn't count the number of times I would have used a handgun or a rifle to dispatch a zombie only a few feet away that the principal characters allowed to walk on by. And not too quickly either I might add. Gosh but these zombies were slow. In the future, I think I'll take my zombie cinema in the way of pictures like "Shaun of the Dead", that is, with a great big heaping of satirical fun. Not to mention deadpan humor, although I just did.

aaronlbacks This sequel in the Living Dead trio improved upon the original in almost every way. Romero directed this film a full decade after the first and the advancements in technology, technical effects, and a bigger budget take the zombie uprising premise and put a new and fascinating story to it, and explore new territory literally and figuratively. Dawn presents the idea better that this phenomenon was world-wide. While it is still mostly filmed in the shopping mall, similar to how the first's setting was solely filmed in an abandoned house, we get a picture of how serious the massacre is through aerial helicopter shots. We get continued racial undertones taken from Night, but these are extrapolated, and a new consumeristic theme is added into the mix. Romero makes the statement blunt, but he says it well: people buy, buy, buy mindlessly like zombies. He almost mocks the American public with how humorful he has all the zombies walking around and slipping on ice rinks and falling in ponds. This comedy was not present in the original, but it certainly was a welcome touch, and there was not a single time a joke or gag did not flop. This movie had me laughing out loud several times. Another improvement was in the special effects department. There is no shortage of gore and cheesy gross-out scenes (my favorite being a crowd of zombies pulling intestines out of a man). I can tell that they are fake, and perhaps if this movie took itself more seriously it would be a detriment, but I feel the over-the-top fake blood actually adds to the movie. The group of four - Stephen/Fly Boy (David Emge), Peter (Ken Foree), Roger (Scott H. Reiniger), and Francine (Gaylen Ross) - play their well-crafted characters fantastically, especially Ken Foree. There was a strong influence from Duane Jone's performance in the original coming through in his part. I thought the symbolism, which was lacking in the original, was a nice touch. And lastly, the steps the four took were smart and logical and had me guessing what would happen next. I really appreciate how Romero added a sort of meditative part halfway through. The characters have built a room and are experiencing restlessness and ennui as to what they could do next, wondering if they could be doing more to help others. Even though they were thrown into this situation, they are still products of their environment and resort to normal life no matter how drab it is, waiting for the excitement of a new purchase, a new hit. The only part that bugged me a little was that there were a few too many shots of zombies just walking around. They were funny, but they began feeling like a litany. But aside from that, it's a brilliant film, and I can't wait to get my hands on Day of the Dead.

SlyGuy21 Oh yeah, I went there. This movie shares so many similarities with "Fifty Shades of Grey", don't believe me, allow me to educate you. Both films have no character development, both films have no plot, both films have no conflict, both films are 40 minutes longer than they need to be, and both movies are boring as hell. I would rather get eaten alive by the undead than watch this again. It's shocking how terrible this movie is. Let me give you some examples.So you'd think zombies would be the biggest threat in a zombie movie right? Not here. In fact, the zombies in this are about as terrifying as a bowl of oatmeal. They're a joke, they're not a threat, they are the most unintimidating zombies in movie history. The cardboard cutouts trying to be characters overpower an entire horde of zombies by just using their fists. Once they get to the mall, the plot comes to a dead stop, I hope you like cardboard cutouts that have no chemistry with each other running around a mall for 100 minutes, cuz that's what the rest of this trash is.Oh wait, there is character development, an hour into the movie, but it's easy to miss, because it adds nothing. White cop cardboard cutout gets bitten, he's dead, end of story. So of course we have the cliché of the others trying to save him and he eventually turns into a zombie. The problem, is that I don't freaking care!! He had no character, he had no personality, he had zero chemistry with the other characters. It's sad how I cared more about the kid in "Night of the Living Dead" (a character who had 2 lines of dialogue) than this guy.The zombie effects are terrible. The practical effects are OK, nothing special, but the zombie face paint is laughably lazy. I'm not saying the effects in the first movie were perfect, but a movie made a decade before this, had better zombie effects, there's no excuse for that. The bikers also serve no purpose, other than to slow the movie down more. The scene of them stealing things and treating the zombies like jokes drags on for what feels like an eternity. It served no purpose, at all, and they get eaten anyway, so what was the point? So the zombies could overrun the mall again?!? You could've just had the doors break!! It would've save 10 minutes of my life! The fact that there's a version of this that's almost 3 hours, scares the hell out of me. This is worse than "28 Weeks Later", this is the worst zombie film I've ever seen!

jacobjohntaylor1 This a very scary movie. It is a sequel to Night of the living dead (1968). It is scarier then Night of the living dead (1968). Night of the living dead (1990) is scarier. Still this is a great movie. It has a great story line. It also has great acting. It also has great special effects. This is one of the scariest movies from the 70's. This movie is a must see. It is one of the best horror movies from the 70's. It got an 8. But this is such a great movie 8 is underrating it. A group of people are trapped in a mall in a zombie invasion. This is a very scary movie. Ken Foree is a great actor. Gaylen Ross is a great actress. George A Romero is a great writer.