24 April 2008

Day of the Dead (George A. Romero, 1985)

7/10
Not really what I was expecting after having seen Night, Dawn and Land. Day is more about humans' reactions to zombies living amongst us, so it was interesting from that POV. The message is pretty clear (humans are a greater danger to humans than any outside force) and for the most part it's well-acted...I found the scenes where the Professor was "teaching" the zombie Bub to be a little corny, and the ending felt like a bit of a cop-out to me. Also it didn't bug me much but I can see where some people would be disappointed with the lack of true zombie-on-human killing action (until the end, of course). As of now my Romero zombie hierarchy goes Dawn > Night > Day >>>> Land (haven't seen Diary yet).

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