Dawn Of The Dead (2004)

Dawn of the Dead, released in the year 2004, has been one of the zombie movies I have had on my list to add to the collection of zombie movies I have watched, and I finally gave it a shot last week — it was worth the time.

Being a zombie movie freak and already knowing most of the possible outcomes in such movies, I went in with that mindset while also expecting a strange twist in this one. I must say, even though most zombie movies follow almost the same pattern, this one had its own twist — especially with the newborn baby delivered by an infected mother. I was hoping the child wouldn’t be infected, unlike what happened in one of The Walking Dead spin-offs, Daryl Dixon, where the baby came out uninfected. That part broke my heart because they had to shoot a baby that was less than one day old.

Ana, a medical doctor who was at the hospital, heard the news and saw a lot of patients rushed in, infected with the disease. She didn’t get to witness the full manifestation until her shift ended and she went home. Upon getting home to meet her husband, they had a good time all through the night, and when dawn came, the husband found a little girl — their neighbour — whose mouth was stained with blood. He rushed to check what was happening, and that was the end of him. The little girl bit him, and he turned into one of them and attacked his wife, Ana, but she ran for her life.

Ana later met a group of survivors, and together they entered a mall, which appeared to be safe at first. However, a more dangerous problem awaited them there, but they had to survive by all means.

To think that this movie was released in 2004 and is still a masterclass with a good storyline and impressive set design — it stands among the first set of zombie movies from which current trends adopted their ideas. It truly deserves a big applause. The zombies here are very active, full of energy, and can compete with a car’s speed. I love the idea!

The deaths, filled with emotions from strangers who turned into family, are one of the elements I expected to see, and the movie delivered that maximally.

Cinematography There is complete perfection in the acts — both the craft of the characters and the graphics. The characters are so perfect in their performances, and we can’t take away anything from the graphics either, especially the gunshots followed by the reactions and the bullet impacts on the body.

I will give it a 9/10.

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