I have a vague recollection of seeing the Romero original of this and not being particularly wowed, it clearly being nothing compared to his original “Dead” trilogy of the time. Time of course might change that, his further installments of the Dead series not being particularly noteworthy either (though I’ve certainly got a little more out of them than others). It’s likely I wouldn’t have watched this remake were it not for an urge to watch anything from this year even of passing interest in order that I might get a top 10 list up by the middle of the year, lol.

All there really is to say is that I was impressed. This is easily brutal enough compared to so many movies of its kind released recently, and perhaps more importantly than anything has real actors in it in the form of Radha Mitchell and Timothy Olyphant. I remember really enjoying director Breck Eisner’s Sahara some years back and here again he proves himself more than capable of keeping a relatively huge story flowing and interesting. The loop/sequel-baiting ending is bound to infuriate some but, until an inevitable sequel spoils it, I’m inclined to view it favourably as a good old “nightmare without end” closure. I’ll almost certainly watch this again when it hits HD TV.

Tags: apocalyptic, disease, horror

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