"Dawn Of The Dead" is the second in George A. Romero's "Living Dead" movies.
The zombie epidemic which started in "Night Of The Living Dead" has spread rapidly. Major cities are becoming graveyards...and unfortunately, the bodies are wandering around. A newspaper reporter, her helicopter pilot boyfriend, and two SWAT officers decide to take a news chopper and try to find somewhere less populated by ghouls. They take up residence inside a large shopping mall...close the place off and clean out the "inhabitants". But soon, their paradise is threatened by another source - a gang of all-too human looters.
While this one was in color (where the original "Living Dead" was black and white), this is still a pretty low-budget film. The special effects are pretty cheesy by today's standards. It is interesting to imagine what it would be like to live inside a shopping mall (a mall that includes a grocery store and a gun store...but hey, it is a movie).
It is also interesting to watch apparently how easily the world we know and love can unravel. These are people who had jobs, lives, friends...and now, their only instinct is survival. Romero also gives a sly commentary on our obsession with material possessions. The characters living inside the mall wear designer label clothing, expensive jewelry, and play poker with money they took from the bank inside the mall. One character becomes enraged when the looter gang breaks into "their" mall.
An excellent horror movie with a subtle social message...when there is no more room in Hell, the Dead will walk the earth. "Dawn Of The Dead" is an excellent sequel.
Starring - Ken Foree, David Emge, Gaylen Ross, Scott H. Reiniger and Tom Savini. Directed by George A. Romero.
Time - 2 hours, 6 minutes. Rated - R (Violence, language, horror gore)
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