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Created Mar 21, 2009 02:31AM PST • Edited Mar 21, 2009 02:31AM PST

1. Quality

2. Summary

   Really Great 4.5

   Before Zack Snyder moved onto the big-studio films of “300” and “Watchmen” he directed this remake of George A. Romero’s “Dawn of the Dead,” surprisingly matching the 1978 work of the horror master in a horror film that is at once urgent, frenzied and unforgiving. “Dawn of the Dead” is a work of cinematic bleakness, nihilistic in its violence and refreshing in how its central zombies actually feel like a threat — here they run and scream after the victims they intend to tear apart, as opposed to stumbling drunkenly towards them. A mall stands as the abode for the group of protagonists, who randomly meet as they attempt to escape the sudden outbreak of ravenous undead.

4. Acting

   Great 4.0

   The acting is actually pretty damn good, talent as Sarah Polley, Mekhi Phifer, Jake Weber and Lindy Booth turning in some of the film’s better performances.

5. Male Stars Great 4.0

6. Female Stars Great 4.0

7. Female Costars Great 4.0

8. Male Costars Great 4.0

10. Film

    Great 4.0

11. Direction Great 4.0

12. Play Great 4.0

13. Music Really Great 4.5

14. Visuals Really Great 4.5
15. Content

16. Edge

    Sordid 2.7

17. Sex Innocent 1.5

18. Violence Savage 4.2

19. Rudeness Salty 2.5

21. Reality

    Surreal 3.0

22. Circumstantial Surreal 3.0

23. Biological Surreal 3.0

24. Physical Surreal 3.0