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As I mentioned in the other thread, Romero's movie and the remake have very little in common. I will only compare as being a fan really didn't hinder my opinion of the movie. I will refer the the characters based on their jobs so as to not confuse characters. Heavy on the spoilers, you've been warned
I'll go over the first ten minutes pretty quickly because most folks saw the USA 10 minute preview. Basically, the nurse character comes home from work. The next day, things went ape shit. A kid in the neighborhood kills her husband, who eventually returns as a zombie and tries to kill her.
She flees and eventually crashes into a tree. Cue the opening sequence with Johnny Cash's "The Man comes around" showing the zombies attacking all over the world. Eventually, the nurse wakes up and is confronted by the police officer. They venture off and come across three surivivors: A husband, his pregnant wife, and electronic store worker. After explaining things have pretty gone to hell, they decide to venture to the mall (which was just over the hill).
There, they investigate the first floor and attempt to secure it. Naturally, there's a couple of zombies. The pregnant wife receives a small cut on her arm from a fight with a zombie (This is revealed later in the movie). The survivors then decide to check out the second floor.
On the second floor, they come across yet more survivors...3 mall security guards. The guards are quick to taken advantage of the original group of survivors and are in charge. Around this point, we learn more about the zombie infestation and get a nice cameo by the actor that played Roger in the original, along with Sarvini's cameo. They start working on a plan to attract anyone that can help them. Eventually, they find another survivor...a gun shop owner who is stranded onto of his shop across the street from the mall.
Yet more survivors arrive at the mall. An old lady, older man, infected fat woman, infected man with teenage daughter, the obligatory asshole, the skanky slut, and another older gentleman. The original group (now up to nine - including the gun shop owner on the roof) fights to get them into the mall and eventually does. So, thats up to sixteen possible survivors. The actor playing Peter in the original film also makes a cameo as a television evanglist and mutters his famous phrase of "When there is no room in hell, the dead will walk the earth"
The infected fat woman eventually dies and its around this time the survivors realize that biting is how the virus (their words, not mine) spreads. The husband hides his wife in a baby store, realizing she'd be killed if the survivors found out she was infected. The survivors confront the infected man, informing him that he has got to go. Sappy moment with daughter ensues, and eventually he is disposed of. So we're down to fifteen remaining survivors.
The survivors sorta indulge in their surroundings, etc. Eventually the power goes out and its up to them to restore it. A group consisting of two of the security guards, the electronic store worker, and the police officer head down to restore power. They stumble across a dog and naturally are attacked by a sea of zombies. One of the security guards is killed. About this time, we go back to the husband and his wife. She is slowly dying and eventually does. She returns as a zombie and, defying any logic...gives birth to a baby zombie. Yes, you read that right.
The older woman, asked by the nurse, goes to check up on the wife. She discovers the wife has become a creature and shoots her, causing the husband and older woman to exchange shots and both die. The remaining survivors hear gunshots and go searching, stumbling across both corpses. At this point, we learn that the only way one can become is zombie is if they are bitten. Just dying doesn't cause you to turn. They kill the baby zombie. At this point, they create their final plan: Use the asshole's boat to get to an island. So they start modifying mall shuttles.
The gun shop owner is on his way out. No access to food, he is slowly dying. The mall survivors hatch a scheme to use the dog (which zombies pay no heed to) to give him supplies. It goes smoothly, but the gunshop owner gets bitten when a zombie snuck in. Realizing, the mall survivors aren't actually affected if he turns they decide not to inform him he's going to become a zombie. But, the daughter decides to go save the dog (abandonment issues I guess) and becomes stuck in the gunshop with the now zombified owner.
The remaining two mall guards, police officer, one of the older guys, and electronic store worker decide to go through the sewers and hopefully rescue the daughter and grab some supplies. They leave the asshole in charge of opening the fire door when they return. They do save her but the older man hurts his legs and is unable to keep up and eventually is killed. Naturally, the asshole isn't around and the nurse has to open the door. Of course, the zombies are now in the mall. Its time for escape.
The remaining survivors (down to nine - I think) make a break for it. I have to add this, they use a chainsaw to get the zombies off the side of the shuttles, sliding the blade through an opening. Eventually, the older guy decides to use the chainsaw but an accident causing him to slice open the skanky girl and himself apparently. The asshole runs out of the wrecked shuttle and is attacked and later killed by the nurse. The police officer then escape into the remaining shuttle but there is a small fight with a few zombies.
The survivors (six left) make it to the harbor. The mall guard decides to stay behind and allows the others to get away. His miscalucates and is forced to blow himself up (and alot of zombies). The remaining five find the asshole's boat and start to pile in. However, the electronic store workers says he's not going. He then turns his arm and exposes a bite wound. He and the nurse share a farewell and the boat sails off, followed by a gunshot. Cue to the credits.
Its shot on an awkward video camera but it shows our remaining four (the nurse, police officer, mall guard, and daughter) arriving at the island. However, there are also zombies on the island. Its assumed the survivors are dead.
Thats basically the movie. I'll add my own thoughts on a second post.
I'll go over the first ten minutes pretty quickly because most folks saw the USA 10 minute preview. Basically, the nurse character comes home from work. The next day, things went ape shit. A kid in the neighborhood kills her husband, who eventually returns as a zombie and tries to kill her.
She flees and eventually crashes into a tree. Cue the opening sequence with Johnny Cash's "The Man comes around" showing the zombies attacking all over the world. Eventually, the nurse wakes up and is confronted by the police officer. They venture off and come across three surivivors: A husband, his pregnant wife, and electronic store worker. After explaining things have pretty gone to hell, they decide to venture to the mall (which was just over the hill).
There, they investigate the first floor and attempt to secure it. Naturally, there's a couple of zombies. The pregnant wife receives a small cut on her arm from a fight with a zombie (This is revealed later in the movie). The survivors then decide to check out the second floor.
On the second floor, they come across yet more survivors...3 mall security guards. The guards are quick to taken advantage of the original group of survivors and are in charge. Around this point, we learn more about the zombie infestation and get a nice cameo by the actor that played Roger in the original, along with Sarvini's cameo. They start working on a plan to attract anyone that can help them. Eventually, they find another survivor...a gun shop owner who is stranded onto of his shop across the street from the mall.
Yet more survivors arrive at the mall. An old lady, older man, infected fat woman, infected man with teenage daughter, the obligatory asshole, the skanky slut, and another older gentleman. The original group (now up to nine - including the gun shop owner on the roof) fights to get them into the mall and eventually does. So, thats up to sixteen possible survivors. The actor playing Peter in the original film also makes a cameo as a television evanglist and mutters his famous phrase of "When there is no room in hell, the dead will walk the earth"
The infected fat woman eventually dies and its around this time the survivors realize that biting is how the virus (their words, not mine) spreads. The husband hides his wife in a baby store, realizing she'd be killed if the survivors found out she was infected. The survivors confront the infected man, informing him that he has got to go. Sappy moment with daughter ensues, and eventually he is disposed of. So we're down to fifteen remaining survivors.
The survivors sorta indulge in their surroundings, etc. Eventually the power goes out and its up to them to restore it. A group consisting of two of the security guards, the electronic store worker, and the police officer head down to restore power. They stumble across a dog and naturally are attacked by a sea of zombies. One of the security guards is killed. About this time, we go back to the husband and his wife. She is slowly dying and eventually does. She returns as a zombie and, defying any logic...gives birth to a baby zombie. Yes, you read that right.
The older woman, asked by the nurse, goes to check up on the wife. She discovers the wife has become a creature and shoots her, causing the husband and older woman to exchange shots and both die. The remaining survivors hear gunshots and go searching, stumbling across both corpses. At this point, we learn that the only way one can become is zombie is if they are bitten. Just dying doesn't cause you to turn. They kill the baby zombie. At this point, they create their final plan: Use the asshole's boat to get to an island. So they start modifying mall shuttles.
The gun shop owner is on his way out. No access to food, he is slowly dying. The mall survivors hatch a scheme to use the dog (which zombies pay no heed to) to give him supplies. It goes smoothly, but the gunshop owner gets bitten when a zombie snuck in. Realizing, the mall survivors aren't actually affected if he turns they decide not to inform him he's going to become a zombie. But, the daughter decides to go save the dog (abandonment issues I guess) and becomes stuck in the gunshop with the now zombified owner.
The remaining two mall guards, police officer, one of the older guys, and electronic store worker decide to go through the sewers and hopefully rescue the daughter and grab some supplies. They leave the asshole in charge of opening the fire door when they return. They do save her but the older man hurts his legs and is unable to keep up and eventually is killed. Naturally, the asshole isn't around and the nurse has to open the door. Of course, the zombies are now in the mall. Its time for escape.
The remaining survivors (down to nine - I think) make a break for it. I have to add this, they use a chainsaw to get the zombies off the side of the shuttles, sliding the blade through an opening. Eventually, the older guy decides to use the chainsaw but an accident causing him to slice open the skanky girl and himself apparently. The asshole runs out of the wrecked shuttle and is attacked and later killed by the nurse. The police officer then escape into the remaining shuttle but there is a small fight with a few zombies.
The survivors (six left) make it to the harbor. The mall guard decides to stay behind and allows the others to get away. His miscalucates and is forced to blow himself up (and alot of zombies). The remaining five find the asshole's boat and start to pile in. However, the electronic store workers says he's not going. He then turns his arm and exposes a bite wound. He and the nurse share a farewell and the boat sails off, followed by a gunshot. Cue to the credits.
Its shot on an awkward video camera but it shows our remaining four (the nurse, police officer, mall guard, and daughter) arriving at the island. However, there are also zombies on the island. Its assumed the survivors are dead.
Thats basically the movie. I'll add my own thoughts on a second post.
