Dawn of the Dead
Directed by George A. Romero
Written by George A. Romero
1978/US
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One of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die
Dr. Millard Rausch, Scientist: This isn’t the Republicans versus the Democrats, where we’re in a hole economically or… or we’re in another war. This is more crucial than that. This is down to the line, folks, this is down to the line. There can be no more divisions among the living!
George Romero turns the gore up to eleven while at that same time making sardonic digs at consumer culture.
Two of Philadelphia’s SWAT police officers, a traffic reporter and his girlfriend are forced to hole up in a shopping mall by marauding hordes of zombies. The zombies are also attracted to the mall by some instinctive vague memory of that is where they should go. The mall includes a gun store and the four blow away dozens of their slow-moving foes.
Finally, a group of non-zombie thugs spot the mall and get the same idea. Then things get much worse.
This movie is non-stop bloody action and is really a ton of fun. The blood is so over-the-top that it doesn’t disgust or horrify. It looks like the cast must have had a lot of fun making it. Recommended if the description appeals
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