A remake of the 1973 film of the same name, which was directed by George A. Romero. The new version directed by Breck Eisner and starring Timothy Olyphant (Die Hard 4), Radha Mitchell (Silent Hill), Joe Anderson (Becoming Jane) and Danielle Panabaker (Mr Brooks) was really good.
Strange for a remake, I know, but I did enjoy it, maybe because I've never seen the original. But I like to take my remakes on their own merits and try not to compare them to the original too much.
The cast is really good, the story is straight forward and you can see the ending from the start, but it's not a bad trip. Anderson, Olyphant and Mitchell are great, and the they do share most of the screen time. The script is ok, the story has one direction and sticks with it. I think the music was ok but not too sure.
Overall I liked this quite a bit, enough horror and tension to keep it all going (8/10)
Good remake of another Romero movie. There was never any real lull in the overall pace of the movie and it zipped along quite fast. It was quite a realistic scenario made all the more believable by an excellent performance from all the cast although I do like Timothy Olyphant (is that a creature in LOTR). It could have been just another by the numbers remake but it wasn't, attention was taken to ensure the audience enjoyed the ride. 9/10
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