This movie is a good mix of genre awareness and original ideas. There are lots of clear influences and it doesn't waste time getting bogged down in more of the laborious tropes. Instead you get to see a solid zombie film that knows what it is and has fun with it.
On the bad side the acting is generally pretty stilted, a lot of the dialogue takes you out of the film with how clearly scripted it all is. What's more when it's not pausing to deliver a bunch of exposition it moves at disorientating speed, things are set up and go to pot in near the blink of an eye and probably could have used some more time to marinate.
Overall this is a smart and sharp stab at the genre, with enough original ideas to make it interesting and enough cool gore to please any fan, it could have just used some better actors and more time to breathe to make it a true classic. Definitely worth a watch though.
On the bad side the acting is generally pretty stilted, a lot of the dialogue takes you out of the film with how clearly scripted it all is. What's more when it's not pausing to deliver a bunch of exposition it moves at disorientating speed, things are set up and go to pot in near the blink of an eye and probably could have used some more time to marinate.
Overall this is a smart and sharp stab at the genre, with enough original ideas to make it interesting and enough cool gore to please any fan, it could have just used some better actors and more time to breathe to make it a true classic. Definitely worth a watch though.