The feature-film debut of director
Zack Snyder, Dawn of the Dead is a modern retelling of George Romero's 1979 horror classic, which was actually the second film in a trilogy that began with
Night of the Living Dead and concluded with
Day of the Dead.
Sarah Polley and
Ving Rhames star as two of the last remaining people on an earth that has been ravaged by flesh-eating zombies. After escaping to a shopping mall with a handful of other survivors, they decide that they only way to truly elude the approaching throng of undead is to somehow make their way to an island that is supposedly zombie-free.
Jake Weber and
Mekhi Phifer also star. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide