The spirit of the 70s is strong in this classic zombie flick - even though the zombies are slow moving and dumb, easy to walk past and kill, the authorities are incapable of stopping them; its general panic stations, the only people who look keen to take them out are rednecks, journalists and SWAT team members want to run away.
The four leads aren't the best actors in the world but all have defined characters - the honorable black guy, the balding white dude who has a romance with the black guy and goes nuts, the silly helicopter pilot, the stunned girl (who remains disappointingly whimpy throughout the movie). All have one thing in common - they consistently make bad decisions.
The setting is clever (a shopping mall), the music rhythmically intense, the action sequences impress, the running time is too long. Enjoyable gore, silly zombie fighting tactics, and plenty of NRA propaganda underneath a thin veneer of redneck bashing.
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