Well, I gave it a 4/10. The directors (in combination with the scriptwriters and editors, but I hold the directors ultimately responsible for that stuff) don't know how to tell a story very well, and the acting was pretty uniformly horrible--I usually only see acting that bad in films that are micro-budget, shot on video-camera crap with a two or three man crew. However, because I also rate on "technical" levels, this got a couple bonus points--the lighting, sound, cinematography, etc. were not incompetent. I also gave it a bonus point for having its "heart" in the right place; it seemed like they tried to make a decent film, they gave us plenty of gore (even if some of the make-up effects were horrible), this could have been an interesting story in others hands, etc.
I'm currently rewatching all of the Romero-related sequels and remakes over (and I include the Return of the Living Dead series in that, as it's basically an offshoot), and so far, Day 2 is certainly the worst of those, BUT, I haven't gotten to Diary, the 3d Night remake, the Day remake, or RotLD 4 and 5 yet, and I've never seen them before, either, so one or more of those could end up being just as bad or worse, and I agree that there are plenty of zombie films that aren't Romero-related (like the "Violent $h|t" films, for just one example) that are worse.
Is everyone in this house a total nutzoid or is it just me?
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