People are voting emotionally.

If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

I'm writing this review (something I don't usually bother to do) because I see this film gets completely slated by most reviewers and I think it's unfair. I broadly like this film because it has an interesting storyline, one unusual for zombie films in the kind of characters that are involved and how deeply it goes into the process of infection and contamination. I felt the film was aiming for a more humane and thoughtful story than the average zombie flick by featuring patients and staff at a mental health institution rather than something more macho like cops (Dawn of the Dead), soldiers (Day of the Dead), etc. And instead of people just becoming a threat once they are infected we see a long process exploring how they feel, detailing the change and so on. Every other zombie film doesn't do this, so it was nice to see something different. There were lots of side-plots, which for some seems to be another fault, but to me added an element of realism to the situation and dimension to the characters.I'm sure most of the criticisms made on technical points - special effects, editing etc. - are valid, but I didn't notice. I don't care about things like that compared to the story and plot development. There was a certain amount of confusion at times with the editing jumping us around from scene to scene and the layout of the building wasn't exactly clear. I didn't think the acting was as bad as some say; I've seen zombie films rated much higher that had far worse acting and scripts.Since it's plot that I'm most interested in it's there I would have my main criticisms. The explanation for where this infection has come from is gradually unravelled, except only up to an extent, so you are left wanting to know more, or thinking maybe it's cobbled together by the writers without a clear back-story. Certain effects happen around the process of infection that are not explained at all and are highly mysterious. Unless it's a teaser for a sequel this sort of thing is unsatisfactory.It's true this film bears little connection to the original Day of the Dead and is not actually a sequel. But I don't really care and I think Romero can cope with it, he's a nice guy and has been thru worse.

I don't believe this film deserves a star because there is no point in rating a film with no plot, terrible actors, rubbish director, appalling gore, Just plain and simply shocking.There is only zombies in the last 10 minutes of the film and 4 minutes at the start. Simply AuwfulIf you ever buy this or rent it just send it back without watching it it is crapThis film contains a high amount of useless gibberish and the plot line wanders from being in an asylum to a blood research lab. Unfortunately the trailer looked good but trust me the most fun in this film you'l have will be seeing the credits at the end.GENERAL 1. The beginning of the film yields a solid start with good camera work and picture quality so you know it's not NTSC-TV so at least it doesn't look like you're watching Cribs or Pimp my Ride. But from now on the plot wanders from a bunch of guys who are mentally challenged to a handful of people who are researcher's in a asylumVERDICT 2. Don't bother looking at DVD, cassette and VHS Don't bother watching this crap unless your given it for free plus free cash handout.0.01/10

This movies IMDb rating doesn't do it any justice at all, I was honestly expecting one of those shot on hand-held digicam, straight to DVD movies that there are so many of these days but this is so much more. This film is well shot, well acted, well directed and most of all has a completely original plot twist. OK lets get the obvious question out of the way, why is it called Day Of The Dead 2? I really don't know, it doesn't have anything in common with Romero's films other than zombies and it's certainly not a sequel. Very strange. After a great start in which the story builds it then slows down a lot, the early-middle part of the movie moves at a zombie walking pace. It sadly does affect the film at this point but it's all very watchable and the acting and storyline keeps interest levels up. I'm not going to spoil the plot twist but please just stick with it, I had thought that the best of this movie was in the opening sequence but I'm so glad that I stayed the course. The last act picks up the pace again and there are some delightful treats for zombie fans, fantastic make-up and most of all convincing, old skool slow moving zombies. Why can't Hollywood remakes stick to these rules!? I really wasn't expecting this at all, I was fully ready to take this film apart but it's made with a real sense of fun and good ideas. If the middle was more entertaining then I could easily give a higher rating, what it does do though is make the end of the movie worth waiting for. It gave me a feel of the 70's Spanish/Italian zombie movies in as far as pacing and plot, but this is way better than most of them. I can only think that the lowly rating for this film is from Romero fan boys who take offence at the use of the name. I too don't feel they needed to or should've been able to use the name but please look past that and if you're a zombie fan you will enjoy this.A superb cheap thrill with no social commentary, just a sense of fun and a reason to get some great zombies on-screen. What more do you want!!??

As a spin off of a sequel, this isn't bad. Not really. The premise may be ludicrous, but once one considers the source material this spins from, this story line seems quite logical, actually. We do tend to enslave anything we consider of lesser intelligence with stronger backs, so the idea of domesticating the zombies to perform manual labor tasks, etc. is not quite so strange.Considering the budget, this is not so bad, but I can say I am entirely thankful they did not continue with this line, and reverted back to the original "Dead" series.All in all? This is a franchise fan's movie. I won't say that casual viewers cannot enjoy it, but I generally would not expect it. It's bloody and visceral like the rest of the series, and not for younger viewers or the squeamish.It rates a 4.9/10 on the Movie Scale.It rates a 0/10 on the Romero Scale (It's NOT a Romero Film).It rates a 7.4/10 on the Splatter Scale from...the Fiend :.