In this zombie installment from genre godfather George A. Romero (Night of the Living Dead), human survivors have quarantined themselves in a high-rise shopping center, trying to rebuild their consumerist lifestyle. But outside the undead have begun to evolve – communicating with each other and even learning to use basic tools. Romero’s social-critic tendencies make the class issues at play here too obvious, but overall he taps into the unlikely pathos that has been the hallmark of his work.
