Rewatched the whole trilogy. And yes, I consider it a trilogy, cause every film in the series, that came after it felt like it had nothing to do with these films, aside from the fact they're both about zombies. I dunno, consider Land of the Dead as a reboot or something. Night, Dawn and Day are the original trilogy. Anyway, here I'm talking about this film only, as I feel like the previous 2 don't need further comments, but this one does. Particularly, because it was heavily criticised. All three of the films had varying degrees of political and social commentary. I feel like Day of the Dead might appear inferior specifically because of its main message and how the film conveys it. I'll be honest with you, I was initially put off by some things in this film. For example the soldier characters. The main one acts like a cartoony villain, and the two fat guys are constantly laughing like crazy at jokes, that aren't even remotely funny. Another example is that whole storyline with Bub. I felt like it makes the film less sci-fi or less horror. I did not know, how I felt about it, but I felt like it was wrong. Then the weird ending, that feels abrupt and nonsensical. However, once you look at the big picture, everything makes sense. I think the main question this film raises is: humanity and civilization - what are they? What defines human and civilized? And we can see that in people, who are desperate, hopeless and can barely tolerate what's going on. If you actually consider the fact, these people had to live in a cave for god knows how long, catch living dead and experiment on them, while getting constant reminders, that the humankind is on the brink of extinction, you can start to see, why they behave like that. That's what we can all turn into, if pushed to the limits. Yes, these people are going insane. The only ones, who aren't, are the helicopter guys, because they've got a place to relax, and the main character, who needs to be sane for the audience to relate to her. The storyline of Dr. Frankenstein and Bub shows how fragile our psyche is and how we're not that different from the flesh-eating monsters. The doctor keeps talking about civilizing the zombies, while doing absolutely immoral things. We can also clearly see, how his past and issues with his family affect his way of treating the zombies. Frankly, the fact, he can keep justifying himself for all the horrible atrocities, brings to mind the images of concentration camps in WW2 Germany and Japan (Manchuria). The line between good and evil gets blurred, it's no longer just good guys trying to survive. It's a war. And, as they say, "all is fair in war". Therefore, the ending makes sense. It doesn't really matter if they get out or not. If the beach on an island is a dream or if the zombie grabbing her face is. Nothing matters anymore, because it's the end. Or maybe it's her nervous system breaking down, because she's getting torn by the zombies. If you've ever experienced extreme pain, it can cause you to kinda lose the sense of reality and start seeing images of nice things: the things you wished, your memories, actual dreams, it can be just music or sounds as well. Sometimes it turns into a kaleidoscopical kind of vision, not too different from DMT, I imagine. Anyway, it doesn't matter. One thing I still don't understand though is why nobody has even wondered, where the hell did Miguel go, after all the shit hit the fan? Did they just assume he died?