As far as crappy zombie movies go, this isn't that bad. More generic than anything. I may just be desensitized from having watched so much truly awful stuff back during the height of the undead craze, but this is still leagues better than the 2008 remake. Admittedly the first 25 minutes or so is awful. That's because you're getting bludgeoned in the head by the bad acting, unnatural dialog, and new rapey take on Bub (now called Max) right out of the gate. Once the survivors set out to get meds at a nearby college though things get much better. That's when it settles into a comfortable groove of the expected zombie action. There are even some decent twists made to stuff from the Romero movie. The "Rotters" look pretty good. So does the gore. The appearance of main zombie is the only reason this got any sort of buzz before release. It's easy to see why. They accentuated Johnathan Schaech's mouth to great effect. The guy gives a suitably creepy performance. The action never really deviates from the expected headshots and bite marks, but Max's ability to think makes him a more significant threat to the soldiers in the bunker. It's also the only zombie movie I can think of that at least tried to make a memorable antagonist that stands out from the rest of the living dead in a notable way. This still in no way deserves to share the same name as one of the greatest zombie movies of all time as all it really does for the Romero film is reduce it's quality to that of your average straight-to-DVD effort, but there's still enough of the original Day of the Dead hanging around too keep things pretty entertaining throughout. The characters may make some baffling decisions and the production values are low, but the ending is more upbeat than you would expect. Trust me, there are worse alternatives out there. Like The Zombie Diaries for example. At least this isn't ineptly made. In fact, the biggest problem with Bloodline is that there isn't really much about it to distinguish it from your typical Romero clone.