Pros: Gut-wrenching opening scene, on par with the first scenes of the original and remake of Dawn of the Dead. Mostly good or at least competent performances, subtle and restrained, with the glaring exceptions of the jarhead and bartender who seemed to think they were in a Rob Zombie flick. Visually stylish and aurally spare, with an appropriately consistent bleak tone. Restrained use of background music and sound effects.
Cons: No story arc. No real character development until the forced emotion heaped up at the end. We never get to know most of the Deadhead crew. In the end, we don't care. The should-be-climactic bar scene is a nihilistic throwaway, so the viewer is too detached to care what happens next. Way too much shaky cam. Too many tight closeups. Mediocre writing - too much exposition and foreshadowing, rather than trusting the actors and story. Way too much gratuitous, unconvincing cussing from the beginning - the f-bomb is a garnish, not a meal.
Overall: Confidently stylish veneer, ultimately empty. I wanted to like this film as an alternative to the over-amped remakes of classic Romero and tedious cliches. The director seemed to be going for the sardonically downbeat tone of the 1985 Day of the Dead, but settled for dismal and detached.
If you're in the mood for a slow paced, stylishly bleak undead flick, the time would be better spent with La Morte Vivante.