* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTYNwwPQH4k opening]] title sequence/montage, paired with Music/JohnnyCash's "The Man Comes Around".
** Along with the attention-grabbing sequence leading up to it, with its astonishingly short turnaround time on DevelopingDoomedCharacters, and just how terrifyingly fast everything goes from safe suburban normalcy to pure ''Hell on Earth''. In the lead-up to the film's release, some cable networks showed the entire uncut sequence as a sneak preview.
* Even though it was a OneSceneWonder, the sheriff on the tv leading a group of survivors and fighting back against the infected to the point where they have a giant pile of re-killed undead burning behind him as he casually chats to the reporter, only stopping for a moment to yell at one of the survivors to [[DoubleTap finish off an incapacitated zombie]].
* Ana's quick thinking from the beginning. Far from panicking at the gruesome horror that assaults her, she takes smart and vital decisions while the dead are literally knocking at her door.
* Michael's one-on-one with a zombified, [[UnstoppableRage very aggressive]], janitor, involving a lot of quick thinking and a broken croquet bat's handle.
* Norma's death. When she walked in on the birth of Andre's baby, she takes one shot to put down the zombified Luda before exchanging fire with Andre. By the end of it, Norma has taken shots to the torso and is still clinging to life, while Andre dropped dead from two rounds in the chest. NeverMessWithGranny indeed.
** The fact her gun uses more powerful ammunition than Andre's gun doesn't hurt either.
* The group's use of propane tanks as improvised explosives to clear the zombies off of the road on the way to the marina.
* Tucker's GunsAkimbo moment during the retreat from the gun store.
* The ''entirety'' of CJ's LastStand against zombies in the climax, following with him [[HeroicSacrifice exploding the entire bus he was in]] and [[TakingYouWithMe taking most of zombies out as well.]]
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