Kevin James protects the proud cinematic tradition of movies that take place in malls.
Before malls, when people couldn't go to a single location to shoplift Ed Hardy tees, eat "Chinese" food, loiter and see the new Vin Diesel blockbuster, what the hell did they do? Masturbate furiously and paint cave walls with spunk, obviously. Civilization was achieved when one-stop shopping was invented, which is why so much fine art is dedicated to these capitalist holy lands.
The latest work to do so is Paul Blart: Mall Cop, Kevin James's new movie about an inept security guard who has to prevent robbers from ransacking his shopping center. In honor of PBMC and the future of mall art, Complex looks back at 10 of the best films to feature malls...
DAWN OF THE DEAD (1978)
• In Zack Snyder's remake, the dead move a lot faster, which comes in handy when they're hungry for sales on Black Friday.
