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Dawn of the Dead (2004)
Front Cover Actor
Boyd Banks
Michael Barry (VII)
Ermes Blarasin
Bruce Bohne
Lindy Booth
Ty Burrell
Jayne Eastwood
Matt Frewer
Michael Kelly
Inna Korobkina
Movie Details
Language English
Audience Rating Unrated
Running Time 110 mins
Country USA
Color Color
Plot
Are you ready to get down with the sickness? Movie logic dictates that you shouldn't remake a classic, but Zack Snyder's Dawn of the Dead defies that logic and comes up a winner. You could argue that George A. Romero's 1978 original was sacred ground for horror buffs, but it was a low-budget classic, and Snyder's action-packed upgrade benefits from the same manic pacing that energized Romero's continuing zombie saga. Romero's indictment of mega-mall commercialism is lost (it's arguably outmoded anyway), so Snyder and screenwriter James Gunn compensate with the same setting--in this case, a Milwaukee shopping mall under siege by cannibalistic zombies in the wake of a devastating viral outbreak--a well-chosen cast (led by Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Jake Weber, and Mekhi Phifer), some outrageously morbid humor, and a no-frills plot that keeps tension high and blood splattering by the bucketful. Horror buffs will catch plenty of tributes to Romero's film (including cameos by three of its cast members, including gore-makeup wizard Tom Savini), and shocking images are abundant enough to qualify this Dawn as an excellent zombie-flick double-feature with 28 Days Later, its de facto British counterpart. --Jeff Shannon
Personal Details
Seen It Yes
Index 209
Collection Status In Collection
Links Amazon US
Product Details
Edition Full Screen Unrated Director's Cut
Format DVD
Region Region 1
Screen Ratio 1.33:1
UPC (Barcode) 025192582028
Release Date 10/26/2004
Subtitles English; French; Spanish
Nr of Disks/Tapes 1