Dawn Of The Dead [Director's Cut] [UMD Mini for PSP] [2004]

Product Details

Director : Zack Snyder
Actor : Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Jake Weber, Mekhi Phifer
Format : PAL, Widescreen
Aspect Ratio : 1.78:1
Binding : UMD Mini for PSP
EAN : 5017239160691
Product Group : DVD
Region Code : 2
Release Date : 2005-09-01
Running Time : 96minutes
Studio : Entertainment in Video

ASIN : B000AYSLV6

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Synopsis

First-time director Zack Snyder remakes zombie master George A. Romero's classic 1978 gore-fest DAWN OF THE DEAD, wisely replicating only the basic elements of Romero's movie, and instead sticking to his own vision of a world overrun by undead flesh-eating creatures. The action begins with nurse Ana (Sarah Polley) waking up to discover her boyfriend has become a tasty midnight snack for a formerly cute neighbouring kid. To her horror, she realises that the whole town is in a similar state of ghoulishness, until she runs into still-alive cop Kenneth (Ving Rhames); the level-headed Michael (Jack Weber); and Andre (Mekhi Phifer), a rebel with a pregnant wife in tow. As in Romero's original, the group heads for the local mall where they barricade themselves inside. More survivors surface, while in the outside world the zombies go about their day by slowly taking over the planet. Undeterred by the odds against them, the survivors plot, scheme, and enjoy their mall paradise. As they plan their escape, some incredibly gruesome special effects are deployed, often with a dash of wry humour added for light relief. Placing the messages from Romero's version a funny, scary look at consumerist society on the back burner, the 2004 version of DAWN OF THE DEAD instead concentrates on delivering a witty blood-fest. The zombies appear to have taken their cues from the fast-moving corpses of Danny Boyle's 28 DAYS LATER, and are generally much more agile than their 1978 counterparts. Director Snyder gets the balance between humorous set-pieces and plot development exactly right throughout, producing an enjoyable remake that can easily hold its own alongside the deservedly hailed original film.

Customer Reviews

fantastic film (2006-06-13)

This film is fantastic, the acting is superb. It rings out the standard "ZOMBIE PREDICTABLE HORROR", which most of us love anyway, that's why we watch it! Zombies run (SPRINT) in this, and although to me it wasn't scary, there was ALOT of tense moments 'edge of your seat moments'. As a huge resident evil fan (games), i'm a bit of a zombie purist, "zombie's shouldn't run GRR" but this film is just fantastic. If you like zombie films i recommend it.I do recommend this, although i'd say get it on DVD not UMD, I'm happy with my UMD though, since i like watching it out and about. If you don't specifically want to take it out and about or don't have a dvd player, just get it on dvd.Oh, and the only language is in English.. so no foreign languages if you need it. (I don't, but it's something i noticed)4.5 star film

DAWN OF THE DEAD! ! ! ! ! (2005-12-13)

The origonal Dawn of the Dead is far better than this and is on UMD DVD now but that doesn't mean this isn't a great film!This is obviously a better filmed and has better music and acting in it but still never will be as good as the origonal.If you like zombie films you'll love this, if you don't then you might but this is definetly a better film for people who aren't big zombie film fans.This is definetly a film for anyones UMD DVD collection!

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