Dawn Of The Dead (2004)
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Rated:  UNRATED 
Starring: Mekhi Phifer, Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Jake Weber.
Director: Zack Snyder
Genre: Drama | Horror | Thriller
DVD Release Date: 10/26/2004

Unrated Director's Cut

The Extended Version Too Scary For Theaters!

Tagline: When there is no more room in hell, the dead will walk the Earth.

Packed with more blood, more gore, and more bone-chilling, jaw-dropping thrills, Dawn of the Dead Unrated Director's Cut is the version too terrifying to be shown in theaters! Starring Mekhi Phifer, Ving Rhames and Sarah Polley in an edgy, electrifying thrill-ride.

When a mysterious virus turns people into mindless, flesh-eating zombies, a handful of survivors wage a desperate, last-stand battle to stay alive...and human.

Storyline: Ana, a young beautiful nurse finishes her day-shift at the hospital to return home to her beloved husband, they make love and sleep together. The next day, after her husband is killed by her neighbor next door, he suddenly comes back to life. She discovers the chaos happening in her neighborhood and escapes from her home. Soon after coming to her senses in the woods, she encounters a cop and other survivors, they decide to find safety in a mall. Soon more survivors come, and they learn that if they want to stay alive, they should stick together as the world is overrun by an army of undead. Can they survive the horror in this horrific global chaos? When there is no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth Written by Emphinix

Cast Notes: Sarah Polley (Ana), Ving Rhames (Kenneth), Jake Weber (Michael), Mekhi Phifer (Andre), Ty Burrell (Steve), Michael Kelly (CJ), Kevin Zegers (Terry), Michael Barry (Bart), Lindy Booth (Nicole), Jayne Eastwood (Norma), Boyd Banks (Tucker), Inna Korobkina (Luda), R.D. Reid (Glen), Kim Poirier (Monica), Matt Frewer (Frank).

User Comment: Senor-Spielbergo Welwyn, England • If you haven't guessed already, I can't sing the praises of this movie enough - at last, a zombie flick that is two very important things.

1) Not a B-Movie; 2) An absolutely cracking A-Movie.

Having just got back from the cinema still amazed with the quality of this film I don't know where to begin. The good acting, the spot on cast, the refreshingly unbearable scares, the "Paul Verhovenesque" completely unnecessary but compellingly disgusting gore, the almost uniquely un-Hollywood ending... It's all there.

What is even more amazing about this movie is that it's [re]creators have also managed to tap into what will surely be the unanimous expectations of the target audience. There are no unwanted and unnecessary messages of family values, cheese, cuddles, and love will conquer all, which is fabulous because it leaves far more room for classic lines like, "Tell him to shoot Burt Reynolds" and then the ketchup-tastic head shot that follows. Now you have to admit, that line really can't fit perfectly in to many movies but in the ever consistent mood of Dawn of the Dead, it's right at home.

Ving Rhames is easily the second best thing in the movie (second only to the fast moving, constantly hungry and occasionally limbless zombies) once he actually starts speaking, and it is welcoming that Sarah Polley's Ana is as composed as she is subtle which is great for the audience because for a change the lead female character is not screaming every 30 seconds because, oh my god, someone is trying to bite me whilst drooling oodles of blood and saliva all over my nice white t-shirt. again!

Her character is only clichéd and therefore flawed once throughout the campaign. As the genius of the group, she is the first to work out that when people are bitten they become very ugly, very quickly and develop a penchant for biting others. However she is still inexplicably opposed to killing the aforementioned soon-to-be cannibals. I don't know about you but whilst she was still talking through the morale dilemma of killing would-be zombies before they turned, I'd already be choosing which sponge I was going to use to clean my shoes after removing my trusty shot gun from a red blob that used to be somebody's face. Maybe that's just me though. us Sagittarians are very impulsive.

Since we all have limited attention spans and I'm mindful of not giving too much away about what happens in the move, I'll wrap up by saying that those of you out there who enjoyed this film's original version and have gone on to enjoy films like Starship Troopers, Robocop, Resident Evil etc., then this is definitely the film for you. And even if the above are not representatives of your particular favourite genre, consider this. I went to the cinema with four friends tonight, one of whom stated before paying his money for the ticket, `I don't know why I'm bothering, I hate [rubbish] like this'. He was the one laughing the loudest and coming closest to vomiting throughout the film, and all of us came out saying, `how many Oscars has this been nominated for'..? Sarcastically - yes, but if it was nominated, it'd get my vote. The only thing that could have made it better was Steven Segal instead of Burt Reynolds but you can't have everything.

Summary: At last, someone's got it right...


IMDb Rating (03/14/15): 7.4/10 from 172,883 users
IMDb Rating (10/23/04): 7.3/10 from 10,253 users

Additional information
Copyright:  2004,  Universal Studios
Features:  The Lost Tape: Over 15 Minutes of Terrifying Footage Revealed -- Chilling images from a recovered "home movie" document Andy's last horrific days as he battles zombie hordes outside his gun shop - and fights to maintain his sanity!
Special Report: Zombie Invasion -- Startling news coverage includes panicked updates from the White House and scientific experts as the nation is thrown into chaos!
Over 12 minutes of deleted scenes -- Pulse-pounding scenes too terrifying for the final theatrical release! Optional commentary by Director Zack Snyder
Commentary -- Director Zack Snyder and Producer Eric Newman offer their dead-on perspective about making the film
• DVD-Rom Features
EXCLUSIVE Unrated DVD Bonus Features To Die For!
Splitting Headaches: Anatomy of Exploding Heads -- The gory details of how the filmmakers make the head-kills in the film look so believable Plus designs, test models and final weapons used by the actors
Raising the Dead -- From Early concept to final effects: turning the actors into undead killers
Attack of the Living Dead -- An up-close look at the films most memorable zombie kills
Subtitles:  English SDH, Spanish, French
Video:  Widescreen 2.35:1 Color (Anamorphic-16x9)
Audio:  ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 [CC]
SPANISH: Dolby Digital 5.1
FRENCH: Dolby Digital 5.1
Time:  2:30
DVD:  # Discs: 1 -- # Shows: 1
UPC:  025192581922
D-Box:  Yes
Other:  Producers: Marc Abraham, Eric Newman, Richard P Rubinstein; Writers: James Gunn; running time of 150 minutes; The rated version was rated R for pervasive strong horror violence and gore, language and sexuality.; Packaging: Keep Case; [CC].
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