Director : Zack Snyder
Starring : Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Jake Weber and Mekhi Phifer
Run Time : 104 mins approx
Aspect : 16:9 anamorphic widescreen
Sound : 5.1 dolby digital
Supplier : Entertainment in Video
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Format : DVD
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Tag Line : Too terrifying to be shown in cinema's !
Personally I hate remakes but in this instance I really enjoyed it. Not totally different from the original movie but with some different plot lines the Dawn of the Dead remake is great from start to finish. Well directed and an all star cast, the movie kicks in straight with the action on a big level.
A woman wakes to find her daughter in the shadow of the bedroom door. When she reveals her face it is totally disfigured. The father leaps from the bed to the aid of his mutilated daughter and she takes a whopping bite out of his throat. Blood generously shoots all over the place and he collapses on the bed. The woman manages to trap her demented daughter in the hall and tries to save her husband, who passes away. Her husband comes back to life and looks at her as if to say LUNCH TIME and lunges at her. What follows is a scuffle but she manages to escape the house and flees in her car. Terror and disaster surrounds her as she drives away aimlessly.
She ends up in a car crash and is knocked out cold. She comes around to a cop holding a shotgun to her head. They decide to stick together and meet up with another group who are going to seek refuge in the mall. What follows is a gore busting movie with a great set of characters and the most amount of zombies I have ever seen.
It was good to see some of the old latex style special effects in this movie as I think they look better than computer generated gore. On the DVD there is an interesting feature about head explosions and how they are done. Also there is a token spot in the movie in which special effects guru Tom Savini, who made all the special effects for the original film, is shown on the news (quite funny!). Good to see your still at it Tom!
Whether you are a horror fan or just like
good movies you must have this DVD in your collection. Check out the directors
cut as it is the UNCUT version.
