DAY OF THE DEAD - DAY OF THE DEAD
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| Product DescriptionNick Cannon, Mena Suvari and Ving Rhames star in this horror film based on the George A. Romero classic zombie film. A mysterious virus has infected the small town of Leadville, Colorado, and the military is brought in to enforce a quarantine and stop the spread of the disease. As people perish, survivors realize that the virus is creating the walking dead who crave human flesh. Only a small number of people are immune to the virus, and those few survivors must battle to fend off the infected zombies while trying to make it out of town alive. - Actors: Ving Rhames, Mena Suvari, Michael Welch, Pat Kilbane, Nick Cannon
- Director: Steve Miner
- Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
- Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
- Format: Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
- Language (Original Language): English
- Region Code: 0
- Release Date: 2008-04-08
- Running Time: 87 minutes
- Theatrical Release Date: 2007
Customer ReviewsReviewed on 2008-07-06  
Not half bad
Zombie fans won't be disappointed with this one. It has a good pace from start to finish and enough new ideas in it to make a contribution to the genre. Firstly, this isn't a scene by scene remake of the Romero original, and i think that is a good thing. This has more of a teenage screamer feel to it - and i wasn't bored at any stage. The movie has good production values and certainly doesn't feel like a low budget b-movie. I'm not sure where some of the reviews here are coming from to be honest - but you be the judge. Mena Suvari steals the show here as the sassy but somewhat unbelievable army colonel. Its different, but that is what the zombie genre needs. The zombies themselves move hard and fast and there is plenty of action and gore as you would expect. Zombie fans should certainly not pass this one over - as i suspect they will enjoy this. |  | Reviewed on 2008-07-04
KEEPS THE BLOOD GUSHING 8 OUT OF 10
I have yet to watch the original version of this film, I have only watched this remake. It's not bad news, but I definitely can't judge if you will like this film or not. What makes this movie disappointing is the fact it feels like a rehash of the Dawn of the Dead remake, Land of the Dead, Resident Evil, and 28 Weeks Later chopped up and served back to me, because I have watched 16 zombie movies in my lifetime.
WHAT IT'S ABOUT: In Leadville, Colorado there is a mysterious virus that is infecting people. At first it only seems like a flu virus; people with burning fevers, nosebleeds, coughing, the usual. But then bodies start turning up and they appear to have been mauled. Then all hell breaks loose at a medical center where the infected begin turning into the flesh-eating undead. So a group of five survivors must get out of town, and there are people who are immune to the virus. Note: The story is incredibly predictable, there is nothing in here I haven't seen before in a zombie movie. The zombies can run in this movie, but I was left curious as to the fact of how they are able to climb up walls and ceilings. What is this Zombie Spiderman? Not to mention these protagonists are among the dumbest I've ever seen in a zombie movie (But at least they're a step above of the stupid people from I Am Omega). I enjoyed this movie for gore factor and I did enjoy some of the cheesy scenes. Oh, and the actors aren't that great, but they aren't terrible.
STORY: SCORE: 6- There is nothing you haven't seen before. It steals lots of plot and story ideas from other zombie movies.
GORE FACTOR: SCORE: 8.5- There is a lot of arterial spray, flesh-tearing, and limb-ripping. Though sometimes, they don't show the person who's being eaten.
MUSIC: SCORE: 8- Music is fine, and goes along with the zombie theme, but will never be able to compete with the likes of Resident Evil and 28 Days/Weeks Later movies.
SCARE FACTOR: SCORE: 7- Perhaps if you haven't watched a zombie movie you'll get scared. But, overall no.
CHANCES THE ORIGINAL IS BETTER: SCORE: 10- The old film will most certainly be better when I watch it. But this movie is good, but they can never compete with the originals.
OVERALL: I love zombie movies, so naturally, I don't hate this movie. I love it. But fans of the original may or may not like it (Approach with caution J-Train). But it's a film of good gory fun despite it's lame story and sub-par acting. But the gory violence wins overall with me and the running zombies have interesting designs.
THE GOOD: Good old-fashioned gory zombie movie, with running zombies, cheesy story is fun to laugh at.
THE BAD: Cheesy story, rehash feel, and moments of bad acting. | | Reviewed on 2008-05-20
Better than most zombie movies out here
With Ving Rhames, Mena Suvari, Michael Welch, Pat Kilbane and Nick Cannon starring in a zombie movie is worth watching. People really can't expect to have high expectations when it comes to zombie movies now theses days so with that in mind reviewers should not be so hard on rating them. Ok so first off I do think that they went about this all wrong promoting the movie and if they have poor sales blame it on the company who gave the ok on the DVD cover. It would've got more attention just having a picture of all the stars holding weapons with a zombies all in the background instead of one cover having a zombie throwing up and on the other DVD cover a few scary faces floating around on the cover.
No zombies threw up on anyone in the movie. The virus spreaded like a cold and this could've actually played as a part of dawn of the dead as if this was taking place elsewhere not too far away from the other locations that were in the dawn of the dead. Ok, let's just say Ving Rhames had a twin brother in the military. Because in Dawn of the Dead as an officer of the law who he played he did mention that he had a brother who was in the military who he wanted to go and reach to see if he was ok.Nick cannon at first I thought acting was overdone but he sort of blended in with all the mix once the movie really got the ball rolling. And there were some corny parts that I would've just left out for the bonus features on the DVD. The acting and special effects were done pretty good in my eyes. Also if folks haven't realized by now ZOMBIES don't move slow anymore in movies today (thanks to the remake of Romero's Dawn of the Dead and 28 weeks later). It adds more pressure of suspense trying to get away from them. I've seen tons of pointless rated "B" zombie movies with sorry special effects. The fact that we can still get some decent ones out here with good actors in it needs to be given a little more credit if we want them to get any better but at the same time if companies are going to put that much money into getting these actors then they need to find better ways of promoting them, better way advertising so it will sell. Because I've seen better "B" rated movies with way better artwork on them than what a title like DAY OF THE DEAD should have. I'd fire the person who designed both of the DVD covers. No creativity at all. If I didn't happen to see the names of the stars who were playing in this movie I'd might have overlooked it very easliy with the chessy DVD cover they are using to sell it.
| | Reviewed on 2008-04-24
Day of the Dead (Re-make or Re-telling?) Review
Ok, first let me say everyone that have bad things to say about this flick have some, I said some, valid points.
This is techincally not a remake, in my eyes it's a retelling at the very least so don't go into this expecting otherwise. Being a Romero fan, they should not have used the Day of the Dead title, I'm sure alot of poeple will agree. If you think about it the Dawn of the Dead re-make was more of a retelling wasn't it, and that was a really great film. Not as good as the original in alot of was but was pretty darn good.
All that being said, if your a "zombie" flick fan as I am, you really should at least watch this with an open mind. With so many "zombie" films not living up to the expectation of the trailer and reviews, which I try not to listen to anyway, this film really isn't that bad. Everyone has different ideas some are lame ( Vampires vs Zombies anyone?) and some work well Dawn of the Dead (re-telling).
This is one film that should stand alone. Keep Romero's original out of mind. I see this film as a must have for hardcore "zombie" flick fans!
The "zombies" look good, and I do think it works well. That's just my opinion, watch for yourself. | | Reviewed on 2008-04-14
Not total garbage, but not a remake either...
I will now join the small minority that thought "Day of the Dead" 2008 is not a total piece of garbage. The buzz for the movie was bad from the onset, so my expectations were low. That, perhaps, got me through the movie.
Steve Miner took a lot from his slasher movie roots, especially in the first forest run of fear from the killer. Many points in the movie, including bodies falling from hiding places and standard slasher suprises pepper the movie.
But I do put a premium on zombie feasts and zombie kills, and this movie is chock full of them. The outbreak takes place pretty early in the movie, and we are treated to an all out zombie assault on the small Colorado town like I don't think I've seen in movies before. It's a zombie free-for-all that the protagonists have to fight their way through, dropping zombies left and right. I really liked this segement of the movie, and in those moments, redeemed the bad reputation it had garnered before I watched it.
As a disciple of Romero, I naturally am not happy with more people cashing in on his works. But if this movie makes people want to explore the original, then bully for "Day..." 2008.
My other gripe was that the zombies were like ninjas in some parts. Fast moving. OK. Ninja attacks from walls and ceilings. Nnnnnnnnnnnnno!
In all seriousness, its a "Day..." for big pharmas Ritalin generation. Fast paced and wild, it was still fun, even for this Romero acolyte.
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