Dawn of the Dead (2004)

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Director:

Zack Snyder

Writers (WGA):

George A. Romero (1978 screenplay)
James Gunn (screenplay)

Release Date:

19 March 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

When the undead rise, civilization will fall.

Plot:

A nurse, a policeman, a young married couple, a salesman, and other survivors of a worldwide plague that is producing aggressive, flesh-eating zombies, take refuge in a mega Midwestern shopping mall.

Plot Keywords:

Mall | Nurse | Shopping Mall | Hospital | Policeman

Awards:

1 win & 6 nominations

Cast

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

Also Known As:

L'armée des morts (France)
L'aube des morts (Canada: French title)
Zack Snyder's Dawn of the Dead (USA) (long title)

MPAA:

Rated R for pervasive strong horror violence and gore, language and sexuality.

Runtime:

101 min | 110 min (unrated director's cut)

Country:

USA | Canada | Japan | France

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Zurich) | Malaysia:18SG | Sweden:15 | Germany:18 (also director's cut) | South Korea:18 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Brazil:18 | Canada:13+ (Québec) | Canada:18A (Ontario) | Chile:14 | Czech Republic:18 | Finland:K-18 | France:-16 | Hong Kong:III (director's cut) | Ireland:18 | Israel:16 | Italy:VM14 | Japan:R-15 | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R16 | Norway:18 | Philippines:R-13 | Portugal:M/18 | Singapore:R21 | Spain:18 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | UK:18 | USA:R | USA:Unrated (director's cut)

Filming Locations:

Ashbridge's Bay, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Strike Entertainment

Trivia:

Make-up designer David Leroy Anderson scoured forensic books and crime scene photos for ideas on how best to convey death and decay.

Goofs:

Plot holes: When the group goes into the parking garage to turn on the generators they never make it. They are instead confronted by zombies who they douse with gasoline from a pump and set on fire. If there was no electricity in the garage then the gasoline pump wouldn't work.

Quotes:

Terry: [covers the corpses on the floor] Somebody should say something.
Ana: Yeah.
Michael: Glen?
Glen: No.
Ana: You worked in a church.
Glen: I played the organ.
CJ: Come on, you must've heard the priest say something about life and death.
Glen: It was a job... I don't believe in God. I don't see how anyone could.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Dead & Deader (2006) (TV)

Soundtrack:

The Man Comes Around

Zack Snyder is the sh......man

-I love the original DOD, it was a great horror movie that really took the zombie genre to the next level, now we have the remake and for some strange reason it doesn't suck. It's a lot of fun, exciting, and introduced me to a wonderful actress called Sarah Polley. Fans of the original DOD should write a thank you letter to Zack Snyder for making this a truly wonderful film

-The movie has a simple premise. zombies are present for some unknown reason and a few group of survivors have to rough it out in a mall. Whiles there several things happen and new characters are introduced. We meet an obnoxious guy who everyone feels like slapping, there's a love story going through, and they all begin to use the mall to it's full advantage. My favorite has to be the love story between Anna and Michael. I love romantic movies and even one in a gory zombie flick works well. There are several OMG moments in the film, and I guess the best one is the zombie baby waking up from the dead. The movie is graphic, not "Ppassion of the Christ" graphic but still pretty graphic, but the great thing is that the violence is done with a great sense of humor and not taken seriously. The celebrity zombie shooting is probably the best example of it.

-Zack Snyder has done the impossible and made a remake that doesn't suck, and for that he should be applauded. had a great time watching this movie and is looking forward for a sequel