| Day of the Dead | 
 enlarge | Director: Steve Miner
Actors: Mena Suvari, Nick Cannon, Michael Welch, Annalynne Mccord, Stark Sands
Studio: First Look Pictures
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Format: Ac-3, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
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Running Time: 86
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
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Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: FLPD12259D
UPC: 687797122599
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Theatrical Release Date: 2007
Release Date: April 8, 2008
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Studio: First Look Home Entertain Release Date: 12/30/2008 Run time: 87 minutes Rating: R
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 Okay, folks, one last time: IT'S NOT A REMAKE. October 10, 2008
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Day of the Dead (Steve Miner, 2008)
Okay, let's get this out of the way first: Steve Miner's brand-spanking-new Day of the Dead is neither a remake of George Romero's 1985 film of the same name-- it borrows a few concepts, but the execution is entirely different-- and, despite the presence of Ving Rhames, it is also not a sequel to Zack Snyder's 2004 not-really-a-remake of Dawn of the Dead. Comparing the two, however, the new Dawn was, in comparison, slavishly faithful. Yeah, I mean, this really isn't a remake. For all that, however, I was very pleasantly surprised at just how enjoyable the movie is when taken on its own merits.
Plot: Sarah Bowman (American Beauty's Mena Suvari) fled her provincial little town by joining the army-- or so she thought. She gets posted right back there when the town is quarantined. Nobody's quite sure why the town's been quarantined, but when Sarah's mother comes down with the same thing everyone else has, Sarah and somewhat lovestruck private Bud Crain (Stark Sands, recently of Flags of Our Fathers) rush her to the hospital along with Sarah's intractable younger brother Trevor (An American Crime's Michael Welch) and his girlfriend Nina (AnnaLynne McCord, now in the new 90210 TV series). While there, they bump into a few other army types, notably her commanding officer (Rhames) and an annoying doctor type, Logan (The Dark Knight's Matt Rippy). Once most of the cast is in place, well, you know what's going to happen. Zombies! Blood! Gore! Ving Rhames chewing scenery!
I think that had they attempted a straight remake-- with Romero's last echoes of the Cold War intact-- the movie probably would have been as much of a failure as, well, most of the horror remakes that have come down the pike in the past five years or so. But Miner (Lake Placid) and screenwriter Jeffrey Reddick (Final Destination) reused the title and reimagined the rest, and came up with something that's actually fun, fast-paced, and moderately interesting. Avoid the temptation to compare it to the original (which is extremely interesting, though neither fun nor fast-paced, both by design) and you'll likely enjoy this a great deal more. ***
 Worst movie of the new millennium... October 9, 2008
I had the reviews read, and heeded them. But my desire to see something in the realm of zombie was so overwhelming that, despite the warnings, I went ahead and watched it. I was prepared for a lesser remake from the Zach Snyder Dawn of the Dead, what I was not prepared for was the kind of schlock that this movie threw down my helpless gullet as I prayed for the sake of decency that it would get better as I watched it. Yes, I could turn it off, but it was SO bad that I had to watch it for fifteen more minutes in hopes that the next 15 would make up for it and my life would not have truly been wasted. And....it didn't....
Here's what sucked about this movie (note: this is full of spoilers designed to keep you from making the same mistake I did by watching it): 1. The virus is NOT the same as the original. It's airborne now giving symptoms of a cold causing everyone who had been infected with cold symptoms to stop inexplicably in the middle of what they are doing and spontaneously turn into a zombie for NO reason at all, at the same time. Poorly contrived, executed, and stupid to boot; 2. The zombies are SUPERNATURAL in nature NOT simply altered humans. These zombies can climb walls and run along the ceiling like lame Alien knock offs. The original idea was fine, but these writers forced an unnecessary "improvement" and again, executed it poorly and made it look stupid; 3. All of the characters have been redone through a filter of stupidity (including Ving Rhames, you bastards!), all being lead by Nick Cannon. Truth told, I've never seen his stuff before. After this, I don't think I can. Romero fans know that there has always been a surviving and oft times leading black guy who saves the day either fully or in part, and it has been awesome every time. Cannon's character was insulting, and Romero should sue for taking his idea and turning it into a stupid MTV gen stereotype unfit for social consumption. Stupid, stupid, stupid.
I understand that the repeated use of a blanket statement is not the kind of review most would hope for, but "stupid" PERFECTLY describes this experience in it's most exact form. Aside from the glaring (and mostly unforgiveable) issues above, the rest is just BORING. There is nothing redeeming about this movie, and if you are curious regardless of this or any other warning you may receive, I understand. BUT you'd be better off watching ANY one of the zombie flicks from the '80s that spawned from Romero's work as they are all far superior to this, and cheaper in the long run anyway.
Ok Film September 22, 2008
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Even though, its not a great remake of Day of the Dead, i am however, very surprised since it wasn't that bad..I've seen worse than this. However, it tends to copy the Dawn of the Dead remake and it fails..now, i can see why it went straight to DVD. The acting is a tad "so-so" and the story line seems to be every where in the beginning and the middle part of the movie, however, almost towards the end after watching parts of it trying to "fit" (which was too little too late) it all started to fit together for the film. However, i'm glad that this will be the last of NOLD movie remakes for some time. If you have nothing better to do, this would be an OK rental at best.
Enjoyable Zombie movie! September 20, 2008
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Not very much like the George Romero classic but that is fine. I found this movie to be a fun zombie flick with cool effects and some decent scares. Better than Mr. Romero's newest effort in my opinion.
 Surprisingly Good September 19, 2008
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If you're a true horror/scary movie fanatic like me, i would recommend you to take a chance on this film. It really caught me and my husband by surprise on how good it is and I like the fact that in this movie, the zombies was were both fast and smart. If you seen Dawn of the Dead, the zombies was just fast and if you seen Land of the Dead, the zombies was smart but slow. I like the combination of both fast and smart that the zombies were in this film. Personally, I would rather deal with smart and slow zombies over fast running zombies any day.
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