Day of the Dead [Blu-ray] | ![Day of the Dead [Blu-ray]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51IYiL7aZLL._SL500_.jpg) | Director: Steve Miner
Actors: Ving Rhames, Mena Suvari, Michael Welch, Pat Kilbane, Nick Cannon
Studio: FIRST LOOK PICTURES
Category: DVD
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Rating:  129 reviews
Sales Rank: 45194
Format: Color, Dolby, NTSC, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: Blu-ray
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 87 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 5.3 x 0.5
MPN: FLPBR12256
UPC: 687797122568
EAN: 0687797122568
ASIN: B001DM3Q3C
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
Release Date: December 2, 2008
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Studio: First Look Home Entertain Release Date: 12/02/2008 Run time: 87 minutes Rating: R
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 I didn't mind this movie at all. March 21, 2010
Cleo
In the middle of all this mess, Mena Suvari has to deal with her annoying sibling which reminded me of a play set in a concentration camp when in the midst of this murder, one of the future victims has to deal with his emotionally abusive father who is also marked for death. Mena Suvari is charming in this movie and much better looking in her fatigues than many actresses in love to shop movies. She has a great face. I hope she gets better roles in movies I'll want to see.
 Not a remake March 14, 2010
Gorgatron
Since Dawn of The Dead was also remade, it seems like studios are quick to cash in on the "zombie" phenomenom. Yes, you can make vague comments about materialism and "so what" if this isn't ground that has been trod before.
Sure, the zombies move faster and the "shock" factor is more constant and is no longer juxtaposed against calm suburban life. That, of course, isn't why this film deserves, well "negative stars".
It's a remake made by someone who apparently did not even watch the original. Really.
In the original film, the zombie attack has already happened and soldiers and scientists have holed up in a military base where they perform experiments on the zombies. There is no "shots of the outbreak" as the whole point of the film is entirely different. It's more about tensions between the characters, with most of the action happening at the tail of the film.
This is not that film, this isn't even the same story.
Instead, it starts off in "Leadville, Colorado" (which is actually shot in Bulgaria and LA... it looks nothing like Leadville) where the outbreak starts and, in a fairly made for television fashion, soldiers quarantine the town and zombieness ensues. It's shot at the level of a SciFi channel original (which, let's be fair, might have better acting) and it should have surprised no one that this film went the "straight to dvd" route. Mena Suvari does a poor job of playing a soldier, instead she just seems to have stumbled into a set of fatigues. Nick Cannon takes a turn that, while a complete stretch for an actor of his versatility, really doesn't fit with the movie (he plays a teenager playing at soldier, who uses gangster slang and seems to enjoy guns too much to actually be a professional soldier). Ving Rhames has a very brief stint as a "hard nose" captain, and let's be honest, he's playing "Ving Rhames" (let's call a spade a spade) so in his "Ving Rhamesy" role he does a good job. If you like Ving Rhames.
I'd warn you that I'm about to hit "spoiler county", but you can probably guess the plot from here: it's a military experiment gone wrong, and as they learn this, some folks die. Yup. Again, this has nothing to do with the original, at all, (in which they were experimenting with zombies but did not "make the virus"). Run from zombies who move awfully fast, toss in some nonsensical CGI, cop your lighting style from "Planet Terror" and call it a day.
Really, if you are a fan of the original Romero movies and even vaguely recall the original (maybe you saw it on television) you can recognize this for what it is: horrible, horrible, horrible. Everyone involve should be forced to wear a scarlet letter (in this case an F for fraud), because they failed the first lesson of a remake: watch the original film. It's not enough to just put zombies in your script... you kind of need to be somewhat close to the original story.
Remember that, if you plan on remaking a movie.
 A tiny bit amusing March 7, 2010
M. Pena (Az, USA)
Yes well, lets make it clear they include "the need to feed" in the title, because this isn't in any way shape or form related to Day of the Dead. I'm not a Romero homer, I enjoy Romero but don't whine that Dawn wasn't true to his vision...the Dawn remake rocked it! This one, not so much.
I gave this film the two stars for sheer cheek, I mean, in what other zombie movie is a director going to be ballsy enough to give zombies spiderman-like agility & ceiling clinging abilities?!?! Haha it's so ludicrous that I couldn't help but laugh.
Script gives the characters no, well, character. The Director seems to have accepted a movie outside of his comfort zone. It's sad to see the sexy Mina Suvari so down in these dredges...
 I thought it was a solid zombie flick January 22, 2010
Jack (North Carolina)
Die hards who loved the original(which was definately just fanastic) will probably hate this movie. Its pretty good imo, I had no problems with it. Want fast moving zombies? This is the one, I mean they are climbing walls and junk. Try it out, its pretty good.
Oh and Mena Suvari is in this one...man o man. SMOKING! I am seriously considering becoming a stalker with that chick, love her.
Based off of the George Romero classic? Says who?!? January 20, 2010
Jason A. Greene (California)
Okay, so let me get this straight, just because they took the title of the original George Romero film it gets to be based on it? I have seen the worst of the worst when it comes to Zombie flicks as I am a huge fan. Just as an idea, House of the Dead is, in my opinion, the absolute worst Zombie film ever. Why? Heavy duty budget and not even a small bit of the film looks like it was spent on the movie itself. Plain and simeple. Now, taking that logic, let's look at this train wreck of a film.
First of all, the characters in this film have the names of the characters from the original, and that is about where the similarities between the films stop. I so wanted this to be a good film. The "Remake" of Dawn of the Dead, while not really a remake, was at least okay to call Dawn of the Dead as it at least had the idea of the film taking place in a mall surrounded by Zombies and a group of people trying to survive a Hellish Zombie outbreak. As for this piece of crap, the only part of the film that takes place underground, supposedly, is the very end. Sarah is now an Army recruit, Dr. Logan, nicknamed "Frankenstein" in the original, is now a serious bad guy, Bub is also a member of the army who becomes a Zombie but will listen to Sarah because he is in love with her(?), and lastly, let's get to Rhodes. In the original film, you hated him. Joseph Pilato made himself a cult icon in horror for his portrayal of Captain Rhodes. His sharp tonged lashings and over the top paranoia made him the real bad guy in the film. His insanity was scarier than the Zombies this group of Scientists and Army outfit were trying to survive. Ving Rhames as Rhodes is horrid. I am sure it has nothing to do with him as an actor as he has been damn good in everything else he has been in, but this script so waters down this character, you really don't know what a jerk he was in the original.
The great things about the George Romero Zombie films is that the Zombies are not the center of the story, the people in the situation they are in are. I do have respect for Steve Miner in some regards as I am a huge fan of his film "House" but he really should have done something else with this film. The story is weak and ill conceived along with the dialogue, the acting is just bad, the special effects are not the greatest, and the zombies themselves are just rotten, and not in a good Zombie flick kind of way either. Really, if you want to see "Day of the Dead" go get the original and enjoy an excellently done Zombie film that is worth watching. Stay away from this garbage,, it really is that damn bad.
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