| Dawn of the Dead (Widescreen Unrated Director's Cut) | 
| Actors: Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Jake Weber, Mekhi Phifer, Lindy Booth
Studio: Universal Studios
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (687 reviews)
Sales Rank: 5797
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Digital Sound, Director's Cut, Dolby, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: Unrated
Media: DVD
Running Time: 101 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: MCAD25819D
ISBN: 1417018143
UPC: 025192581922
EAN: 9781417018147
ASIN: B0002ABURA
Release Date: October 26, 2004
Theatrical Release Date: March 19, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
Packed with more blood, more gore, and more bone-chilling, jaw-dropping thrills, Dawn of the Dead Unrated Director's Cut is the version too terrifying to be shown in theaters! Starring Mekhi Phifer, Ving Rhames and Sarah Polley in an edgy, electrifying thrill-ride.
When a mysterious virus turns people into mindless, flesh-eating zombies, a handful of survivors wage a desperate, last-stand battle to stay alive?and human.
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Are you ready to get down with the sickness? Movie logic dictates that you shouldn't remake a classic, but Zack Snyder's Dawn of the Dead defies that logic and comes up a winner. You could argue that George A. Romero's 1978 original was sacred ground for horror buffs, but it was a low-budget classic, and Snyder's action-packed upgrade benefits from the same manic pacing that energized Romero's continuing zombie saga. Romero's indictment of mega-mall commercialism is lost (it's arguably outmoded anyway), so Snyder and screenwriter James Gunn compensate with the same setting--in this case, a Milwaukee shopping mall under siege by cannibalistic zombies in the wake of a devastating viral outbreak--a well-chosen cast (led by Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Jake Weber, and Mekhi Phifer), some outrageously morbid humor, and a no-frills plot that keeps tension high and blood splattering by the bucketful. Horror buffs will catch plenty of tributes to Romero's film (including cameos by three of its cast members, including gore-makeup wizard Tom Savini), and shocking images are abundant enough to qualify this Dawn as an excellent zombie-flick double-feature with 28 Days Later, its de facto British counterpart. --Jeff Shannon
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 dissatisfied customer January 7, 2009
the ad for this dvd did not state that a HD dvd player was required to view it and I have been getting a major run around with Amazon.com trying to obtain a satisfactory resolution. I am a long-time and good customer and deserve a prompt and satisfactory resolution.
 Good If You Like Zombie Movies December 23, 2008
This is definitely a different movie than the original Dawn of the Dead, but that's perfectly okay. It's a movie that you'll probably like if you enjoy zombie/gory films. However, in my opinion, it does slightly suffer from some special effects that are a little too over-the-top/unrealistic and some "cheesy" dialogue and (occasionally) acting. Definitely a movie worth seeing at least once.
 Awesome remake - Great Quality HD-DVD December 23, 2008
There isn't much to say except the fact that this movie is a great remake. I've seen this movie plenty of times before, but never in High-Definition.
I have the Xbox 360 HD DVD player that I bought for real cheap awhile ago and am glad I did. There are a good core of movies out on HD DVD that are super cheap now and this is one of them. The quality is superb and the flick (once again) is awesome.
If you enjoyed the original, like zombie movies and have an HD DVD player, pick this one up!
Classic movie December 21, 2008
It's just one of the best of the classic horror movies,and of course it's even better in Blu-ray!
On Par with the Original! December 20, 2008
Yes, the original is still better, but director Zack Snyder does a pretty good job making the remake almost as good as the one that started it all.
The movie starts off with Ana (Sarah Polley) leaving a day at the hospital; she's a nurse. She goes home to her loving husband, and even talks to her neighbor, Vivian, who is just learning how to skate. She goes to bed. The next morning, something goes into her house. It's Vivian. And she's pretty hungry. From that point Ana is thrown into a world were the dead walk the earth, very hungry. After she watches her husband die and come back, she escapes out of her bathroom window, and runs out of her house to see her normal suburban neighborhood thrown into chaos. She drives away, as helicopters fly overhead, cars crash into each other, people beg for help, and the dead, whom can now run, stalk the living.
The movie is relentless, and goes for shocks rather than Romero's version. As the survivors head for an abandoned mall, nobody is safe. From the time the beginning news clips start rolling, you know this ones going for scares. The only two funny parts are towards the end, where Chips (watch the movie to understand) is lowered down, and where they're dragging the bitten man in the sewers and he's shooting at the zombies in a ridiculous position.
The one problem with this movie is that the middle starts to fall apart, simply from lack of characterization; there are too many characters! Towards the second half off the movie though they start to get picked off, and the movie rolls on to its conclusion.
I know I'm not giving much of a summary here, but I don't simply because the movie is too good to give away. After the excellent beginning, the movie is splashed with shocks chock full of scares.
The extras are excellent too, with news reels that explain more, and a "documentary" that the guy in the gun store filmed.
In the end Dawn of the Dead is highly recommended, along with the original, Dawn of the Dead (Divimax Edition) 5 out of 5 stars, or a grade A-.
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