Dawn Of The Dead (The Directors Cut) [DVD]
C**N
One of my favourite movies of all tim
And it’s so great to have it available for rewatch whenever i feel like it 🥰
K**L
Classic
Must watch,
S**N
Dawn of the Dead (2004 remake)
Almost as good as the original.
S**Y
At Last!
What made me see this was a 9 minute preview showing the first 9 minutes (after the credits) of the film uncut. Usually the first part of the film is quiet due to the introductions of the characters and setting the scene.You know how it goes, "Hi, i'm john, it's my first day at work her in new york, this is my friend...blah blah blah" and so forth. Dawn of the dead's intro is more like "Hi,-ZOMBIE!" As a fan of the genre I was totally into this preview and actually shocked which is rare. Only films like texas chainsaw and the exorsist have ever done that and remember this is still only the first nine minutes. I had to see this!!! So I did and with the huge screen and sound I was left literally shaking with fear and adrenaline. It's a weird feeling. Action after gore after shock after action. Who's gunna die? I couldn't guess. Exellent and scarily believable. I truly loved it. Can't wait till the dvd!
J**F
"When there is no more room in hell the dead will walk the earth!"
What a fantastic zombie movie - full of action, blood and gore. It has the same story as the original, only there is more people and the zombies run rather than walk. I found that the scene around 10 minutes in where the apocalypse starts is superb and it really gets you ready for the rest of the film. To be honest, I was on the edge of my seat for most of the film (especially the end few scenes) as there is so much action and so many great scenarios. There are so many characters that you like and hate.Is it worth the money?With so much action and over 2 hours of special features I'd say that it is worth the money. If you haven't already you should try out the original so that you can compare the two. See if you can spot the cameo by Ken Foree Who played the policeman in the original film!
P**Y
'Maybe their coming for us'.
This is one of those films you could watch again and again. It's that good. In fact the reason I bought it, is that after seeing the film on TV, I couldn't stop re-watching it (in sections) via You tube. As somebody has already said, it's not really a remake, it's far more shocking and gruesome than Romero's 1980 classic, and this one has a great deal of humour in it as well. The story begins at night in a hospital where people are being admitted with bites. The next morning most of the population has died and come back to life as flesh eating zombies. A group of uninfected people head for a shopping mall to seek refuge and the story centres on their existence there. It has an excellent beginning and ending and some very interesting character exposition too. You'd be hard pressed to find a character you didn't like by the end of the film. It's all-round five stars entertainment. Great sound track too. And the DVD also includes amended scenes as well.
P**H
Not the Horror Classic I was Expecting.
Doesn't bother to tell you where or why the zombie plague emerged its just straight into the biting. Stephen King likes the opening 10 minutes, so you may need to be a died in the wool Horror fan or just weird? The zombies don't shamble. Despite horrific wounds prior to death they are Olympic athletes in a mass group attack. Survivors go to a Mall. The only Mall in the good ol' USA that doesn't sell guns and bullets. So we gradually grow the group who survived, and then lose them one by one just in time for the credits. No hope here, then. Its a Zack Snyder film but they didn't give him much of a budget. Watch or not, I personally was rooting for the zombies the whole way through. They won! Yey!
S**T
THE GREATEST FILM ON EARTH...REMADE
Dawn of the Dead (remake) R1 DVD.Unrated Director's cut. 2004.What's the biggest question facing humanitytoday,? that's easy, running zombies orwalking zombies, which is best?. The picturequality is great, widescreen 2.35:1 (top & bottomblack bars.) Fantastic sense of speed to theattack sequences. Ferocious, beautiful &exciting, of course, Romero's done all the groundwork.Respectful cameos are included. One niggle, itmay say 'unrated' but there's a bit at the start, whenthe girls driving through the chaos. She see's a nakedwoman but her chest is obscured by blood on thewindscreen. I'm pretty sure in the U.K releasewe actually see her naked. All the gores included though.The guy from Modern Family is a real s#!t head in it.Run time: 1hr 49min 7secs. CAROUSELExtras: commentary, & a lot of other stuff, another releasewhere you get your moneys worth.
J**A
Excellent treatment of this well made remake
This review is for the Blu-Ray version of the Collector's Edition of 'Dawn of the Dead' released by Shout! Factory in 2017.*****IMPORTANT***** For anybody looking at this for the first time, this is a remake of the original movie made by George Romero in the 70's.If you are a fan of the original, I'd suspect that you would at least like parts of this movie if not the whole thing. Like any movie that is being remade, there will be a lot of things fans of the original do not like. That is pretty much the case for any remake or adaption of a book from a much loved story.BLU-RAY: For the theatrical version, the print is made from a new HD master derived from the digital intermediate archival negative. For the Unrated version,there is a new HD master derived from the digital intermediate archival negative with HD inserts.I watched the unrated version. I'm not sure how the original looked but this version looks excellent. The colors are very bright. It looks as if the contrast has been turned up and some of the darker area's are hard to see. But overall I like the look.EXTRA'S: This collector's edition is loaded with extra's and gets 5 stars for them. They are:DISC ONE – Theatrical Version: I admit it, I didn't watch the interviews on Disc One but I watched all of the extra's on Disc Two... for a review, just look below...• NEW Take A Chance on Me – an interview with actor Ty Burrell• NEW Gunn for Hire – an interview with writer James Gunn• NEW Punk, Rock & Zombie – an interview with actor Jake Weber• NEW Killing Time at the Mall: The Special Effects of Dawn of the Dead – an interview with special makeup effects artists David Anderson and Heather Langenkamp Anderson• Deleted Scenes with optional commentary by director Zach Snyder and producer Eric Newman• Theatrical Trailer• Still GalleryDISC TWO – Unrated Version:• Audio Commentary with director Zach Snyder and producer Eric Newman• Splitting Headaches: Anatomy of Exploding Heads - This is exactly what it says it is. It is about a 5 minute documentary on how the special effects team made the exploding heads.• Attack of the Living Dead - This featurette highlight's 6 of the most important zombies in the movie and how and why they were hired for their parts.• Raising the Dead - A short featurette on the make up artists and the many extra's who worked in the movie. It talks about the different types of zombies as well as how many people were needed for the job.• Andy’s Lost Tape - This is a fictional video recording made by Andy. He's the guy who was in the building across the street from the mall. He makes the tape with the premise that he's recording his thoughts for a book. This is very well done. It incorporates all the scenes involving him in the movie. He is taping over a previous tape of his wife and daughter from the year before. It lasts about 16 minutes.• Special Report: Zombie Invasion - This was very well done. It's almost like a mini 21 minute movie. This is shot from the point of view of the viewer watching a newscast. You have a reporter who updates you and some video clips from out in the field by investigative reporters just like you would see if the zombie apocalypse was actually happening.While watching this, I was thinking to myself that this sort of reminded me of World War Z by Max Brooks and sure enough you see some interview clips with Brooks in these extra's.• Undead and Loving It: A Mockumentary - This is an entertaining fictional 'Making of' documentary of this movie. In it, the zombies are assumed to be real and are being hired to act in this movie. The production team complains about the needs of the zombies and the zombies complain about wanting to get better parts in movies.• Drawing the Dead featurette• Storyboard Comparisons• Hidden Easter EggPLOT/SUMMARY: If you are purchasing this collector's edition then you have likely seen the movie. If not and you are new to this movie, I will give a very brief summary.The zombie apocalypse hits a small city and a group of people end up taking refuge a shopping mall. Unfortunately when they get there, there are 3 mall security people who don't trust them and take their weapons and lock them up. Eventually they get loose and turn the tables on the security guards with the help of one of the security guards who takes their side. Their only communication is with a person across the street from the mall. They communicate by holding up signs. After a few days another group of people show up at the mall and join them. One of the newcomers has a boat and a plan is hatched to escape the mall and head to a hopefully deserted island.COMMENTS: First off, I know I am nitpicking with some of my complaints. I get it....if things were logical we wouldn't have a movie. But I don't agree with that statement. I can think of lots of ways to make a zombie movie that would be logical.-Why did they have to go and ruin the end with the scenes during the post movie credits? They should have just left well enough alone or at least let the movie have a somewhat happy ending.-I can't believe the survivors wanted to leave the mall. I can't think of a better place to be all things considered. They have everything they need to live. In addition, there was a gun shop across the street. They had plenty of food. Granted they would run out eventually but why rush? They could have slowly picked off the zombies until they were all gone.-I thought that the pregnant girl disappearing for all that time would have raised some suspicions..-I didn't like how the security cop turned from being a bad guy into a good guy. His change was just too radical.-I think the guy in the store could have basically eliminated all the zombies if he tried.CONCLUSIONS: I think if you are a fan of the genre then you should watch this movie. I get it... if you like the George Romero's original then you might not think this one is so great. But if you look at it objectively, say... as if the original never was made, then I think that most people would say that this version is pretty good. Ultimately I was entertained, that's what this is all about, isn't it?RATINGS:PLOT: 7/10 or 3 1/2 stars. I wasn't thrilled with the changes.EXTRA'S: 10/10 or 5 stars - Everything you could want is here... and then some...SFX: 8/10 or 4 stars. For the most part, I thought this was pretty good.THE NEW ENDING: 2/10 or 1 star - I hated it, the credit sequence made it worseOVERALL: 9/10 or 4 1/2 stars which I'm raising to 5 stars - Ending be damned, I was entertained.
M**O
Dawn of the dead
Blu ray edizione tedesca con audio Italiano.Bel film, remake di Zombi, ottimo cast e sceneggiatura, lo consiglio a questo prezzo, la versione Italiana costa troppo.
C**Y
LA PELICULA FAVORITA DE LOS ZOMBIES...
Simplemente genial dentro de su género y por supuesto imprescindible. Muy buen debut de Zack Snyder, un directo que hasta ahora no me ha defraudado en ninguna de sus películas por lo peculiar de su estilo. Y respecto a la calidad de este blu ray edición alemana, que confirmo que trae castellano, pues decir que está a la altura de la película. Para aquellos que se asusten más que de ésta de la horrorosa estampa de calificación por edades, confirmarles que parece ser que los alemanes hacen carátulas reversibles para evitar el trauma visual. Tengo ya varias ediciones de Alemania e incluyen este detalle que se agradece, es decir que se queda la portada tal y como la veríamos en nuestra versión nacional. Compra obligada para los amantes de este tipo de films sin duda y para mí la mejor de zombies de lo que llevamos de siglo XXI. Saludos de Cayetano...
P**N
zombies nom nom fast
these are the zombies i am most afraid of 10 out 10 would not want these zombies to spawn irl
C**O
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Costato €11,90 reso € 4,19. Reso perché non lingua italiana. Equo?
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