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RATING

5
DIRECTOR
Steve Miner
CAST
Ving Rhames
Mena Suvari
Nick Cannon
Michael Welch
Annalynne McCord
Stark Sands

YEAR

2007

RUNTIME

87 minutes

DATE REVIEWED

2 / 12 / 08

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Day of the Dead


"WTF are zombies doing hoping like frogs and crawling on walls!?" is the question you'll likely ask yourself while watching this forgettable remake. Yes, the zombies in this flick love to sprint, climb on ceilings and walls, and occasionally hope like a frog. Why? Who knows!? Obviously writer Jeffrey Reddick didn't! There was even one key zombie towards the end that would (for one reason or another) holler like a T-rex and dodge bullets?? *sigh* There's no reasoning behind how they're able to do these things.

Instead, we're merely given a half-assed explanation that the military (what a surprise!) created some kind of weapon that would hypothetically shut down the enemy's brain for 6 or 7-hours, resulting in a war without any casualties. However, this experiment backfired when it somehow broke out of the military institution in a small Colorado town and people that came in contact with the chemical would get cold symptoms and bleed from their nose over time. Then, their brain finally shuts down and puts them into a dead state, where they would wake up with foggy eyes, lesions on their face and intent to feed on human flesh.

So the movie follows a handful of key characters: there's Mena Suvari as "Sarah," a female officer and local to the town that for some reason decides to bring a new recruit along on a trip to visit her sick mother at her old home. Ving Rhames returns (probably got suckered into thinking it was a direct sequel to Dawn), only this time playing a different character. There are other supporting characters that add to the body count, like Nick Cannon as the stereotypical wise-crackin' "gangsta", and a couple young horny teens (I think they were supposed to be teens?).

The film kicks into gear around 25-minutes, when everyone in the military hospital starts secreting blood and all "shut down" at the same time, resulting in a panic, especially when they awaken as zombies. It doesn't take long before the hospital and most of the town become zombies, leaving only a couple small groups to attempt to survive through the mayhem, and somehow meet up and leave town together.

This movie is pretty much a complete overhaul over the original film, which mostly took place in an underground military facility. In fact, the two movies really have no similarities with each other (with the exception of the name and an obvious nod to the original). The nod I'm speaking of is about a character named "Bud," who after turning, becomes a good-guy zombie, because his love for Sarah (Mena Suvari) somehow overcomes his instinct to kill (even though he just met the girl a few hours ago). Naturally this is a reference to the "Bub" zombie in the original that proved that their kind is still capable of some kind of thought.

Speaking of which, the zombies in this flick were somewhat intelligent -- shooting off guns (though not accurately) and doing other little things that show that they're not entirely brain-dead. The gore is decent, but pales in comparison to the original. Although the budget is slightly bigger than the crap-fest Day of the Dead 2: Contagium (also produced by the guy that produced this flick), it still looks pretty straight-to-DVD.

The CGI is just plain horrible, especially in the explosion/fire sequences. Then we've got a lot of unnecessary CG blood thrown around everywhere. I admit that I was at least interested and somewhat entertained at parts of the film, but it was still just an overall bad movie. Just because they throw in a few familiar faces, doesn't mean it'll blind us to the horrible script, acting, and special effects. Oh, and why is the zombie on the DVD cover vomiting? Also not explained!

OVERALL

Almost completely different from the original film in every aspect. Gore, acting, and story-wise, this forgettable remake pales in comparison, and offers nothing we haven't seen before in the genre, aside from ridiculous hoping and wall-crawling zombies. However, it still somehow managed to keep my interest, but not enough to care for the characters or the silly ending. Skip this.




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pav :
Posted 5 days ago
Why is the zombie on the DVD cover vomiting? Because he just watched the movie!
The Reaper :
Posted 14 days ago
i know everyones complaining about the artwork cuz its horrible
but they released alternate covers
go look for them. their not bad
Dylan :
Posted 23 days ago
This film was FAR BETTER that I thought it would be! It was certainly FAR BETTER than the original "Day of the Dead." So what if the zombies could climb walls????????? They ran AT MARATHON SPEEDS in the "Dawn of the Dead" remake. This was a stylish and highly entertaining film! Great job to director Steve Miner! My only complaint: Ving Rhames role was totally wasted!
uk voice of horror :
Posted 23 days ago
WELL WHAT CAN WE SAY DISAPOINTING. OK THE ZOMBIES LOOKED OK THERE WAS SOME DESCENT GORE BUT THATS IT ANOTHER POINTLESS REMAKE TRYING TO CASH IN ON THE DEAD SERIES ,YOU CAN TELL ALOT OF INSPERATION CAME FROM 28 DAYS LATER WITH THE FAST MOVING AND FAST TURNING OF THE HUMANS INTO, ZOMBIES BUT IT JUST LACKED CLASS. I MEAN STICKING TO CEILINGS AND HOPPING AROUND .WHY IS VING RHAMES NAME AT THE TOP OF THE CREDITS HE GETS KILLED WITHIN FIVE MINUTES .THE DVD COVER IS THE WORST IVE EVER SEEN , AND IT JUST FELT LIKE WATCH DAWSON CREEK WITH ZOMBIES AND AS FOR THE SHIT ENDING . WELL I HAVE NOW LEARNT WHAT USA STANDS FOR USUALLY SUCKS ANYWAY SCORE 5 /10 FOR THE GORE
Cloakndagger :
Posted 24 days ago
Usually, I hate remakes, but I actually did somewhat enjoy the Dawn of the Dead remake, so I decided to give this one a try. After watching it, I must say, WTF was the producer/director/script writer thinking? In all fairness, I think they were trying to give us more of a town/army base tie in than the first movie did. (The first opening minutes of the 1985 Day of the Dead were the scariest to me with the shots of Fort Myers deserted and overwhelmed with the living dead). But when the zombies started doing gymnastics and the whole 'chemical/army mastermind' plan came down, I was disgusted. This could have been a decent stand alone movie, with no references to 'Bub' or 'Captain Rhodes' and should have been named something other than 'Day of the Dead'. (I was thinking more like "Attack of the Ninja Zombies" or "Return of the Gymnastic Corpses") Anyways, if you are a true fan of Romero and his zombie-verse, this movie will be a let-down; however, if you can separate yourself from the 'traditional vanilla' type zombie and like your zombies with a little more pep (think Return of the Bring It On Zombies), then this movie is for you.
Diego Ramos :
Posted 26 days ago
The movie was a lot better than any uwe boll movie, but it did kinda suck. The only reason I watched it was because Ving Rhames showed in it. But it was stupid not making him the main character and dying in the beginning of the movie.
Kristine :
Posted 27 days ago
I am a very big Romero fan - I can stomach watching [good] remakes of movies. I liked the Dawn of the Dead remake - kept to the basic mall scenes which gave it the Romero touch and even had Tom Savini in it. However, Day of the Dead was a total yawn. I mean seriously when did zombies do gymnastics, drive cars or shoot guns. I know in Land of the Dead the lead zombie shot a gun but not perfect. This movie should have been made by the same director as Dawn of the Dead (Zack Snyder) to make it better.
kEvO :
Posted 27 days ago
I dont know why you people are saying that this movie is going to suck or is bad. I just watched it and it was pretty good. It didnt feel like a DEAD movie thow. It just felt like another genre of zombie movie. Some stuff was pretty annoying and the makeup was....ok. AND NICK CANNON is so FUCKING ANNOYING!!!!
 

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