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Ving Rhames, Nick Cannon, and Mena Suvari star in director Steve Miner (Friday the 13th Part II, Halloween: H20)'s remake of the apocalyptic gore-fest that originally concluded George A. Romero's zomb... read more read more...ie trilogy back in 1985. A small American town has been infected with a deadly virus, and the military is determined to contain the sickness by establishing quarantine. When the situation spirals out of control and the infected residents develop a taste for human flesh, the military and surviving residents must band together to battle an enemy whose goal is not simply to kill, but to consume as well. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 27 min.

Directed by: Steve Miner

Release Date: April 1, 2008

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  • FiLmCrAzY
    February 5, 2012
    FiLmCrAzY
    I quite liked this zombie horror flick! I love zombie movies as a whole and although this isnt the best in storyline and direction it is still verymuch enjoyable!
  • bbcfloridabound
    October 24, 2011
    bbcfloridabound
    This is one of the best Zombie films that I have ever seen. Enjoyable right from the start. And I'm not a Big Nick Cannon fan but in this movie he seems to say just the right things at the right time to bring laughter into the film. Some real good Gore and special effects. Not on... read moree to pass up and would be a great Halloween Film Festival Movie. This is not your typical teenager zombie crowd movie, its much more then that. I have never given a zombie film 4 stars but this one deserves it. 4 Stars
  • garyX
    May 24, 2011
    garyX
    A collection of survivors and military personnel try to escape from an outbreak of a deadly virus in a small town that turns the inhabitants into flesh eating creatures. My God, there are so many things wrong with this film I don't know where to start. For one, it is NOT a remake... read more of Day Of The Dead. It has so little in common with it, it might as well call itself a remake of 28 Days Later or Resident Evil; in fact the crappy script was like watching a 90 minute videogame cut scene. Mena Suvari (along with the rest of the cast for that matter ) has no presence whatsoever, with only Ving Rhames showing any charisma at all and I felt duped by his name being attached to it because he is hardly in it. Not to mention the fact that the "zombies" can now crawl up walls as well as run around like berserkers as if they've all been bitten by radioactive spiders so it's actually far more like a vampire film than a zombie film. A sense of humour would've helped, especially since it expects you to swallow the concept of a vegetarian zombie (a VEGETARIAN f***ing ZOMBIE??) with a completely straight face. It does have enough blood and guts to stave off boredom, but despite the rather impressive remake of Dawn, this isn't even close to being in the same league. But at least it's better than the unforgivably atrocious remake of Night Of The Living Dead.
  • MizturY0da
    March 24, 2011
    MizturY0da
    three stars
  • blacksheepboy
    February 26, 2011
    blacksheepboy
    Here is what happens when a third-rate director remakes a George Romero zombie film: he subtracts any social-political subtext and throws in cheap scares, stupid dialogues, cute but cheesy actors and, worse, a vegetarian zombie in love.
  • liquidchick76
    April 18, 2010
    liquidchick76
    I saw the cast and thought, "how bad can it be?" Well, Ving Rhames was in it for about 5 minutes collectively, and Mena Suvari was disappointingly bland. Nick Cannon was a giant stereotype, and everything else was just lame. The screenwriters and director basically took a big ... read moreturd, wrapped in in a pretty package stamped "George Romero," and tried to sell it to the public.
  • FilmFanatik
    February 13, 2010
    FilmFanatik
    Yuck.
  • mjgildea
    November 18, 2009
    mjgildea
    Jesus, this sucked. I mean, I wasn't expecting a goddamned thing out of the remake of Day of the Dead, but director Steve Miner somehow managed to deliver less than nothing. I feel like I should hunt this turd burgler down and make him keep taking me to the movies until I see one... read more I finally like as reparation. The very few elements, nods or whatever to previous Dead movies were a fun distraction from this steaming pile but I actually had to fight myself from shutting this off and watching my DVD copy of the original Day of the Dead. The acting was terrible. Stephen Hawking could hold a gun with more credibility than Mena Suvari can even if Nick Cannon does the token wise-cracking black dude pretty well. Not a good thing, by the way. This movie's answer to Bub ("Bud") was a joke, more so than the explanation for him. The fidgety direction, the bad CGI, the awful awful zombies, the blasphemous ending and the fact that the Sex and the City movie probably qualifies as more of a remake of Romero's Day of the Dead than Miner's... "vision" all add up to create a trainwreck you can see from a mile off that should be avoided at all costs.
  • superclerk25
    October 15, 2009
    superclerk25
    Your basic zombie movie but with a little more "huh?" added. This time around it's a virus that get released upon an unsuspecting town and it's up to a couple military folks and some teens to save the day.
    I didn't like that the virus makes people look like decomposed zombies in... read more a matter of seconds. I also didn't like that they gained super human strength and speed and were masters of wall jumping.
    They also dropped a lot of questions about the main girls sorted past but never told us what the deal was with any of them. Basic lazy writing.
    It's a basic flick and was somewhat entertaining to watch. I suggest watching the original.
  • deano
    September 29, 2009
    deano
    I don't care if this re-imagined of George A. Romero's zombie classic is "disappointment", but I liked it at the first time I ever saw zombies has new incredible abilities and heroine Mena Suvari in action.
    While the gore isn't as good or as extensive as Romero's film there's a ... read morefair amount of blood, decapitated heads, rotting zombies, gory bites, a few severed limbs & mutilated bodies on show. The special effects vary from good prosthetic make-up effects to poor CGI computer ones. Day of the Dead goes for action set-pieces rather than scares, tension & atmosphere which won't please lovers of the original but there you go.

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Critic Reviews

Nick Schager
July 2, 2010
Nick Schager, Lessons of Darkness

Incompetent in every respect. Full Review

David Nusair
March 7, 2009
David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews

A chaotic mess of violence and gore... Full Review

Walter Chaw
January 13, 2009
Walter Chaw, Film Freak Central

The only possible response to the benighted thing is pity. Full Review

Lucius Gore
June 17, 2008
Lucius Gore, ESplatter

It's such a fun zombie movie, I'm amazed it didn't get a full theatrical release. Full Review

Brian Orndorf
April 1, 2008
Brian Orndorf, DVDTalk.com

It's a pageant of stupidity that hopes gushing wounds and deliberate fanboy-catnip slices of ultraviolent cheese will mask the reality that it's a worthless offering in an increasingly abused genre. Full Review

Felix Vasquez Jr.
February 22, 2008
Felix Vasquez Jr., Cinema Crazed

Nowhere near the worst zombie movie I've ever seen, but it will follow in the slew of truly atrocious remakes undeserving of their titles... Full Review

Steve "Uncle Creepy" Barton
February 16, 2008
Steve "Uncle Creepy" Barton, Dread Central

No matter how you slice it, this one is just plain dead on arrival. Full Review

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