Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: HD DVD
Brand: UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAIN.
EAN: 0025193002624
Format: Anamorphic
Item Dimensions: Array
Label: Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Languages: Array
Manufacturer: Universal Studios Home Entertainment
MPN: 61030026
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Region Code: 0
Release Date: 2007-08-28
Running Time: 110
Studio: Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: 2004-03-19

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! Mekhi Phifer Ving Rhames and Sarah Polley star 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.System Requirements:Running Time: 110 Mins.Format: DVD HD Genre: HORROR Rating: NR UPC: 025193002624 Manufacturer No: 61030026
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

Customer Rating:
Summary: dissatisfied customer
Comment: 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.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Good If You Like Zombie Movies
Comment: 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.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Awesome remake - Great Quality HD-DVD
Comment: 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!

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Classic movie
Comment: It's just one of the best of the classic horror movies,and of course it's even better in Blu-ray!

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Customer Rating:
Summary: On Par with the Original!
Comment: 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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