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Dawn of the Dead (1978) - Special Divimax Edition


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Two 1/2 out of Five

Movie

Rating: R
Length: 127 minutes

Video

Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic)

Audio

ENGLISH: DTS 5.1
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 2.0
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono

Captions

None

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Plot

Members of a S.W.A.T. team and some TV people escape from a city ravaged by zombies and find themselves trapped inside of a mall. Zombies are everywhere which leads to a lot of fun and gore.

Pros

This is the second George Romero zombie film, ten years after "Night of the Living Dead". The majority of this film takes place somewhere that everyone can relate to; a shopping mall. Who wouldn't want the free run of a shopping mall (minus the undead of course)?

Cons

The acting isn't stellar but it isn't bad either. Some of the decisions that the actors make will cause you to shake your head. Towards the end when hoods were humiliating the zombies is even more than I could take. This movie would have been better if the last 30 minutes would have been rewritten. Oh, by-the-way, the soundtrack is really bad.

Extras

  • Audio Commentary with Writer/Director George A. Romero, Special Make-up Effects Artist Tom Savini, and Assistant Director Chris Romero, moderated by Perry Martin
  • George A. Romero Bio
  • Poster and Advertising Gallery
  • Comic Book Preview
  • Radio Spots
  • TV Spots
  • Theatrical Trailers

Recommendation

If you're into zombie flicks then you'll want to check this out though there are better ones out there including the 2004 remake.

Director

Actors

James A. Baffico - Wooley
Fred Baker - Police Commander
David Crawford - Dr. Foster
Jesse Del Gre - Old Priest
Daniel Dietrich - Givens
David Early - Mr. Berman
David Emge - Stephen
Ken Foree - Peter
[Brotherhood of Blood, The Devil's Rejects]
Richard France - Dr. Milliard Rausch, Scientist
Clayton McKinnon - Officer in Apartment Project
Scott H. Reiniger - Roger
John Rice - Officer in Apartment Project
Gaylen Ross - Francine
[Creepshow]
Howard Smith - TV Commentator
Rod Stouffer - Roy Tucker, Young Officer on Roof

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