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Day of the Dead (2008)


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Two 1/2 out of Five

Movie

Rating: R (strong pervasive horror violence and gore, and language)
Length: 87 minutes

Video

Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic)

Audio

ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1

Captions

English, Spanish

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Plot

A small Colorado town is struck with a mysterious virus that turns everyone into super-athletic flesh-eating zombies. Watch as a small group of survivors cling to life while everyone else around them becomes dinner.

Pros

Pretty ladies and all the blood/gore you can pack into 60 minutes of film (none in the first 20 or so). The movie only lasts 87 minutes but once all the hell breaks lose it rarely slows down to catch it's breath. I was pleasantly surprised to see Ian McNeice and I want to be the first to volunteer for Mena Suvari's squad!

Cons

Zombies that can run like the wind, crawl on ceilings and leap over walls/anything else that gets in their way. This would make for one hell of an Olympic team if you could keep them from eating the spectators. The acting is hit and miss amongst the actors though you will be left thinking that some of them can't die soon enough and I also wish Ving Rhames could have played a more significant role.

Extras

  • Audio Commentary with Jeffrey Reddick, Steve Miner & Cast Members
  • Alternate Ending
  • Cast Interviews
  • On the Set Featurette
  • Photo Gallery
  • Trailers

Recommendation

This is a straight-to-video zombie movie; that should tell you all you need to know. Keep the expectations down and the beverages flowing; I would suggest having a couple before putting in the disc and then see how long it takes before your first chuckle.

Director

Steve Miner   [Friday the 13th Part II/III, Lake Placid]

Actors

Christa Campbell - Mrs. Leitner
[The Wicker Man (2006)]
Nick Cannon - Salazar
Pat Kilbane - Dr. Engel
[Evolution]
AnnaLynne McCord - Nina
Michael McCoy - Mr. Noble
[Lake Placid 2]
Ian McNeice - D.J. Paul
[Children of Dune, Conspiracy, Dune (2000), From Hell, The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy]
Jeffrey Reddick - Deputy
Ving Rhames - Captain Rhodes
[Con Air, Dawn of the Dead (2004), Mission Impossible I/II/III, Pulp Fiction]
Matt Rippy - Dr. Logan
Stark Sands - Bud Crain
Hugh Skinner - Kyle
Mena Suvari - Sarah Bowman
[American Beauty, The Musketeer]
Michael Welch - Trevor Bowman

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