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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 6, 2005
Pros: strong acting, characters you care about, some laughs, plenty of action
Cons: it's too short
Summary: Like a good rollercoaster, "Dawn of the Dead" starts off a little slow... for about two minutes. It gives you time to prepare yourself for what is to come, and then once it crests that first hill (which, in this case, is a little girl feasting on some ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 4, 2005
Pros: Rhames, Polley and Weber.
Cons: No humor, purpose, direction or ingenuity in this film.
Summary: Question: What do you get when you splice together George Romero’s 1979 horror flick Dawn of the Dead with Danny Boyle’s engaging 2002 effort 28 Days Later…”? Answer: Zack Snyder’s brainless 2004 re-make of ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 30, 2004
Pros: Ving, zombies, and Ving killing zombies.
Cons: None... one cheesy romance scene, I guess.
Summary: Here's what Dawn of the Dead's plot is like, summed up in quotes: "Dude, there's bunch of dead people." "And they're trying to kill us." "Yeah, dude." "Like, we should go to the mall or something." "Like, totally." "Okay, we're at the ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 17, 2004
Pros: Suspenseful, "Horror movie" in a mall, Guns a plenty!
Cons: Unanswered questions...
Summary: Dawn of the Dead: a remake of a classic put into the 21st century. How did it stack up to its predecessor??? I have to say, the storyline was fairly intriguing. It wasn't a viral infection that caused this epidemic. It wasn't some lunar eclipse that ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 3, 2004
Pros: Wisely sets out to reimagine the universe of Romero's original.
Cons: I really wish they'd have given it a different title.
Summary: When it comes to remaking classic horror films, the projects can usually go one of two ways: they can reinvent the source material and become classics in their own right (e.g. Carpenter's The Thing and Cronenberg's The Fly) or they can try ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 31, 2004
Pros: action, suspense, special effects, plot, high resolution filming
Cons: stereotypes, type casting, subliminal propaganda
Summary: This remake of the classic 1978 version of Dawn of the Dead is overall an above average “dead” series film but it does have its faults which I will get to towards the end of this review. Please keep in mind that I am making reference to the DVD ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 27, 2004
Pros: - Fantastic Sub-Text
- More intellegent then youd give it credit.
- Absolutely fantastic ending!
Cons: - Not one you cold pick up and watch a few scenes of.
Summary: Without chattin on about plot & generalizing it against the 'genre' which too many people seem to be doing, this film is a fantastic solid and precise commentary on the world in which we live in. After one of the most clever & in your face first ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 27, 2004
Pros: acting,scary,gore,special effects.
Cons: the end,not too scary for theaters,story,sometimes the characters do stupid things.
Summary: Dawn of the Dead is about....it's about.....well there isn't no story except zombies roam the world and they turn everybody and I mean everybody into zombies.Even Celebritys!Dawn of the Dead is an above average zombie flick.It does out do 28 Days Later ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 13, 2004
Pros: excellent camera work, good dialogue/tension. fun film to watch
Cons: overused character types
Summary: Dawn of the Dead (2004) is hands down some of the best horror I’ve seen in quite some time. Although it is a remake of George A. Romero’s Dawn of the Dead, director Zack Snyder does quite the job of distinguishing himself from his predecessor. ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 15, 2004
Pros: Much better than the original
Cons: Nothing, I loved it
Summary: At first I saw the 1979 version, and also "Day Of The Dead." I've always liked scary "zombie" type films. There's been alot of them lately with "Resident Evil" and "28 Days Later." I really liked the beginning because like "Resident Evil" it portrays how ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 25, 2004
Pros: Action, Story, actors
Cons: Nothing
Summary: Hello dear Community Today, I would like to report about a current film this time but about the horror shock film Dawn of The Dead therefore in well German of the mornings of the death once again. Before a while I was in the cinema and have seen this ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 30, 2004
Pros: Ving Rhames & Sarah Polley, snappy directing, zombie designs, DVD extras
Cons: somewhat shy on character development, ending felt a bit rushed
Summary: There's no denying it: George Romero's cult phenomenon Dawn of the Dead takes the crown as having the most irrefutably rabid fan-base of any horror film I've seen (not meant as an insult). I admit he's a talented director with the knowledge ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 22, 2004
Pros: Suspense, attention catching, slight humor, overall well done
Cons: Predictable, some parts of script not well thought out
Summary: First, this movie is a 20th century remake of the original version in 1979. The movie is about a disease that spread throughout the city, and apparently, humans that are affected turn into zombies after having died. It first starts out with a sexual ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 19, 2004
Pros: Great story, casting, and relatively restrained violence...
Cons: Still violent, still disturbing...
Summary: Great horror flicks are in extremely short supply. Most are of two varieties: “teen” horror or kitschy horror. I will honestly watch any horror film—the gorier the better. But in the case of Dawn of the Dead I’d held off until this ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 14, 2004
Pros: Definitely made for this generation
Cons: Not the original
Summary: The movie is basically about dead bodies rising from the grave and attacking the living. The dead only like the warm flesh of the living, which I guess answers one of the first questions I had. So, some people that don't know where to go, shack up in a ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 9, 2004
Pros: Zombie action on the big screen.
Cons: So dumbed down it barely suits the level of intellect found among its zombie hordes.
Summary: I’m usually against horror film remakes, but sometimes I’m pleasantly surprised. I was adamantly opposed to the Texas Chainsaw remake, yet it ended up being one of my favourite horror movies of the year. But even though Chainsaw was a ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 9, 2004
Pros: Humans' self-destructive actions are more believable than in some zombie films.
Cons: Someone thought the original film's ending was too hopeful.
Summary: From the moment about a month ago that I found out "Dawn of the Dead" had been remade, I was determined to see this film. I have previously only done reviews of a film AND its remake for the first two "Fly" movies. I was completely unable, however, to ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 6, 2004
Pros: Lots of action, some great comic relief
Cons: You are never told what is happening
Summary: Dawn of the Dead opens with the lead actress (Sarah Polley) at work as a nurse. When her shift ends, the ER is getting busy, but she thinks nothing of it and goes home to her husband. While they are in the shower together, a special news bulletin comes ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 5, 2004
Pros: A Decent Zombie Movie In it's Own Right
Cons: Conformacy and Modern Society, Isn't Quite a Remake
Summary: As far as horror movies go, there are a few that are going to be remembered forever, sometimes for right reasons, but most of the time for the wrong. The movies will always be a staple to the genre are those that are remembered by everyone, maybe not in ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 1, 2004
Pros: good character development, genuinely frightening, never a dull moment, the scary zombies.
Cons: Lack of explanation about virus; the filming of the movie's end was poorly done.
Summary: Ok, one thing you should know from the get-go is that I have been watching and reading horror for over two decades and have been writing it for nearly as long. Virtually no horror/thriller books or movies scare me anymore. That's one reason I'm so ... read more
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