Mena Suvari, Ving Rhames, Nick Cannon

When the world is overrun by the flesh hungry dead a small group of survivors head to an underground military bunker in a last ditch effort to stay alive.

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R, 1 hr. 27 min.

Directed by: Steve Miner

Release Date: April 1, 2008

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DVD Release Date: April 8, 2008

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  • August 31, 2009
    A zombie movie that makes the last few Romero films look like amazing. Half a star added for Nick Cannon's Puff Daddy remark.
  • August 25, 2009
    Hahaha,I actuallyliked this ne, a lot! This is one of the better B rated flix I've een in a long time. The cast really surprised me.The story was as much as to be expected for a movie like this. But it made me laugh so hard, it was great. If you like B rated flix, this is the one...( read more) for you.
  • April 19, 2009
    A small Colorado town is hit by a REALLY bad cold in Day of the Dead, the terrible re-make of George Romero's third chapter of the original Dead saga. This waste of 90 minutes is about a virus that causes people to have a nose bleed and turn into obsessed killing machines, eating...( read more) and chomping and running around like a National Geographic special in hell.

    Dear lord, this movie is horrible. After the very good remake of Dawn of the Dead this film feels like a nice warm piss on your head. What's even more confusing is the fact that Ving Rhames is also in this film, the only reason being to screw people into believing that this is a sequel to Zack Snyder's remake. Even more amazing is that Mena Suvari is in this which goes to show that she must have the same agent as Cuba Gooding, Jr. The rest of the cast is your basic B-movie faces and new faces trying to make get their big break.

    The story is basic Romero only that zombies can shoot guns and they stop to allow our heroes to cut off or bust apart zombie heads. The Bub character from the first film is represented by a vegetarian private- that's why he doesn't eat people. Yes, I'm fucking serious. The effects are high school level, the story is run, stop, zombies, repeat. Oh, here's something to gross you out. The only gross thing is that I paid a quarter to see this shit. Directed by Steve Miner, who is too good to interview about his early work on Friday the 13th Parts 2 and 3, yet directs this cess pool that makes those two films look like the first two Godfather films.

    This film is shit. Pure shit. It's so shitty that kids will be putting this DVD in a paper bag and setting it on fire at peoples front doors this Halloween. Trick or treat.
  • September 12, 2008
    What a blast! Not to be taken seriously, of course, but definitely a fun zombie flick from start to finish. A masterpiece? Certainly not, nor is it more than vaguely recognizable as a remake of the Romero film, but that doesn't stop Day of the Dead from being a load of fun. S...( read more)imply switch off and enjoy!
  • July 19, 2008
    Every bit as bad as you think. A shameless attempt to cash in on the success of the Dawn of the Dead remake (probably the best zombie movie ever and FAR superior to the original). They take the same approach of the fast zombies, as opposed to the "zombie shuffle," and ev...( read more)en cast Ving Rhames (not as the same character), no doubt to try to fool people into thinking it's some kind of sequel.

    But it's just what you'd expect from a direct-to-video release (I can't believe they ever even considered a theatrical run) - low budget, horrible effects, terrible direction, and a cast of has-beens and nobodies. But I will give it this: it starts off pretty fast, and keeps going full steam all the way to the end. Not a good film by any measure, but if you're looking for cheap horror you can laugh at, then maybe it's worth a view.
  • October 19, 2009
    Just plain awful re-imagining. Waste of Bud, bad make-up (with immediate turning complete with sores on face), lack of consistency with turn time, zombie-ish virus not in tune with Dawn re-imagining, immmediately becoming super-zombies pouncing , dodging bullets, setting traps, u...( read more)sing guns, olympic sprinting, and my favorite.... spider walking on the ceiling. Hey lets use some 28 Days Later mix in a tiny bit of Day and get some used to be name actors who think this will be like the new Dawn in popularity and make a bad excuse for a zombie film that is a crime to use the Day of the Dead moniker.
  • October 15, 2009
    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.
  • October 3, 2009
    pretty good zombie movie
  • September 29, 2009
    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 more)fair 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.
  • September 26, 2009
    Middle of the road remake, that of course, has nothing to do with the original film. A great example of how Hollywood shoplifts a "brand" to then do whatever the hell it wants with it. This is a paint by numbers Zombie flick. No suprises. It is very over the top corny with Zombie...( read more)s always leaping and jumping and running at "faster then human" speed. Cracked me up the way Zombies just changed within seconds with all the flesh on there body festering up instantly. DUMB. Not the worst Zombie flick, but not too great either. Nick Cannon = SUPER dumb.

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May 3, 2005
Nick Schager, Lessons of Darkness

The film's frosty pessimism about mankind's future does eventually get under your skin. full review

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Comments


  • johnyaz69
    July 26, 2008
    what the...?! zombies crawl on ceilings and shoot guns! i think the original is better.
  • IRONMANBLAST
    May 2, 2008
    I STILL GIVE IT 4 STARZ!!!
    THIS MOVIE WAS REALLY HARD TO FIND AND BUY THOUGH FINALLY GOT IT.
    YESSSS!
  • sharkattack1978
    March 7, 2008
    Nope you were right, they did crawl on the ceilings. Who's bloody idea was it that they do that?
  • sharkattack1978
    March 2, 2008
    The zombies crawl on the ceiling in this one, are you kidding? WTF????
  • bearrp3
    February 14, 2008
    cmon Ving in 2 remakes the movie was ok n i love zombie movies but do the man justice Dawn was great with great acting this is close to trash
  • JDFortuneFan
    January 20, 2008
    Trailer up at www.movieweb.com
  • IRONMANBLAST
    December 14, 2007
    I HAVE AN ACHING HUNCH THAT THIS MOVIE IS GOING TO BE SOOOOOOOO GOOOOD!
  • johnyaz69
    November 14, 2007
    i can't wait to watch this! hope there's gonna be more blood & gore.
  • JamesThePirate
    November 13, 2007
    Alright Ving is back! I missed that shotgun wielding, zombie slayer.

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